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Rachael Pugleasa, a Reading Corps tutor at Horace May Elementary School, works with third-grader Maddie Sugar on daily enrichment activities. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

Reading Corps celebrates first year in Bemidji

BEMIDJI — After graduating college last spring, Rachael Pugleasa, still a bit unsure of her future career path, decided to spend a year volunteering. She was accepted into the Minnesota...

news / education Fri, May 24, 2013 - 11:31pm

Bemidji Community Food Shelf volunteers Roy Blackwood and Kent Minske set anchors Friday in the cement supports for the new holding tank platform being constructed for the community garden. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

Community garden plans finalized; Planting to start next week

BEMIDJI — Plans to establish a community garden and eventually a small urban farm outside the Bemidji Community Food Shelf were finalized Friday, with the planting of produce scheduled to...

news / local Fri, May 24, 2013 - 11:25pm

Design Center building to see new tenants; Sears, St. Michel Furniture to move downtown

BEMIDJI — The Design Center building in downtown Bemidji will undergo major changes this summer. As the remaining merchandise from current business goes to auction today, another furniture store and...

news / business Fri, May 24, 2013 - 11:19pm

Faculty, staff firings at White Earth college spur protest

MAHNOMEN — Students at White Earth Tribal and Community College are protesting the new president’s decision to fire a handful of faculty and staff members earlier this week, saying those...

news / education Fri, May 24, 2013 - 11:16pm

Police and fire report to May 25

Police Report The Bemidji Police Department responded to the following calls: Juvenile/Status crimes 5:36 p.m. Thursday, 2800 block of Ridgeway Avenue Northwest. A 22-year-old woman was arrested on charges of...

news / local Fri, May 24, 2013 - 11:05pm

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

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