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John Myers Forum News Service DULUTH — Minnesota Power officials Wednesday said they have formally applied for state and federal permits to build the proposed 220-mile Great Northern high voltage electric transmission line across northern Minnesota. The Duluth-based utility,...

L&M Supply employees recognized BEMIDJI — L&M Supply recently recognized employees for their years of service with the company. Carol Streiber has 40 years of service. She started on July 25, 1974 and serves as the department head of paint at the Bemidji store location. Scott...

BEMIDJI -- The annexation lawsuit between Bemidji Township and the city of Bemidji may be headed for the state Court of Appeals. In documents dated Wednesday, the township's lawyer, John Steffenhagen, appealed a March 20 decision by Ninth District Court Judge Paul T. Benshoof, which...

BEMIDJI -- The annexation lawsuit between Bemidji Township and the city of Bemidji may be headed for the state Court of Appeals. In documents dated Wednesday, the township's lawyer, John Steffenhagen, appealed a March 20 decision by Ninth District Court Judge Paul T. Benshoof, which...

BEMIDJI -- The annexation lawsuit between Bemidji Township and the city of Bemidji may be headed for the state Court of Appeals. In documents dated Wednesday, the township’s lawyer, John Steffenhagen, appealed a March 20 decision by Ninth District Court Judge Paul T. Benshoof,...

Sheriff’s Report The Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls on Thursday: Accident 8:47 a.m. A 387-year-old man was cited following a vehicle property damage accident on the 12000 block of Grange Road NW. Assault 11:58 a.m. A 22-year-old woman was...

The Bemidji Fire Department responded to the following calls on Thursday: 12:58 p.m. Check smoke on the 2500 block of Fox Drive NW. 4:41 p.m. Wildland fire on the 2900 block of Monroe Ave. Contained at 5:05 p.m. 8:40 p.m. Medical on the 100 block of Paul Bunyan Drive S. 9:29 p.m....

The following people were booked into the Beltrami County Jail Thursday. The charges listed here do not necessarily reflect the nature of the counts that may be levied against them by the Beltrami County Attorney's Office. Nicole Faye Beaulieu, 33 P-COURT/PENDING-588.10 WARRANT-Contempt...

WILLISTON, N.D. -- A teenage girl is in the hospital after being shot by a boy on U.S. Highway 2 near Williston early Friday morning. A 12-year-old boy shot the 15-year-old girl while they were in a vehicle shortly before 1 a.m. Friday, the Williams County Sheriff’s Office...

The Blackduck School District recently had Eva Pohl, Special Education Supervisor of the Bemidji Regional Interdistrict Council, present at the School Board meeting on Monday, April 14. Pohl was there to give a workload analysis of the special education programs in the elementary...

GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. -- A correctional officer at a Grand Rapids juvenile facility is accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old female resident. Devin Michael Wood, 23, a correctional officer for North Homes Children and Family Services, was charged this week with five...

WAUBUN, Minn. -- A 15-year-old student is a “person of interest” in a bomb threat that caused the evacuation of Waubun High School on Tuesday, according to the Mahnomen County Sheriff's Office. The sheriff’s office said in a news release that the Waubun-Ogema-White...