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You should expect to see heavy traffic if you're heading up to the Brainerd Lakes Area starting Thursday.

Authorities say a 70-year-old New Jersey man was killed after crashing his sports car during a race at a Minnesota speedway.

A central Minnesota school district is investigating and apologizing after comments published in a high school yearbook set off a social media firestorm.

Have you ever been to the Brainerd Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza on 'Hole In The Day' Bay on Gull Lake? You have to see it to believe it. 13,000+ participants. 2,000+ spectators. 1,000+ fish caught. It's pure Minnesota baby!

Zip lining is freaky if you've never done it before. Want to see just how freaky? We took our GoPro's to Brainerd to give you the full experience.

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for rain changing to snow overnight tonight for Aitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca, and St. Louis counties, with snowfall rates of 1 to 3 inches per hour possible. (What? I'm laughing WITH you, not AT you.)

A cyclist found a baby alligator walking down a bike path near Brainerd on Saturday just after 12 noon. The Crow Wing Sherriff's office said they've never seen anything like this.

I've only been zip lining once -- a couple of years ago in Hawaii. Loved it! Not so much for the thrill (wasn't that scary), but for the views! The latest opportunity to go zip lining in Minnesota is now waiting for you at Mount Ski Gull in Brainerd. This is now on my 'must-do' list for the summer.

Today I got the chance to talk with LOCASH before their big show tonight @ Lakes Jam 2016 at the Brainerd International Raceway! Click here to hear the video, and don't miss their performance TONIGHT (June 23rd) at 8:00p!

Postal workers deal with a very high-stress job, which is how the phrase "going postal" was coined. In this case the employee went "postal" with a grenade in Baxter.

Have you ever wondered how some of the towns here in Central Minnesota got their names?  Who came up with Sauk Centre? Where did St. Cloud come from?  What is the meaning behind Sauk Rapids?  I've got the story behind five towns and if you know how your town got it's name, well I love a good history lesson.

The Brainerd Lakes Area is still open for the family vacations and fun time. That's the message from Brainerd Lakes Chamber president Matt Kilian. He says storms that tore through the Brainerd area on Sunday night closed some resorts and displaced more than 900 vacationers around Gull Lake.