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Sheriff’s Report The Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls on Tuesday: Burglary 5:25 a.m. A residential burglary was reported in Roosevelt Township on the 14800 block of Lumberjack Road NW in Pinewood. Multiple hunting items, televisions and a vehicle...

BEMIDJI -- A Baudette, Minn., killed Thursday by a train near Roosevelt, Minn., has been identified as Jordan Patrick Berg, 26, the Roseau County Sheriff's Office said today. Berg was standing on the tracks around 11 p.m. when the eastbound Canadian National train struck him....

Several cases of a food-borne illness linked to the E. coli bacteria have been confirmed on the Fond du Lac Indian Reservation in northeastern Minnesota, officials announced Tuesday. The band reported on its website that it is working with the Minnesota Department of Health...

BEMIDJI -- A 17-year-old girl was shot in Eckles Township Monday night. The Beltrami County Sheriff's Office confirmed the shooting Tuesday morning. The Beltrami County dispatch center received a 911 call at approximately 10 p.m. from the 17-year-old female. She said she had been...

The Bemidji Fire Department responded to the following calls on Thursday: 5:22 p.m. Gas Leak between 10th and 11th Streets on N Bemidji Ave. 7:14 p.m. Medical on the 1400 block of Paul Bunyan Drive. 11:25 p.m. Medical on the 600 block of 34th Street NW. The Bemidji Fire Department...

The following people were booked into the Beltrami County Jail Tuesday. 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. Kari Lynn Cook, 33 F-COURT/PENDING-609.821.2(1) WARRANT-Financial...

BEMIDJI -- Endorsed GOP candidate for U.S. Congress Torrey Westrom on Tuesday visited Bemidji for an interview with the Pioneer. The House hopeful talked about Obamacare, the Keystone XL pipeline, guns and immigration. Westrom was campaigning in the northern reaches of Minnesota's...

ST. PAUL — Primary care doctors soon may be in short supply, a Minnesota Hospital Association report showed on Monday. “Many of our hospitals, especially those in greater Minnesota, already have difficulty attracting physicians,” association President Lawrence J. Massa said....

Christopher Snowbeck St. Paul Pioneer Press ST. PAUL — Long before Minnesotans go to the polls in November, they should have a good idea of what health insurance premiums will look like for next year. Gov. Mark Dayton on Tuesday called for the release of rates by about Oct. 1,...

Marino Eccher St. Paul Pioneer Press ST. PAUL — It would take 11 witnesses and a decorated Navy SEAL lying under oath for jurors to side with Jesse Ventura in his defamation case against Chris Kyle, defense attorneys said Tuesday. Ventura’s lawyers argued the accounts of those...

BEMIDJI -- A woman plead guilty today in Beltrami County Court to stabbing a woman in June. Jenna Catherine Roy, 22, of Bemidji, is accused of stabbing a woman three times on June 14. Her victim was found sitting on the ground outside the Beltrami County Jail. Roy is charged with...

BEMIDJI -- A 20-year-old Bemidji man plead not guilty Tuesday to a felony criminal sexual conduct charge in Beltrami County Court. Joshua Riley Malone is accused of having sex with an unconscious victim at a house party in February. Malone is charged with third-degree criminal sexual...

Sheriff’s Report The Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls on Monday: Animal 6:04 a.m. An O’Brien Township farmer was issued a written warning for cows running at large on the 28700 block of Everts Road NE in Blackduck. DWI 7:55 p.m. A very intoxicated...