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BEMIDJI—Bemidji Area Schools' plans to build a new elementary school took another step forward Monday. The Beltrami County Planning Commission voted to approve a conditional use permit and variance for the school district's plans to build Gene Dillon Elementary near the intersection...

BEMIDJI—The Wojo's Rodeo Circuit Finals, presented by Coke of Bemidji, will come to the Sanford Center on Oct. 21 and 22. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. and the show will begin at 6:30 p.m. both days. Cowboys and cowgirls from northern Minnesota will compete in 11 events including...

BEMIDJI—Bemidji Area Schools' water and sewer system options for its planned Gene Dillon Elementary School may hinge on Beltrami County's roadway improvement plans. The school district has a "Plan B" to construct on-site wells and a septic system, but officials there have said...

BEMIDJI—A Bemidji man will spend 10 years on probation after receiving a stayed sentence of four years and nine months in prison for criminal vehicular homicide Monday in Itasca County Court. Christopher Glenn Smith, 30, pleaded guilty last month to one count of felony criminal...

ESKO, Minn. -- Authorities on Monday released the name of a woman killed in a one-vehicle crash Saturday in Esko.Robin Lee Bergquist, 41, of Saginaw, died in the crash that happened at about 12:20 a.m., the Carlton County Sheriff’s Office reported. The crash remains under investigation....

ST. PAUL—Minnesotans must be eager to vote in the Nov. 8 election. Nearly 47,000 registered to vote online last week, with about 27,000 on Friday, Sept. 23, alone, smashing the one-day record of 7,602. Secretary of State Steve Simon announced the figures on Monday, Sept. 26. Simon...

BEMIDJI—An omnibus hearing for a Bemidji man charged with two counts of second-degree manslaughter in connection with the drowning death of his 2-year-old foster child has been pushed to October. Nathan Daniel Jackson's original omnibus hearing was scheduled for Aug. 15, but...

FRANKLIN -- Authorities say a Sunday house fire on the southern edge of Renville County started in a sofa, and a preliminary investigation suggests it was caused by a child playing with a cigarette lighter. The fire, on the 200 block of Fifth Avenue East in Franklin, was reported...