Theresa Bourke

BRAINERD — City Council members in Brainerd are mulling a double-digit increase in the preliminary property tax levy for 2027. “We’re doing the best we can, but we still have more to do,” Council President Mike O’Day said during a budget workshop on Monda... See more

BRAINERD — Three area school districts will have referendum questions on the ballot in November. School districts in Brainerd, Pequot Lakes and Walker-Hackensack-Akeley are all asking voters to approve additional funds for operational costs. This year, ar... See more

BRAINERD — This fall, there will be a new way for students and parents at Brainerd Public Schools to anonymously report incidents of bullying and other threats. A new Minnesota law passed July 1, requires all school districts across the state to implement... See more

BRAINERD — Romantasy might be all the rage in so many literary circles right now, but it always feels hit or miss for me. It’s got to have just the right amount of world building to be intriguing but not so overly complex that I’m paging back and forth, t... See more

BRAINERD — I’m always in the market for a good new mystery book. Bonus points if it’s what one would consider “cozy.” Even more bonus points if it’s set somewhere I’m dying to travel to so I can live vicariously through the characters for a couple hundred... See more