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Gay marriage bill moving again at Minn. Capitol

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota lawmakers prepared Monday for what could be a pivotal week at the Capitol for the bid to legalize gay marriage in the state. Dozens...

news Mon, May 06, 2013 - 4:41pm

This July 31, 2012, file photo shows rusting beams from the 2007 Interstate 35W bridge collapse on the floor of a Minnesota transportation department garage in Oakdale, Minn. Historians, safety officials, educators and victims of the 2007 collapse would have six months to claim remnant steel from it under a bill the Minnesota House is set to vote on Monday, May 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Brian Bakst) Copyright 2013, The Associated Press

Minn. prepares to dispose of I-35W bridge parts

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota is preparing to give victims, historians and engineers a chance to claim some of the crumpled steel wreckage from the deadly 2007 collapse of the Interstate...

news Mon, May 06, 2013 - 4:29pm

Dayton to sign hospital nurse staffing study

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The truce between hospitals and a nurses union over staffing levels has been sent in legislative form to Gov. Mark Dayton's desk. The House voted...

news Mon, May 06, 2013 - 4:09pm

Blackduck man sentenced for January high-speed chase

BEMIDJI — Jeramie Ray Pilecki was sentenced to four years probation Monday for a January car chase with police that reached speeds near 100 mph. Pilecki, 36, of Blackduck, suffered...

news / local Mon, May 06, 2013 - 1:14pm

Sanford Center looks to indoor football team

BEMIDJI —Sanford Center management is exploring the possibility of bringing an indoor football team to Bemidji. Curtis Webb, the center’s executive director, said he has reached out to Robert Loving,...

news / local Mon, May 06, 2013 - 11:57am

Another House DFLer backs gay marriage in Minn.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A DFL state representative, who's also a Lutheran pastor, says he'll vote to legalize gay marriage. Rep. Tim Faust, of Hinckley, is among a group...

news Mon, May 06, 2013 - 11:11am

In this photo provided by Education Minnesota, Megan Olivia Hall receives the 2013 Minnesota Teacher of the Year Award in Brooklyn Park,, Minn., Friday, May 5, 2013. Hall teaches biology, life sciences and envirnmental science at Open World Learning Community in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Education Minnesota, Janet Hostetter)

St. Paul science teacher named Teacher of the Year

BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. — A St. Paul science teacher has been named Minnesota's Teacher of the Year for 2013. Megan Olivia Hall teaches grades 7-12 at the Open World Learning...

news / education Mon, May 06, 2013 - 10:45am

FBI: Raid of Minnesota home disrupted 'terror attack'

MINNEAPOLIS — The FBI says it believes “a terror attack was disrupted” when authorities raided a western Minnesota mobile home. The FBI arrested 24-year-old Buford Rogers on Friday, after a...

news / region Mon, May 06, 2013 - 10:39am

Local food shelf in top 20 in Minnesota for donations

BEMIDJI — The local food shelf is in the top 20 food shelves in the state for the amount of donations it brought in during March. According to Minnesota FoodShare,...

news / local Mon, May 06, 2013 - 9:48am

One person killed in small plane crash in southern Minnesota

EASTON, Minn. (AP) — Sheriff's officials say one person has died in the crash of a small plane in Faribault County. Deputies were called to a field near Easton about...

news / region Mon, May 06, 2013 - 9:01am

Ex-lawmaker looks to bridge gap in governor run

HAMEL, Minn. -- Jeff Johnson tried to make peace as last year's Minnesota Republican convention split into two factions, and now looks to bridge that gap and more as he...

news / region Mon, May 06, 2013 - 8:04am

Ann Hayes, a violinist in the Bemidji Symphony Orchestra, is the ambassador for this year’s local Walk MS. The walk will be held today at the Gillette Recreation-Fitness Center. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

‘We can take a bite out of MS’: Walk MS set for today at Rec Center

BEMIDJI — It took Ann Hayes three years and a seven-day hospital stay to accept her disease. Temporarily paralyzed because of multiple sclerosis, Hayes had to call her husband and...

news / local Sun, May 05, 2013 - 12:59am

Ann Hayes: In her own words about MS

Ann Hayes is this year’s Walk MS: Bemidji ambassador. Here, she talks about her journey toward acceptance of her multiple sclerosis and how acceptance does not equate to giving up...

news / local Sun, May 05, 2013 - 12:54am

Cass Lake man wanted for poisoning neighbor’s pets with antifreeze

BEMIDJI — Police are looking for a Cass Lake man accused of poisoning his neighbor’s pets with antifreeze in January. A warrant was issued in late March for William Lee...

news / local Sun, May 05, 2013 - 12:36am

Beltrami Court Report for May 5

The following cases were heard April 30 by Beltrami District Judge Shari Schlucter: Douglas Charles Howard, 25, of Cass Lake was sentenced for driving after cancellation. He must serve one...

news / local Sun, May 05, 2013 - 12:33am

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