Theresa Bourke
Brainerd Dispatch
Brainerd, MN, United States
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Past articles by Theresa:
Brainerd staff to speed up cleaning of messy yards, snowy sidewalks
City Council members change the city code to allow for staff to address issues of snowy sidewalks, long grass, garbage and animal feces. → Read More
Council approves permits for apartment, boarding house in west Brainerd
Brainerd City Council members approved conditional use permits for a boarding house and apartment complex in Creekside Community. → Read More
Bourke's Bookshelf: ‘Lost in shades of gray’
This week's featured read is "A Mango-Shaped Space' by Wendy Mass. → Read More
Community meetings set for ISD 181’s strategic plan
Meetings March 2, 3, 7 and April 11 will be open to everyone. → Read More
Washington project on track to wrap up this summer
The Washington Educational Services Building is the last of the Brainerd Public Schools construction projects resulting from the 2018 referendum. → Read More
Brainerd council moves toward allowing more chickens, adding ducks
City Council members approved the first reading of an ordinance that would allow residents to keep four chickens or ducks in addition to four dogs and cats. → Read More
Brainerd School Board sees budget deficit shrink
Board members approved a budget revision for the 2022-23 school year with a much smaller projected deficit than anticipated last summer. → Read More
13-year-old wins Jaycees Ice Fishing Extravaganza
Hutchinson teen Zac Padrnos won the top prize with a walleye weighing in at 9.45 pounds. → Read More
Cass Lake, Little Falls, Pierz educators nominated for Teacher of the Year
Linsey Strand, Tanya Bergman and Aaron Schmidtbauer are among the 131 nominees. → Read More
Bourke’s Bookshelf: ‘A path that leads in two directions’
This week's featured read is "Angle of Declination" by Deerwood couple Doug and Sally Mayfield. → Read More
Brainerd city staff seeks latitude to address messy yards
City staff will bring forth revisions in terms of dealing with long grass, unshoveled sidewalks, garbage and animal feces. → Read More
BPU to seek Baxter approval for solar project
The Baxter City Council will discuss the project Tuesday, Jan. 17. → Read More
School Board to hire private firm for new strategic plan
On a 4-2 vote Monday, Jan. 9, board members agreed to hire PartnerED over the Minnesota School Boards Association. → Read More
Bourke’s Bookshelf: ‘Intimacy is about truth’
This month's feature read is "The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo" by Taylor Jenkins Reid. → Read More
Bourke's Bookshelf: ‘Everything in life is kind of unreal’
This week's featured read is "Sundays at Tiffany's" by James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet. → Read More
Community Action outlines community connection efforts
The nonprofit Brainerd Community Action works to connect community members with resources to accomplish their goals. → Read More
Brainerd officials to discuss allowing alcohol in city parks
Parks Board members will talk about the issue at future meetings. → Read More
School Board hears strategic plan proposals, delays decision until new year
The School Board is expected to choose a consultant after all the new board members are sworn in at the beginning of the year. → Read More
Seats up for grabs on Brainerd city commissions
Applications are available online or at City Hall. → Read More
Parks Board settles for cheaper request to repair Memorial Park lights
The board reduced its original request of $400,000 for new lights down to $50,000 for an apparent "Band-Aid" approach. → Read More