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Apartment development to go before Bemidji councilors

BEMIDJI — An apartment development is in the works for the city’s south shore near the Sanford Center. Aaron Chirpich, development director with the Headwaters Regional Development Commission, described the...

news / local Wed, May 29, 2013 - 5:36pm

Same man suspected in 2nd Minn. body in car case

BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. (AP) — Police say a man charged in the death of a St. Paul woman whose body was found in an impounded car this winter is suspected...

news Wed, May 29, 2013 - 5:10pm

Shevlin man wins $56,000 in lottery game

SHEVLIN — A Shevlin man won more than $56,000 in a Minnesota State Lottery game last week. According to a press release from the lottery, Wayne Hinrichs stayed “pretty calm”...

news / local Wed, May 29, 2013 - 3:40pm

GOP businessman to challenge Minnesota's Franken

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Republican Mike McFadden, a political newcomer with a business background already being dissected, declared his candidacy Wednesday for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by...

news Wed, May 29, 2013 - 2:11pm

Supreme Court Justice Lillehaug says he has cancer

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota's newest Supreme Court justice, David Lillehaug (LIL'-uh-hog) has announced he has throat cancer, but says it won't keep him from serving on the high...

news Wed, May 29, 2013 - 2:10pm

Daily arrests, police and fire report for May 29

Police Report The Bemidji Police Depart-ment responded to the following calls: Theft 6:05 p.m. Tuesday, 4300 block of Sherman Drive Northeast. Items were report-edly stolen from a vehicle. 3:48 p.m...

news / local Wed, May 29, 2013 - 1:14pm

Autopsy shows Fargo strip club patron died from blunt head injury

FARGO -- Police say a preliminary medical examiner’s report shows that man knocked down by a bouncer outside the city’s only strip club died from blunt head injury. Deputy Chief...

news / region Wed, May 29, 2013 - 9:28am

In this March 16, 2013 file photo, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R- Minn., speaks at the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md. Bachmann said Wednesday, May 29, 2013, that she will not run for re-election in 2014. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, file)

Bachmann says she won't run for re-election

By Don Davis Forum News Service ST. PAUL -- Eight is enough. That is the message Tea Party darling Michele Bachmann delivered early today when she announced she will leave...

news / region Wed, May 29, 2013 - 8:35am

Joe Dahlby and Earl Speckman, left to right, with the mules Rufus and Rowdy. The pair, and the mules, recently completed a 340-mile trip to Joice, Iowa, to raise money for hospice and palliative care. Molly Miron | Pioneer Photo

Adventures, appreciation, pledges: Wagon trek was trip of lifetime

BEMIDJI — On April 22, a span of dark bay mules named Rufus and Rowdy clopped out of the Bemidji Homecare and Hospice lot pulling a covered wagon. Newly shod...

news / local Tue, May 28, 2013 - 11:46pm

Beekeeper Steve Ellis stands in a bee yard where about 1,300 hives wait to be placed in fields for summer honey production in a photo taken May 22 in Barrett. Thousands of bees recently died, and Ellis blames neonicotinoid pesticides. Ellis expects his hives to be much less productive this year. Dan Gunderson | MPR Photo

As bees perish, researchers search for causes and solutions

Elbow Lake — In a sprawling bee yard, beekeeper Steve Ellis, wearily surveyed 1,300 hives destined for fields across the countryside. Given that bees pollinate fruits, vegetables and nuts, and...

news Tue, May 28, 2013 - 11:41pm

Rise of al-Qaida Sahara terrorist

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — After years of trying to discipline him, the leaders of al-Qaida's North African branch sent one final letter to their most difficult employee. In page after...

news Tue, May 28, 2013 - 8:16pm

No signs of foul play in woman camper's death

LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP, Minn. — A preliminary investigation into the death of a 25-year-old Taconite woman while camping with her family Monday gives no indication of foul play, the Itasca County...

news Tue, May 28, 2013 - 8:05pm

Ely man identified as fire victim

ELY — The 49-year-old man who died in a cabin fire in Lake County east of Ely on Monday morning has been identified as Brant Harris of Ely. The cabin,...

news Tue, May 28, 2013 - 7:53pm

Duluth man admits murder of Floodwood woman

CARLTON, Minn. — An alleged member of the Native Mob admitted Tuesday that he murdered a Floodwood woman last fall. Michael William Siewert, 23, of Duluth, pleaded guilty to intentional...

news Tue, May 28, 2013 - 7:49pm

Halstad mayor arrested on suspicion of criminal sexual conduct

HALSTAD, Minn. — The city’s mayor was in jail after being arrested Monday on allegations of criminal sexual conduct, terroristic and domestic abuse. Norman County Sheriff Jeremy Thornton said Steve...

news Tue, May 28, 2013 - 7:47pm

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