BRAINERD– “The News Photography of Steve Kohls” will be the focus of a Rosenmeier Online forum at 7 p.m. Feb. 8 in the Chalberg Theatre at Central Lakes College, Brainerd campus. The occasion is free and open up to the public.Kohls has photographed breaking news, sporting occasions and created artistic pictures for the Brainerd Dispatch for more than 47 years. A tasting of his work will consist of images of Brainerd’s 1987 and 1991 downtown fires, the city’s long battle against mandatory fluoridation, a devastating train crash near Motley, along with function images of Little Falls artist Charles Kapsner and Bataan Death March survivor Walt Straka. Images will vary from black and white pieces from the beginning of his profession, to existing day photography and brief videos.Before operating at the Dispatch, Kohls was a staff professional photographer for the Country
Echo in Pequot Lakes, the Journal of New Ulm and the Wahpeton, North Dakota, Daily News.Kohls and Mike O’Rourke, a former newsroom colleague at the Dispatch, will
discuss the pictures and the stories that surround them at the forum. A concern and response session will follow the presentation. The YouTube livestream link for the meeting will be at www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRExrV-v0QA. The forum is presented by the Gordon Rosenmeier Center for State and City Government at Central
Lakes
College.