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LAPORTE - Travel speeds are reduced east of Laporte due to spring flooding. Highway 200, between Hubbard County roads 45 and 30, is marked with flashers. Also posted is a...

BEMIDJI - Sexual abuse that began four years ago in a Bemidji home was deemed to have gone on unchecked by the adoptive father of the victims. For the crime...

Police Report The Bemidji Police Department responded to the following calls: Assault 2:10 a.m. Tuesday, 1100 block of Dewey Avenue Northeast. A man was arrested for gross misdemeanor DWI and...

Two giant columns of ice sit behind Ben Franklin in the alley way, making a unique work of art but also posing a potential hazard.— Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

A week ago, the trail from Lake Boulevard down behind Bemidji State University was somewhat clear, but the weekend weather cleared the trail enough for skateboarders to traverse down it...

BEMIDJI - An 18-year-old man was formally charged Monday in the death of Leslie Charles Headbird, 44, who died Thursday in the kitchen of his rural Cass Lake home. Damion...

BEMIDJI – The Sanford Center Advisory Board approved guidelines Monday on how to use the center’s angel fund. Curtis Webb, the center’s executive director, previously explained the fund could be...

Police Report The Bemidji Police Department responded to the following calls: Property 7:32 p.m. Saturday, 600 block of 18th Street Southwest. Officers were unable to locate kids kicking mailboxes in...

Ladies Auxiliary meeting set BEMIDJI – The American Legion Ladies Auxiliary post 14 will be hosting their monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Monday at the Bemidji American Legion. For details,...

BEMIDJI – The city took a step toward cleaning up the south shore of Lake Bemidji Monday night. The city council during its work session directed staff to contract with...

BEMIDJI – The city council approved a loan request for a developer of proposed townhomes near the Sanford Center. The council was presented Monday with a request from B&B Enterprises...

BEMIDJI – Monday’s city council work session will be all about parks. The council will be presented a recommendation from the parks and trails commission to implement its master plan...

Police Report The Bemidji Police Department responded to the following calls Friday: Theft 4:20 p.m.: A 32-year-old woman was cited for theft from Lueken’s, 1171 Paul Bunyan Dr. NW, and...