Jessica Herron, a nursing instructor at Central Lakes College in Brainerd, was named 2012 Instructor of the Year by the Minnesota State College Student Association. The recognition came during the recent spring general assembly of the organization, which was held at Breezy Point. She was nominated by the CLC Student …

Genevieve Avevor of Ghana presents the next Cultural Thursday program at Central Lakes College, a free, public event on May 3 in Room E 203 (Business & Industry Center), on the Brainerd campus. She is a student attending CLC for one year through the Community College for International Development program. …

An instructor and a student in the welding program at Central Lakes College in Brainerd recently assisted at the annual convention of the Minnesota Future Farmers of America at the University of Minnesota St. Paul campus. Mike Reeser, instructor, and Shantel Koering (shown), a CLC welding student from Fort Ripley, …

GRAND RAPIDS — Sixth-ranked Itasca (30-6) scored four runs in the bottom of the ninth to edge the Central Lakes College Raiders softball team, 10-9, in the second game of a doubleheader Wednesday. CLC led 9-6 into the bottom of the ninth but couldn’t protect the lead. The loss overshadowed …

FERGUS FALLS — After driving more than 1,000 miles in the last three days, the Central Lakes Raiders dropped a pair of road games to Minnesota State Community and Technical College Tuesday. In the first game, CLC’s Jared Hoemberg managed the Raiders’ only hit in a 9-0 loss. Peter Lucken …

Central Lakes College’s Sam Harting is the Northern Division Pitcher of the Week in the Minnesota College Athletic Conference. Sam pitched all four Central Lakes wins last week tossing 24 innings in the process. She struck out 8 and walked 7 with a 3.50 ERA in sweeps of Northland and …

Beth Hippert, district technician at the Crow Wing Soil and Water Conservation District, spoke at the Earth Day Fair on the Brainerd campus of Central Lakes College Wednesday. Her presentation cited the benefits of rain gardens as one way to create a cohesive landscape that soaks up runoff and reduces pollutants …

Tim Mooney performs his one-man William Shakespeare show, “Lot o’ Shakespeare,” in Dryden Theatre at Central Lakes College in Brainerd at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, May 3. Inside a drum are balls with the title of each of the Bard’s 38 plays and many of his sonnets. In lottery fashion, Mooney …

Take a walk on the wild side with Minnesota DNR Large Carnivore Specialist Dan Stark when he presents “Minnesota Wolf Recovery” at 7 p.m., Tuesday, May 1 in Room E203 at Central Lakes College in Brainerd. The presentation is part of the Center for Lifelong Learning’s 2011-2012 speaker series. In …

ANOKA — Cory Tumberg (shown) was 2-4 with a double and RBI in the second game as the Central Lakes College Baseball Raiders lost to Anoka-Ramsey, 10-6, in the second game of a Minnesota College Athletic Conference Southern Division doubleheader Monday. Losing pitcher Taz Seibert was 1-4 at the plate, …