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Dayton attends memorial for landslide victims

ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. (AP) — Students at a St. Louis Park elementary school gathered around a makeshift memorial filled with stuffed animals and flowers on Friday as they mourned...

news / region Fri, May 24, 2013 - 2:49pm

Rare Superman comic found in Minnesota house insulation

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — It's considered the Holy Grail of comic books: Action Comics No. 1 from 1938, featuring the debut of Superman. And David Gonzales found one mixed in with...

news / region Fri, May 24, 2013 - 12:24pm

22-year-old Frazee man struck, killed by train

FRAZEE, Minn. – A 22-year-old Frazee man died Thursday night after he was struck by a train in Frazee, Becker County Sheriff Kelly Shannon said in a statement released this...

news / region Fri, May 24, 2013 - 10:49am

Suspect in Wisconsin homicide arrested in Duluth

A man was arrested at a Duluth motel Thursday night after a deadly shooting in Superior. The Superior Police Department earlier in the day called the midday death of a...

news / region Fri, May 24, 2013 - 8:46am

Hannah Marty, a senior at TrekNorth Junior & Senior High School, is one of 34 students who will graduate from the public charter school tonight. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

TrekNorth graduation tonight; Senior looking forward to life post-high school

BEMIDJI — When it came time to apply for college, Hannah Marty was ready. She applied to just one: Carleton College, a private liberal arts college in Northfield, Minn. "Oh...

news / education Thu, May 23, 2013 - 11:55pm

Cars pass by the Carnegie Library building Thursday afternoon. Local volunteers are hoping to raise $1.6 million to restore the building and move it away from State Highway 197. John Hageman | Bemidji Pioneer

Carnegie building named a ‘Site Worth Saving’

BEMIDJI — Local fundraisers will receive some outside assistance in their quest to restore the Carnegie Library building. The Save the Carnegie Committee announced Thursday that the Preservation Alliance of...

news / local Thu, May 23, 2013 - 11:50pm

Two Becker County deputies rescue dog from wildfire

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. -- Two Becker County sheriff’s deputies helped save a scared family dog caught in the Green Valley wildfire last week near Menahga. Deputy Todd Glander and Deputy...

news / region Thu, May 23, 2013 - 8:01pm

Convicted child predator faces new charges in Moorhead

MOORHEAD, Minn. -- A former Dilworth man serving 12 years in prison on a previous child sex abuse conviction is facing new child sex abuse charges filed Wednesday in Clay...

news / region Thu, May 23, 2013 - 7:45pm

Texas man pleads guilty in Minnesota rape case

WILLMAR, Minn. -- A Texas man pleaded guilty Thursday to an amended charge of second-degree criminal sexual conduct for sexually assaulting a teenage girl last summer in Willmar. Sentencing for...

news / region Thu, May 23, 2013 - 7:42pm

Flags at grave sites are placed Thursday at Arlington National Cemetery as part of the annual "Flags-In" ceremony in preparation for Memorial Day on Monday in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci

Area Memorial Day events

Here’s a list of area Memorial Day events. To be included in this weekend’s editions of The Bemidji Pioneer, email news@bemidjipioneer.com with Memorial Day in the subject line. Bemidji Memorial...

news / local Thu, May 23, 2013 - 7:21pm

Boy Scouts salute early Saturday morning, May 21, 2011 during New Jersey's Boy Scouts Camporee in Sea Girt, N.J. The Boy Scouts of America's National Council has voted to ease a long-standing ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted as Scouts, Thursday, May 23, 2013. Of the local Scout leaders voting at their annual meeting in Texas, more than 60 percent supported the proposal. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, file)

Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys

GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America threw open its ranks Thursday to gay Scouts but not gay Scout leaders — a fiercely contested compromise that some warned...

news / region Thu, May 23, 2013 - 7:13pm

Minnesota records more than 200 flu deaths this season

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Health officials say Minnesota topped 200 influenza-related deaths this flu season. In its final weekly report until next fall, the Minnesota Department of Health said...

news / region Thu, May 23, 2013 - 6:57pm

MONTE DRAPER | BEMIDJI PIONEER
The Students First program held an end-of-the-year celebration Thursday for community coaches and the eighth-grade students. Above, Jeremy Ganske, left, shares photos with Stanley Donnell, an eighth-grader at TrekNorth.

‘A fantastic program’: Students First concludes its second year

BEMIDJI — Lawren Wadena, an eighth-grader at Bemidji Middle School, and Melanie Wilson, a Leech Lake Tribal College employee, have gotten to know each other quite well in the past...

news / education Thu, May 23, 2013 - 6:48pm

Area schools score well on American Indian performance

BEMIDJI — Multiple Bemidji area schools have been listed as top-performing schools in Minnesota for low-income and American Indian performance, according to statewide nonprofit agency. In Bemidji, Central Elementary School...

news / local Thu, May 23, 2013 - 6:43pm

New Minn. law allows more childhood abuse lawsuits

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Adults who suffered childhood sexual abuse and want to file civil lawsuits will have much wider access to the courts under a bill awaiting Gov...

news / region Thu, May 23, 2013 - 4:01pm

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