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    July 22, 2017
    Kenlea Osen, 3, smiles in the middle of her colorful and glitter-filled craft project at the Watermark Art Center Family Activity Tent during Art in the Park on Saturday. (Micah Friez | Bemidji Pioneer)
    Park full of art: Annual Art in the Park celebrates 50th anniversary
    BEMIDJI -- Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox have overlooked Library Park in downtown Bemidji for decades, and for every summer the past 50 years,...
    News/local6 hours 42 min ago
    Victims identified in Cass County fire
    LONGVILLE, Minn. -- The identities of two people who died early Friday morning in a house fire in rural Longville were released on Saturday....
    News/region7 hours 1 min ago
    Hy-Vee to roll out super-sized convenience store in Lakeville
    LAKEVILLE, Minn. — Two years after its bold entrance into the Twin Cities grocery marketplace, Hy-Vee is now looking to nudge its way into the local convenience store scene — in a big way. The Des Moines, Iowa-based grocery chain is planning a super-sized convenience store...
    News11 hours 29 min ago
    Co-owner Dan Claseman cleans up panels from the ground in front of the storm-damaged screen Thursday at the Long Drive-In in Long Prairie. The drive-in was hit by the thunderstorm Monday. (Kelly Humphrey / Forum News Service)play button
    Damage at the drive-in: Iconic Long Prairie theater screen destroyed by wind
    LONG PRAIRIE, Minn. — For 61 years, the towering screen at the Long Drive-In Theatre brought double features to life for generations of...
    News11 hours 30 min ago
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    Hamline student was raped after house party last year, charges say
    ST. PAUL — When a Hamline University student prepared to leave a house party in May 2016, her sister's roommate offered to walk her back...
    News11 hours 33 min ago
    Troy Eid, an attorney who specializes in Native American law, speaks to the Bakken Conference & Expo in Bismarck. Also pictured is Craig Stevens, spokesman for Grow America's Infrastructure Now, who joined a discussion about the aftermath of the Dakota Access Pipeline protests. (Amy Dalrymple, Bismarck Tribune file photo)
    Regulators consider first major ND pipeline since Dakota Access
    BISMARCK — The North Dakota Public Service Commission will hold public hearings starting Monday, July 24, on the largest pipeline proposed...
    News11 hours 38 min ago
    At rush hour a line of cars on Chestnut Street wait to cross the Stillwater Lift Bridge into Wisconsin Wednesday, July 19. (Jean Pieri / Pioneer Press)
    Farewell, lift bridge. Good riddance, traffic: Stillwater downtown businesses are giddy over a future without daily congestion created by iconic bridge
    STILLWATER, Minn. — When Brine's Bar and Restaurant was founded as a meat market in downtown Stillwater in 1958, people already were talking...
    News11 hours 44 min ago
    Minneapolis Chief of Police Janee Harteau takes part in a round table discussion on ways to reduce gun violence during a visit to the Minneapolis Police Department Special Operations Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. on February 4, 2013. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
    After latest police shooting, Minneapolis mayor faces calls to resign: 'You have failed us'
    Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges stepped to the microphone Friday night to announce the latest development in the most recent killing by an area...
    News13 hours 16 min ago
    A general view on Kazan's Kremlin, Russia, July 22, 2017. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
    Congress breaks impasse on bill to slap sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea
    WASHINGTON - A weeks-long impasse over imposing new financial sanctions on Iran and Russia broke late Friday, with the House preparing to vote...
    News14 hours 5 min ago
    Pie and Ice Cream Social near Becida on July 30
    BECIDA -- The Hubbard Mothers Homemakers are sponsoring the annual Pie and Ice Cream Social 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, July 30, at Russ and Arla Fricke’s home three miles north of Becida on County Road 3. There will be a free-will donation.
    News/Upcoming Events15 hours 17 min ago
    A lifeflight unit lands at the scene of a fatal vehicle accident Friday morning about a mile north of Menahga on U.S. Highway 71. (Kevin Cederstrom/Enterprise)
    UPDATED: Man, 66, killed in head-on collision near Menahga
    One person is reportedly dead and another flown from the scene with serious injuries following a two-vehicle crash Friday morning one mile north...
    News/region16 hours 23 min ago
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    John Heard, 'Home Alone' Dad, Dies at 72
    LOS ANGELES - John Heard, best known as Peter McAllister in the "Home Alone" movies who appeared in a wide range of TV and film roles, has died...
    News16 hours 36 min ago
    Jon Walters enjoys a clear afternoon while kayaking. Photo courtesy of Dan Francis Photography/ Special to Forum News Service
    Water sports 101: How to choose the best lake day activity
    Saturdays in July are sacred rituals when you live in the Midwest. We pack our bags with snacks, low-calorie drinks, towels, SPF, various forms...
    News19 hours 38 min ago
    Barb Housey says there's something for everyone in Poopsie's Unique Boutique in Thief River Falls. Janelle Vonasek / Forum News Serviceplay button
    After loss of her husband, woman opens Poopsie's, her dream shop, to showcase art
    THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn. — For some people, shopping is an event to experience all its own. For others, it's a necessary evil reserved...
    News/business20 hours 2 min ago
    Birdsfoot trefoil grows wild in ditches. Michael Vosburg / Forum News Service
    Yellow-flowered street-side plant identified
    Q: What can you tell me about the tiny yellow flowers that I'm seeing this year? They're low-growing and smell so nice. I see them along the...
    News20 hours 36 min ago
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