VIRGINIA — Lindsey Monson pounded 17 kills and Tiffany Hartung notched 43 set assists as Central Lakes College defeated Mesabi Range, 3-1, in Northern Northern Division Minnesota College Athletic Conference volleyball Friday. “For the first time in a long time we struggled offensively,” said Raider Head Coach Jane Peterson. “It wasn’t a beautiful win, but …

Kevin Lindsey, Minnesota Commssioner of Human Rights, will speak at Central Lakes College in Brainerd on Thursday, Oct. 25. In Chalberg Theatre at 10 a.m. he will discuss “hot topics facing Minnesota’s human rights — economics, voting, and amending the state constitution (Voter ID and Marriage amendments).” He will examine …

Crow Wing Soil and Water District (SWCD) and the City of Brainerd have released a study on the health of the Little Buffalo Creek. The Natural Resources program at Central Lakes College partnered with the City, Crow Wing County, Land Mosaic Collaborative LLC, and Board of Water Soil and Resources …

On Wednesday, Sept. 26, Central Lakes College held its annual Student Success Day for the 2012-13 academic year, with activities aplenty at the campuses in Brainerd and Staples. Thousands of students took advantage of a schedule that gave them workshops for better living, college-years enjoyment, and lifelong success. Dozens of …

Jane Peterson, Central Lakes College volleyball coach, won her 500th match last night, as the sixth-ranked Raiders swept Fond du Lac, 25-8, 25-11, 25-14 in the Brainerd campus gymnasium. It took CLC less than one hour to notch win No. 15 in 20 starts and solidify Jane’s stature as the …

Steve Sviggum, a former member of the University of Minnesota Board of Regents, and an executive assistant to and communications director for the Republican caucus in the Minnesota Senate, was a recent guest of Central Lakes College political science instructor Steve Wenzel. The two share a past as politicians in …

Central Lakes College moved up from 10th to sixth in this week’s NJCAA Division III volleyball poll. CLC is one of four Minnesota College Athletic Conference teams in the Top 10. Ridgewater (15-5) continues to hold the top spot it has held from the start as defending national champion. Itasca …

Zach Rickers of Bemidji (shown), Central Lakes College golfer, finished in a tie for second place among men’s competitors at the state/regional tournament Oct. 2 to earn a berth in the national individual tournament next spring in New York. Zach’s two-day, 36-hole stroke count was 158 (77 and 81). Earning …

Jane Peterson, Central Lakes College volleyball head coach, is one win away from achieving a milestone: 500 wins. She now has a career record of 499-224. She said of approaching milestone: “People ask me all the time, ‘How much longer are you going to coach?’ because so many other women stop coaching when …

The win streak ends a 13 with two losses by the Central Lakes College volleyball team on Saturday at Wahpeton, N.D., where the Raiders droppeda pair of contests to Division II scholarship teams from Bismarck State, N.D. (3-0) and Williston, N.D. (3-1). The opponents are much better units than those …