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FILE-- The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee is examining allegations that Dr. Ronny Jackson, now in 2018 Trump’s nominee to lead the Veterans Affairs Department, oversaw a hostile work environment as the White House physician and allowed the overprescribing of drugs, according to congressional officials briefed on the committee’s work. They have also received claims that Jackson drank too much on the job. (Tom Brenner/The new York Times/Copyright 2018)

VA nominee faces explosive new allegations of drinking, wrecking government vehicle

WASHINGTON - White House physician Ronny Jackson, President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs, wrecked a government...

news/government-and-politics 40 min 9 sec ago

Minnesota state Rep. Erin Maye Quade talks to reporters after she ended a 24-hour sit-in at the front o f he House chambers Wednesday, April 25, 2018. Don Davis / Forum News Service

Speaker cracks open door for Minnesota gun bill

ST. PAUL — Minnesotans have marched on the state Capitol by the thousands this year seeking gun control legislation, always meeting with strong...

news/government-and-politics 42 min ago

New elementary school to add to district staff

BEMIDJI -- Bemidji Area Schools is set to spend $967,000 more on personnel next school year -- the first that Gene Dillon Elementary will be...

news/education 49 min 24 sec ago

United Way’s Someone Special program underway

BEMIDJI -- The United Way of Bemidji Area’s Someone Special Volunteer Program is now accepting nominations to recognize local volunteers. Celebrating...

news 1 hour 58 min ago

The wanted poster for the man known as the East Area Rapist/Golden State Killer. MUST CREDIT: FBI.

'Golden State Killer' suspect arrested in one of the worst unsolved crime sprees in U.S. history

More than 40 years after the so-called "Golden State Killer" began to terrorize Californians, raping dozens of women and killing at least 12,...

news/crime-and-courts 2 hours 10 min ago

David Michael Otey

Minn. man indicted on 1st- and 2nd-degree murder of sister

BRAINERD, Minn.—A 37-year-old Cambridge, Minn., man was indicted by a grand jury Friday, April 20, in connection with the stabbing death...

news/crime-and-courts 2 hours 21 min ago

A Port Authority official berated and cursed at officers during a traffic stop. A dash cam was on.

There is, of course, no official manual on how to use an official government position to get officers to tear up a ticket, but for any enterprising...

news/nation 2 hours 27 min ago

SD improves teacher pay ranking, but still near worst in country

ST. PAUL — Despite a nation-leading 11.8 percent statewide pay increase, South Dakota’s teachers continue to be among the least compensated...

news/education 4 hours 4 min ago

Kirk Alan Fugelseth

Former Moorhead man is second to be fully discharged from state sex offender program

MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn.—A convicted sex offender who recently won a court fight with the Minnesota Department of Human Services plans to...

news/crime-and-courts 4 hours 10 min ago

Crime report for April 24

Sheriff's Report The Beltrami County Sheriff's Office responded to the following calls Tuesday: Sex Crimes 5:19 p.m. Deputies received a report...

news/crime-and-courts 4 hours 37 min ago

Emmanuel Macron, France's president, gestures after speaking to a joint meeting of Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Wednesday. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Andrew Harrer

French President Macron charms both parties in an impassioned speech to Congress

WASHINGTON - French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday delivered an impassioned call for multilateralism and U.S. engagement in the world,...

news/government-and-politics 4 hours 54 min ago

An ATV fell through the ice near Cameron Park on Wednesday in Bemidji. (Jillian Gandsey | Bemidji Pioneer)

ATV falls through ice on Lake Bemidji

BEMIDJI -- No one was hurt when an all-terrain vehicle fell through the ice on Lake Bemidji on Wednesday morning. According to a Facebook post...

news/accidents 5 hours 33 min ago

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and the Bemidji Fire Department have listed the Bemidji are in a "very high" fire danger rating for Wednesday. (Bemidji Fire Department)

Fire danger 'very high' in area

BEMIDJI -- The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and the Bemidji Fire Department have listed the Bemidji are in a "very high" fire danger...

news/fires 5 hours 41 min ago

U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn. Submitted photo

U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., ranks first in a study on bipartisan legislation

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson, a Democrat serving in his 27th year in the U.S. House, had the highest bipartisan legislation score...

news/government-and-politics 6 hours 4 sec ago

A protester signs a giant passport outside the Supreme Court building in Washington, April 25, 2018. Justices on Wednesday grilled the government’s lawyer about President Donald Trump’s authority to impose a travel ban, which restricts entry into the United States from several predominantly Muslims nations, after the president promised during his campaign to impose a “Muslim ban.” (Lawrence Jackson/The New York Times/Copyright 2018)

Conservative justices voice skepticism that Trump lacks authority for immigrant ban

WASHINGTON - The conservative majority on the Supreme Court seemed skeptical Wednesday of arguments that President Donald Trump lacks the authority...

news/government-and-politics 6 hours 1 min ago