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Boy Scout Keegan Walters helps Cindy Dow and her granddaughter, Addison Newland, 2, during the annual Paul Bunyan Communication’s Appreciation Meal on Wednesday evening. About 5,300-5,400 people were expected to attend, keeping the 16 volunteer Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts busy helping families with their plates of food. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

Paul Bunyan Communications hosts annual celebration

BEMIDJI — The sun was out, the cars were parked alongside the road and the lines for the fish fry were building Wednesday afternoon for the 12th annual Paul Bunyan...

news / business Thu, May 23, 2013 - 12:02am

In a file photo from 2008, a huge tornado funnel cloud touches down in Orchard, Iowa. The powerful tornado that ripped through Oklahoma Monday, killing 24 people, has focused attention on the safety of school children during violent storms. Lori Mehmen | Associated Press

Bemidji, other districts, required to have plans in place for possible tornado

ST. PAUL — The powerful tornado that ripped through Oklahoma Monday, killing 24, has focused attention on the safety of Minnesota school children during violent storms. At least seven of...

news / education Wed, May 22, 2013 - 11:56pm

Local legislators reflect on session; taxes, education among main priorities

BEMIDJI — Local legislators, weary from the whirlwind that has been the State Capitol the past few weeks, are returning to their home districts this week. And with the hundreds...

news / local Wed, May 22, 2013 - 11:51pm

Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton signs an education bill that spends $16 billion into law Wednesday. Looking on are the bill’s authors, Rep. Paul Marquart of Dilworth left, and Sen. Chuck Wiger of Maplewood. Don Davis | Forum News Service

Minnesotans will feel legislative session impact

ST. PAUL — Legislative sessions have consequences, and 2013’s version will be felt by many Minnesotans. Republicans say Minnesotans of all stripes will pay higher taxes. Democrats claim residents will...

news Wed, May 22, 2013 - 11:46pm

Issue by issue look at 2013 legislative session

ST. PAUL — Here are how some issues fared at the recently completed 2013 Minnesota Legislature: Bonding: Gov. Mark Dayton and House Democrats wanted to borrow $750 million to $800...

news Wed, May 22, 2013 - 11:42pm

Headwaters restoration events set

CASS LAKE — There will be a Mississippi River (Headwaters) watershed restoration and protection project kick-off event 4 to 7:30 p.m. June 4 at the Pike Bay Town Hall, 15514...

news / region Wed, May 22, 2013 - 11:30pm

Minnesota man indicted for having Molotov cocktails

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A western Minnesota man arrested earlier this month in what the FBI called a thwarted terror plot has been indicted, but not on any terror-related charges. A...

news Wed, May 22, 2013 - 10:15pm

Bookkeeper accused of stealing from gas station

MOORHEAD — A gas station worker here faces felony theft charges after she allegedly admitted stealing from her company to save her mother from a hoarding situation. Two felony theft...

news Wed, May 22, 2013 - 9:02pm

Firefighters quickly extinguish a small house fire caused by a burning cigarette

BEMIDJI -- It took firefighters less than ten minutes to arrive at a home in Northern Township, quelling a fire there, and it was within an hour that the blaze...

news / local Wed, May 22, 2013 - 8:05pm

Day care provider charged in infant’s death

FARMINGTON — A 45-year-old Farmington woman was charged with manslaughter after an infant in her care died last summer. Rebecca Lynn Graupmann was charged with two counts of manslaughter in...

news Wed, May 22, 2013 - 7:46pm

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A man thanks local military members Wednesday during an open forum on veterans issues held at the Beltrami County Commission offices.

Housing, jobs a priority for veterans

BEMIDJI — Housing and jobs were the main topics of a veterans issues forum held here Wednesday. Staff of U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., hosted the meeting and met with...

news / local Wed, May 22, 2013 - 6:21pm

1 child dead, 1 missing in Minn. park landslide

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Officials say one child is dead and another is unaccounted for after a gravel slide in a St. Paul park. The children were at the...

news Wed, May 22, 2013 - 4:24pm

Daily arrests, police and fire report, May 22

Police report: The Bemidji Police Department responded to the following calls: Theft 3:04 p.m. Tuesday, 1000 block of Lassie Lane Southwest. A wallet was stolen from a vehicle. 9:32 a.m...

news / local Wed, May 22, 2013 - 2:31pm

Updated: City to receive $750,000 from Legislature for Paul Bunyan, Library parks

BEMIDJI —The city’s plans for redeveloping Paul Bunyan and Library parks will receive a huge boost from the state Legislature. Legislators approved a final Legacy bill, which funds projects of...

news / local Wed, May 22, 2013 - 2:09pm

The wreckage of homes litters a playground adjacent to a neighborhood which was destroyed Monday when a tornado moved through Moore, Okla., Wednesday, May 22, 2013. The huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb, flattening a wide swath of homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Two infants among Oklahoma tornado victims; damage could top $2 billion

MOORE, Okla. (AP) — The cost of a massive tornado that battered an Oklahoma City suburb could be more than $2 billion, according to a preliminary official estimate announced Wednesday...

news Wed, May 22, 2013 - 12:52pm

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