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ST. PAUL — Minnesota voters will decide in 2016 whether decisions about how much legislators are paid should be handed to an independent group. The House and Senate passed the...

BEMIDJI — Minnesota’s 12 regional library systems will avoid previously proposed cuts to its legacy funds. The state Legislature adjourned Monday, approving $3 million for library systems to fund programs...

Police Report The Bemidji Police Department responded to the following calls: Theft 3:09 p.m. Monday, 1800 block of Paul Bunyan Drive Northwest. Someone drove away without paying for gas. Property...

BEMIDJI — Sentence to Service, a state-run program that provides those on probation for various crimes to serve the community, will receive more than $200,000 in funds, the Beltrami County...

CROOKSTON — Dr. Craig Theede’s daily commute from Grand Forks, N.D., to Crookston started earlier than usual Monday. It was because he had an appointment, not with a patient but...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Far-reaching legislation that grants a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a solid bipartisan...

FARGO — It’s been 10 years ago this month since a Minnesota prison released Alfonso Rodriguez Jr. to his Crookston home, where he lived prior to kidnapping and killing University...

PARK RAPIDS— A 7,100-acre grass fire that con-sumed 64 buildings last week is contained. Weekend rains helped departments get the fire under control. “We got rain and that’s ex-cellent,” Jeff...

BEMIDJI — The TrekNorth Envirothon team scored a two-peat Monday as it won first place in the state Envirothon competition, securing the team a repeat appearance in nationals. “It’s great...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Here's where Minnesota Democrats and Republicans agree: The just-finished legislative session sent the state and its government on a dramatically different course than it traveled...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Top Minnesota lawmakers purposely delayed the start of a new sales tax on warehousing services until next April in case they need to revise or...