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Frank Lee

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Frank Lee is an journalist and features writer for the . The weekly newspaper is owned by

As a professional and experienced journalist, his fact-based reporting has won several . His work has also appeared in other Forum-owned publications like the and the Gannett-owned .

(Lee was the at the Brainerd Dispatch and wrote articles for the section. He also wrote a weekly for Forum that appeared in print and online, and can be followed on Twitter at .)

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The Crow Wing Soil and Water Conservation District, the Brainerd Parks and Recreation Department and the Brainerd Rotary Club are using goats instead of herbicides to manage the European buckthorn at Rotary Riverside Park by letting the animals eat the invasive species.
A woman with her son climbs Saturday, July 18, into an alligator pit with 35 alligators at Safari North Wildlife Park in the Brainerd lakes area to retrieve her wallet while the staff was not watching, according to a co-owner, who said he learned about the incident later. No one is hurt, but the moment is captured on video and goes viral.
It may be easier to avoid talking about race relations in the Brainerd lakes area than in other parts of the country. Blacks comprise just 2.5% of the city of Brainerd’s population, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, while whites make up 92.5% of the population.
Two New York cats last week tested positive for COVID-19, making them the first cases in companion animals nationwide
The precaution was based on a COVID-19 model developed last month by a team at the University of Minnesota’s of Public Health that predicted between 50,000 and 55,000 deaths statewide
Practicing social distancing by staying at home, at least until the worst of the coronavirus pandemic has passed? There's plenty of movies and TV shows to watch, especially as a Netflix, Hulu or Amazon Prime subscriber.
Americans take in 3,000 to 4,500 calories celebrating Thanksgiving, according to estimates by the Calorie Control Council, an international association representing the low- and reduced-calorie food and beverage industry.
The Minnesota Mississippi River Parkway Commission’s mission is “to preserve, promote and enhance the scenic, historic and recreational resources of the Mississippi River to foster economic growth in the corridor and to develop the national, scenic and historic byway known as the ‘Great River Road.’”
BRAINERD, Minn. — People spend a lot of their free time online with their digital devices — a shocking and almost unbelievable amount — according to a recently released study by Verizon.
BRAINERD, Minn. -- Those with dementia struggle to remember, but one of the last things to be forgotten is music. A new choir in the Brainerd lakes area hopes to harness that mnemonic connection.