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BEMIDJI – The term “task force,” originally coined by the Royal Navy to describe small groups of vessels charged with a specific task, has taken on a life of its...

BEMIDJI – A mobile home that a SWAT team was dispatched to Monday caught on fire early Thursday morning. The Bemidji fire department was called to Westwood Acres mobile home...

BEMIDJI – The Boston Marathon bombings will be considered as planning for Bemidji’s inaugural Blue Ox Marathon continues. “I never, ever envisioned an actual race being the actual target” of...

BEMIDJI – The proposed Minnesota Innovation Institute would not only address a skills gap between local manufacturing companies and the unemployed, but immediately create or retain more than two dozen...

BEMIDJI – A SWAT team was dispatched to a Bemidji trailer park Monday, but ultimately wasn’t involved in a local man’s arrest. Daniel Wayne Jourdain, 28, of Bemidji, was arrested...

Police Report The Bemidji Police Department responded to the following calls: Theft 1:11 p.m. Monday, 500 block of 27th Street Northwest. A couple reported that a tax return had been...

LLTC Anwebiwin Powwow scheduled CASS LAKE – The Leech Lake Tribal College’s Anwebiwin Powwow will be Saturday at the Cass Lake-Bena High School. Grand Entries are at 1 and 6:30...

BEMIDJI – City councilors gave the developers of a long-awaited hotel connected to the Sanford Center more time – for a price. Bay Ridge Properties International will pay $50,000 for...

Sunday's snow storm has made travel difficult in the Bemidji area, and school officials announced that Bemidji area schools will start two hours late today. There will be no morning...