Brainerd Spotted®

Bob Bruininks, president of the University of Minnesota, sat on a stability ball as he listened to third-grade students Hunter Wicklund left, Regan McElfresh and Brandon Peterson as they worked on a reading lesson Friday at Garfield Elementary School in Brainerd. The third-grade students at Garfield are the recipients of a 50,000 childhood obesity grant, which provided the stability balls. Funding for the program was provided by the University of Minnesota Health Center. Brainerd DispatchSteve Kohls