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BEMIDJI -- Developers, BSU staff and the public got a chance to speak their mind Thursday on the University Heights project. That project calls for construction of apartments and commercial space on what was once the site of Bemidji High School, across the street from BSU.

FARGO – Cass County prosecutors filed criminal charges Thursday against the mother of a 4-day-old West Fargo infant who died last month. According to charges filed in Cass County District Court, the mother, Reanne Rose Pederson, 31, snorted hydrocodone just before breastfeeding...

Adrian Glass-Moore Forum News Service FARGO — Priests were dancing Thursday at the Ramada Plaza Suites conference center as musicians banged loudly on a drum behind them and a large crowd cheered them on. The priests were taking part in the Nations Grand Entry, a traditional...

Doug Belden St. Paul Pioneer Press ST. PAUL —About a month before local officials made their winning pitch to the NFL to land Super Bowl 2018, metro-area mayors got an unusual-looking request. An email dated April 23 from the public stadium authority included a draft letter asking...

Sheriff’s Report The Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls on Wednesday: Warrant 7:54 a.m. A 20-year-old man was arrested on a warrant and a 20-year-old was cited for driving after revocation on Paul Bunyan Drive S. Burglary 1:44 p.m. A burglary...

BEMIDJI -- Bail has been set at $1 million for a man who shot a 17-year-old girl three times in Eckles Township on Monday night. Chad Eric Pickering, 40, of Bemidji, was arraigned Wednesday in Beltrami County Court on one count of felony first-degree attempted murder. Judge John...

BEMIDJI -- BSU President Richard Hanson is scheduled to throw out the ceremonial first pitch Friday night before the Minnesota Twins take on the Chicago White Sox at Target Field in Minneapolis. The BSU Alumni Choir is also scheduled to sing the national anthem before the start...

The Bemidji Fire Department responded to the following calls on Wednesday: 5:05 p.m. Crash on Highway 2 West and Moberg Drive.

The following people were booked into the Beltrami County Jail Wednesday. 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. Keith Nathan Head, 33 *No photo* F-COURT/PENDING-609.582.1(c) Burglary-1st...

BEMIDJI -- Environmentalist group Honor the Earth will hold a canoe rally Friday in Bemidji against the proposed Sandpiper oil pipeline. The protest and media event is planned to begin at 5 p.m. at the Lake Bemidji waterfront near the Paul and Babe statues, a release from the group...

BUXTON, N.D. – Piglets were falling out of a truck and onto Interstate 29 for several miles near here Wednesday until the driver eventually noticed, the North Dakota Highway Patrol said. There were “dead pigs all over the road,” Sgt. Greg Smith said. The truck...