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BEMIDJI -- Dr. Dawn Wyllie of Bemidji has been appointed by Gov. Mark Dayton to the state's newly created Task Force on Medical Cannabis Therapeutic Research. The state Legislature legalized medical marijuana use in the 2014 session and set up a program to study its effects. "Gov....

KELLIHER -- From North Beltrami Heritage Center exhibits to Saturday's "Trike and Bike" races, the Big Bog Festival will have something for everyone. The three-day event kicks off today with a potluck picnic at 5:30 p.m. at Homestead Park in Waskish with a presentation, "Bombing...

Marino Eccher St. Paul Pioneer Press ST. PAUL — Within weeks of its debut, “American Sniper” was in the upper echelons of the New York Times Best Seller list and flying off store shelves faster than Chris Kyle or his publishers had thought possible. Something else was catching...

BEMIDJI -- A sailing regatta will take place at 10 a.m. Saturday July 12 at Diamond Point Park, 1700 Birchmont Drive NE. Registration will begin at 10 a.m. with the starting gun at 11 a.m. Organizers said they've recently reformed the Lake Bemidji Sailing Association. During...

BEMIDJI -- A Bemidji man was arrested over the Fourth of July weekend after he allegedly attempted to kill himself and a passenger by rolling his car on U.S. Highway 2. Kenneth Oscar Osmundson, 24, of Bemidji was charged in Beltrami County Court on Wednesday with second-degree...

BEMIDJI -- The city of Bemidji is now accepting permit applications to participate in two special white-tailed deer archery hunts within the city. Both hunts will follow the regular Minnesota deer archery season, which runs Sept. 13 through Dec. 31. The Bemidji Regional Airport...

Sheriff’s Report The Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls on Wednesday: Theft 8:06 a.m. Items were reported stolen out of a pickup box at Northwoods Landing on Bemidji Ave. N. Burglary 9:52 a.m. A burglary of an unoccupied residence was reported...

The Bemidji Fire Department responded to the following calls on Wednesday: 6:01 p.m. Medical on the 2400 block of Ridgeway Ave. NW.

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. David Alan Jourdain, 32 F-COURT/PENDING-609.53.1 WARRANT-Receiving...

BEMIDJI -- The second of three people arrested for attempting to transport methamphetamine from the Twin Cities to Red Lake has plead not guilty in Beltrami County Court. Delisha Rae Rodriguez, 25, of Richfield, Minn., entered a not guilty plea Monday to first-degree conspiracy...

BEMIDJI -- A woman who attempted to burn down her trailer house to evict her son was convicted of felony first-degree arson Monday. Mary June Klasen, 57, of Bemidji was arrested for arson when she lit two fires at her mobile home at Roosevelt Manor Mobile Home Park on April 30....