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ATV crash injures girl; man charged with DWI

COSMOS, Minn. -- A 5-year-old girl was seriously injured Sunday in an ATV accident near Cosmos and a rural Darwin man is in jail on charges of second-degree driving while...

news / region Tue, May 14, 2013 - 8:42am

Raising Gang Awareness

Mike Martin, commander with the Special Crime Division of the Minneapolis Police Department, led a gang awareness workshop at Bemidji State University on Monday. Martin’s presentation, “Understanding Minnesota Gangs,” was...

news Mon, May 13, 2013 - 10:27pm

Safety in Biking

Owen Tisland, right, a student at Laporte Elementary School, is fitted for a bicycle helmet by Mike Heikes, a traumatic brain injury survivor and five-time cross-country bicyclist. Heikes, founder of...

news Mon, May 13, 2013 - 10:17pm

News Briefs for May 14

Bemidji resident wins $20,000 in lottery BEMIDJI — Kjell Thompson of Bemidji recently won $21,000 playing the Minnesota Lottery’s Cash Star Crossword game, officials said Monday. Thompson claimed the prize...

news Mon, May 13, 2013 - 10:02pm

Cass Lake man arrested for string of burglaries

BEMIDJI — A Cass Lake man was arrested Friday and charged in a string of thefts in Bemidji, officials said. Last week, a rash of burglaries was reported to the...

news Mon, May 13, 2013 - 10:00pm

Two Cass Lake men stabbed

BEMIDJI — Two Cass Lake men were stabbed early Saturday in the city, officials said Monday. At just after 3:15 a.m. Saturday, the Cass County Sheriff’s Office received a report...

news Mon, May 13, 2013 - 9:57pm

Surrounded by ice on Lake Bemidji

The shifting Monday afternoon created a problem for the lone fishing boat on Lake Bemidji. Zach Ramlow and Alec Tiffany soon found themselves surrounded by ice and couldn’t make it...

news / local Mon, May 13, 2013 - 9:53pm

Minnesota senators ‘vote for love’

ST. PAUL — Love and marriage soon will go together for Minnesota gays like they do for straight couples. “Vote yes for love,” Minnesota Sen. Scott Dibble told his colleagues...

news Mon, May 13, 2013 - 9:51pm

Emily Powers, left, and Emily Papke-Larson, have been together for five years. They have no immediate plans to get married after Gov. Mark Dayton signs a bill allowing gay and lesbian couples to do so, but they are happy to see it happen. — Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

‘I couldn’t be happier’: Local gay community excited for bill’s passage

BEMIDJI — The state Senate’s passage of the gay marriage bill Monday didn’t make marriage any less of a personal decision for Emily Papke-Larson and her partner Emily Powers. But,...

news / local Mon, May 13, 2013 - 9:47pm

Man gets 20 years in Somali terror investigation

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man who authorities say played a key role in funneling young men from Minnesota to the terrorist group al-Shabab in Somalia has been sentenced to 20...

news / region Mon, May 13, 2013 - 7:08pm

Two adult bald eagles locked talons in mid-air Sunday over Duluth International Airport and crashed to the ground when they couldn't separate. (Courtesy Minnesota Department of Natural Resources)

CRASH LANDING: Two eagles, locked in a mid-air territorial dispute, plummet to runway in Duluth

DULUTH -- Two adult bald eagles made an unplanned landing on the tarmac at the Duluth International Airport on Sunday. The two birds had locked talons in mid-air and couldn’t...

news / region Mon, May 13, 2013 - 7:00pm

Dr. Kermit Gosnell is escorted to a waiting police van upon leaving the Criminal Justice Center in Philadelphia, Monday, May 13, 2013, after being convicted of first-degree murder in the deaths of three babies who were delivered alive and then killed with scissors at his clinic. (AP Photo/Philadelphia Daily News, Yong Kim)

Philly abortion doctor guilty in 3 babies' deaths

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An abortion doctor was convicted Monday of first-degree murder and could face execution in the deaths of three babies who were delivered alive and then killed with...

news Mon, May 13, 2013 - 6:36pm

Former corrections officer sentenced for having sex with female inmate

A former corrections officer was sentenced Monday to 5-plus years in jail on charges he had sex with an inmate at a Minnesota facility, James Allen Bongaarts, 57, of Tower,...

news / region Mon, May 13, 2013 - 6:20pm

Paulsen rules out run for US Senate or MN governor

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Erik Paulsen has ruled out a run for the U.S. Senate or for governor of Minnesota, saying he plans to seek a fourth term...

news / region Mon, May 13, 2013 - 3:36pm

Burning restrictions added in 4 Minn. counties

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Authorities have added four more northern Minnesota counties to the long list of counties where spring burning restrictions are in effect. The latest restrictions took...

news / region Mon, May 13, 2013 - 2:31pm

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