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City of Bemidji Lobbies for Housing and Disaster Recovery During Day at the Capitol

City of Bemidji Lobbies for Housing and Disaster Recovery During Day at the Capitol

Brainerd Chamber of Commerce Hosts Annual Eggs & Issues Legislative Breakfast

Brainerd Chamber of Commerce Hosts Annual Eggs & Issues Legislative Breakfast

Beltrami County History Center Awarded Over $74,000 for Photo Project

Beltrami County History Center Awarded Over $74,000 for Photo Project

BSU Men's Hockey Falls to Augustana in Game 1 of Mason Cup Quarterfinals

BSU Men’s Hockey Falls to Augustana in Game 1 of Mason Cup Quarterfinals

Warroad Boys' Hockey Beats Delano 6-3 To Move on to Class A Finals

Warroad Boys’ Hockey Beats Delano 6-3 To Move on to Class A Finals

Bemidji Boys' Basketball Ends Season With Loss to Elk River in Section Semis

Bemidji Boys’ Basketball Ends Season With Loss to Elk River in Section Semis

In Focus: BSU Sings! Gives High School Vocalists College-Level Instruction

In Focus: BSU Sings! Gives High School Vocalists College-Level Instruction

Red Lake DPS Offering $1,000 Reward To Help Find Man Wanted in Shooting The Red Lake Department of Public Safety is offering a reward for information that helps them locate a man who is wanted for shooting another man last month, causing serious bodily injury. A reward of...

Red Lake DPS Offering $1,000 Reward To Help Find Man Wanted in Shooting

Bomb Threat Forces Park Rapids Restaurant To Close Temporarily A bomb threat forced a Park Rapids business to close this week. The Good Life Cafe closed on Wednesday due to the threat. It has now reopened. Owner Molly Luther said on Facebook that police determine...

Bomb Threat Forces Park Rapids Restaurant To Close Temporarily

Mille Lacs Lake Walleye Limit Staying at 3 for 2026 Open Water Season The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is keeping a three-walleye limit on Mille Lacs Lake for the 2026 open water season. The three-walleye limit was in place late last summer through the ice ...

Mille Lacs Lake Walleye Limit Staying at 3 for 2026 Open Water Season

KB101 in Bemidji Receives 7th Community Service Award from NAB A Bemidji radio station recently received its seventh community service award from the National Association of Broadcasting. According to a press release from Paul Bunyan Broadcasting, the company's c...

KB101 in Bemidji Receives 7th Community Service Award from NAB

Bemidji Leaders Head to St. Paul for 19th Annual Day at the Capitol Political and community leaders from around the Bemidji area drove down to the state Capitol on Thursday for the 19th annual Bemidji Day at the Capitol. The event gives representatives from the Bemidj...

Bemidji Leaders Head to St. Paul for 19th Annual Day at the Capitol

Beltrami County Public Health Winter Festival To Be Held at Kelliher School The Beltrami County Public Health Department is holding its inaugural Winter Festival this Saturday, which will be hosted at Kelliher Public School. Organizers say this free event is meant to celebrat...

Beltrami County Public Health Winter Festival To Be Held at Kelliher School

Little Falls Girls' Basketball Falls Short of State Appearance With Loss to Willmar Coming into this season's playoffs, it had been 35 years since Little Falls girls' basketball was at the state tournament. But after powering their way through Sauk Rapids-Rice in the section quarterf...

Little Falls Girls’ Basketball Falls Short of State Appearance With Loss to Willmar

Grand Rapids Boys' Hockey Takes OT Loss Against Rosemount in State Quarterfinals Two years ago in the 5-4 quarterfinal match-up of the state hockey tournament, Grand Rapids treated us to an instant classic when they scored with less than a second left in regulation to beat White B...

Grand Rapids Boys’ Hockey Takes OT Loss Against Rosemount in State Quarterfinals

Golden Apple: 'Drop Everything and Read' Day at Bemidji's Lincoln Elementary For many schools across the country, the last Friday in February is "Drop Everything and Read" Day, and for Lincoln Elementary in Bemidji, it's no different. In an effort to encourage grade school chi...

Golden Apple: ‘Drop Everything and Read’ Day at Bemidji’s Lincoln Elementary

Bemidji Senior Guard Boschee Named MBCA McDonald Award Finalist Bemidji guard Jaxon Boschee is one of 15 seniors to be named a Minnesota Basketball Coaches Association (MBCA) McDonald Award finalist. The award is given annually to the most outstanding senior boys’...

Bemidji Senior Guard Boschee Named MBCA McDonald Award Finalist

Little Falls Man Found Guilty of Murder, Manslaughter in 1-Year-Old's Death A jury has found a 43-year-old Little Falls man guilty of second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter in the death of his girlfriend's 1-year-old daughter. A Morrison County Court jury found Er...

Little Falls Man Found Guilty of Murder, Manslaughter in 1-Year-Old’s Death

Cass Lake-Area Conservation Officer Named MN DNR's CO of the Year A conservation officer in the Cass Lake area has been named the Minnesota Department of Natural Resource's 2025 Conservation Officer of the Year. Patrick McGowan and four other conservation officers r...

Cass Lake-Area Conservation Officer Named MN DNR’s CO of the Year

Trump Fires Homeland Security Secretary Noem After Mounting Criticism Over Her Leadership By MICHELLE L. PRICE, REBECCA SANTANA and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday fired his embattled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, after mountin...

Trump Fires Homeland Security Secretary Noem After Mounting Criticism Over Her Leadership

Grand Rapids Boys' Basketball Tops North Branch in Section 7AAA Quarterfinals

Grand Rapids Boys’ Basketball Tops North Branch in Section 7AAA Quarterfinals

Beltrami County History Center Opens New Archives & Library In other History Center news, the Beltrami County Historical Society recently opened up a new library inside the building with centuries worth of historical documents gathered in one place. The Louis ...

Beltrami County History Center Opens New Archives & Library

Beltrami County Celebrates 160th Anniversary Beltrami County is celebrating its 160th birthday as an official county in Minnesota. Beltrami County was established by the Minnesota State legislature on the guidance of the Minnesota Historical Soc...

Beltrami County Celebrates 160th Anniversary

Jeremiah Liend Intends to Run "Funds Free" Campaign for MN 8th Congressional District Jeremiah Liend, a Technical Coordinator of the Performing Arts at Bemidji State University, announced in February his intention to run for Minnesota House District 8 as an independent candidate operat...

Jeremiah Liend Intends to Run “Funds Free” Campaign for MN 8th Congressional District

Bemidji School District Plans Public Hearing On Proposed School Closure District leadership is considering closing J.W. Smith Elementary and plans to hold a public hearing before voting on the possible closure at a later date. The hearing will take place on Tuesday, March...

Bemidji School District Plans Public Hearing On Proposed School Closure

Deer River Skates Past North Woods in Section 7A Quarters

Deer River Skates Past North Woods in Section 7A Quarters

Little Falls Girls' Basketball One Win Away From First State Tournament Appearance in 35 Years

Little Falls Girls’ Basketball One Win Away From First State Tournament Appearance in 35 Years

Judge Denies Bemidji's Request to Rehear Parts of Northern Township Trial

Judge Denies Bemidji’s Request to Rehear Parts of Northern Township Trial

Sacred Bundle Explains Remodeling Plans for Former Bemidji Elementary School

Sacred Bundle Explains Remodeling Plans for Former Bemidji Elementary School

Fire at Staples Apartment Displaces All Residents in Building

Fire at Staples Apartment Displaces All Residents in Building