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Sesame Street Live to play Sanford Center

Sesame Street Live will play the Sanford Center in Bemidji on Oct. 4-5, the center announced today. "Elmo Makes Music" will feature Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Big Bird and other Sesame...

news / local Wed, May 08, 2013 - 8:21am

Dad gets help during annual Downtown Project Pride cleanup event

Roy C. Booth had additional help Tuesday night as he participated in the annual Downtown Project Pride cleanup event. Pictured from left are, 4-year old Revelin supervised as 7-year Rex...

news / local Tue, May 07, 2013 - 11:53pm

Minnesota Rep. Torrey Westrom of Elbow Lake, left, talks Tuesday about his opposition to a bill allowing gay marriage. Looking on is Sen. Tony Lourey of Kerrick. Don Davis | Forum News Service

Legislature poised for gay marriage votes

ST. PAUL — Gay marriage supporters feel victory in the air. Their confidence is high as Minnesota state representatives plan to vote on overturning an existing same-sex marriage ban on...

news Tue, May 07, 2013 - 11:45pm

From left, Dian Sharpe shows off one of the premiere purses for the live auction "Power of the Purse" to Vicki Wangberg and Ginny Kurtzweg. The popular fundraiser for Early Childhood Initiative will be hosted Thursday at Sparkling Waters from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Tickets are $30, which includes wine, plated salad, silent and live auction and many door prizes. All proceeds go toward early childhood programs for children, infant to age 5. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

Fundraiser for Early Childhood Initiative set for Thursday

From left, Dian Sharpe shows off one of the premiere purses for the live auction "Power of the Purse" to Vicki Wangberg and Ginny Kurtzweg. The popular fundraiser for Early...

news / education Tue, May 07, 2013 - 11:29pm

Toasty Beaver’s faces grease cleanup costs: No penalties assessed in matter

BEMIDJI — The city of Bemidji says the significant amount of grease cleaned out of its stormwater system last month was the result of it being illegally dumped there by...

news Tue, May 07, 2013 - 10:27pm

Franken staff to visit Bemidji to talk college financial aid

BEMIDJI — U.S. Sen. Al Franken’s staff will be in Bemidji on Thursday to host a college affordability resource night. Interested residents are invited to the forum at 6:30 p.m...

news / education Tue, May 07, 2013 - 4:01pm

Police: Missing woman's DNA on jacket in man's SUV

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Eden Prairie police say a missing woman's DNA was in a blood sample from a jacket found in the SUV of her ex-boyfriend. Police released...

news Tue, May 07, 2013 - 3:59pm

Bemidji High School included in Newsweek's top school rankings

BEMIDJI — For the second time two weeks, Bemidji High School has been named a top school by a national publication. Newsweek on Monday released its report on the top...

news / education Tue, May 07, 2013 - 3:44pm

Man convicted in fatal Minn. farm confrontation

WILLMAR, Minn. (AP) — A jury in Kandiyohi County has convicted a man of second-degree murder but acquitted him of first-degree murder in a fatal farm confrontation. Jurors Tuesday found...

news Tue, May 07, 2013 - 3:18pm

Wet spring brings troubling start to corn planting

ST. LOUIS (AP) — John Reifsteck looks out at his muddy 1,800-acre central Illinois farm and wonders when he'll get to plant. Like so many other Midwest growers who were...

news Tue, May 07, 2013 - 1:55pm

Minnesota House leaders expect representatives to approve gay marriage Thursday, with the Senate following in the next few days. The vote being scheduled for Thursday means House Democratic leaders think they have the vote to pass the measure. House Speaker Paul Thissen, DFL-Minneapolis, has said for months that he will not bring the measure up for a full House vote unless he knows the votes are there. Pictured are Sens. Westrom of Elbow Lake and Lourey of Kerrick.

Minnesota House to vote on gay marriage Thursday

ST. PAUL -- Minnesota House leaders expect representatives to approve gay marriage Thursday, with the Senate following in the next few days. The vote being scheduled for Thursday means House...

news Tue, May 07, 2013 - 12:04pm

Dogs attack sheep in NDSU barn

FARGO – Authorities say a dozen sheep are dead after two dogs entered a North Dakota State University research barn this morning and attacked the animals. Campus police Lt. Greg...

news Tue, May 07, 2013 - 11:56am

Summer flights added for Bemidji airport

Travelers to and from Bemidji will have more options this summer. SkyWest Airlines said Tuesday that it is adding additional weekend and Monday flights from Delta Airlines between Bemidji Regional...

news / business Tue, May 07, 2013 - 11:38am

Emergency crews respond Tuesday morning to the accident scene of a train and a semi-tractor trailer carrying anhydrous ammonia west of Murdock, Minn. This photo of the scene looking southward across U.S. Highway 12 to the BNSF Railway tracks. Highway 12 traffic was being detoured around the scene via county roads. West Central Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny.

Train, semi carrying ammonia collide in west-central Minnesota

MURDOCK — Students at Murdock Elementary are being evacuated to the KMS High School in Kerkhoven in response to the collision involving a semi hauling anhydrous ammonia and a BNSF...

news / region Tue, May 07, 2013 - 10:57am

Two in critical condition after vehicle-bicycle accident

Two people are in critical condition after a vehicle-bicycle accident in Hubbard County early Monday evening. Just after 5:30 p.m. Monday, officials received a 911 call reporting a bicyclist had...

news / region Tue, May 07, 2013 - 10:07am

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