DispatchCast

Kind-hearted and charming, Levi Siekas loved to catch frogs as a boy and do flips off the dock. Described as a boy in motion, he was active in sports, excelled in school and enjoyed many friends. He t...

5 Apr 201817min

The ills of social media and smartphone use have been harped upon ad nauseum -- often in some kind of anecdote picturing a bunch of teens around a table, noses firmly pressed into their phones, ignori...

2 Apr 201817min

Those dealing with depression or who have suicidal thoughts often feel alone, unhappy and hopeless, but Mary Marana wants them to know help is just a phone call away. Marana is the executive director ...

31 Mars 20187min

"I think that God put Noah and I on this earth and he made us friends to impact as many lives as possible." - Noah Ebinger As part of its Stop Suicide series, the Brainerd Dispatch sat down with Brain...

31 Mars 201814min

It's a topic no one wants to talk about until they are forced to. Perhaps now is the time to change that. The Brainerd lakes area has been no stranger to deaths by suicides recently. The victims are y...

31 Mars 20183min

Most Brainerd Dispatch readers are likely familiar with "Her Voice," the quarterly magazine accompanying the newspaper for 15 years. The magazine for women, by women, celebrates its anniversary with f...

28 Feb 201820min

In January, Brainerd High School basketball coach Scott Stanfield and his entire staff announced their intentions to resign at the end of the basketball season. The coach cited ongoing tension with so...

22 Feb 201827min

What makes a journalist ethical? How can journalists develop and maintain public trust? In today's political climate, these questions might be more important than ever. Just as in many newsrooms, the ...

19 Feb 201840min