When it comes to a great optical illusion we always take the bait, because we can’t help but be lured in by a talented artist with a cool hook. That’s why we like to cast a wide net over the Internet: ...

Attention teachers: Don't forget to submit your students' weather drawings to the Brainerd Dispatch, P.O. Box 974, Brainerd, MN 56401 Weather drawing by Nora O'Reilly from Miss Haas' and Mrs. Meyer's ...

Cold enough for some quality ice fishing. Weather drawing by Archie Feierabend from Mrs. Kostecka's second grade class at St. Francis of the Lakes Catholic School.

I’m a believer in connecting the dots, even if they are years apart. Two dots struck me this week, essays that argue for deep observation. One, written in the early 1870s, sounds eerily like another, ...

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Sleek rainbow trout flashed silvery pink, arching and writhing as fisheries worker Josh Wickstrom transferred them from a holding tank in back of a Minnesota Department of Natural Resources truck to 5 ...