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BEMIDJI — Mayor Rita Albrecht will be leaving her job at the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe to take a job as a planner for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Albrecht said Wednesday she had accepted the DNR position, but not yet officially signed a contract. She will start...

BEMIDJI — Choosing whether to cancel school, delay classes or simply proceed as scheduled is not an easy decision to make, the superintendent here said Wednesday. Bemidji Area Schools was among several districts that opted to delay the the start of school Wednesday because of dangerous...

FARGO — Authorities responded to an overnight break-in Wednesday morning at MTI in Fargo in which a pot of coffee was made, but no items were taken. An employee discovered a broken front window at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday and alerted authorities. They arrived to a strange scene: Pictures...

Sheriff’s Report The Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls on Tuesday. Financial Crimes 9:33 a.m. A 43-year-old woman was arrested on the 100 block of Convenience Lane SW for insufficient checks to Pete’s Place for $44.82, $56.02 and $179.79....

MORRIS, Minn. -- A woman was killed in a truck-train crash just after 2 p.m. Wednesday in Morris. The woman was the only occupant of a truck traveling west on Fifth Street, Highway 28, when it was struck by a BNSF train heading north, Morris Police Chief Ross Tiegs...

The Bemidji Fire Department responded to the following calls on Tuesday: 1:37 p.m. Medical assist at Walmart. 7:52 p.m. House fire on the 26000 block of Beltrami Line Road. The Bemidji Fire Department responded to the following calls on Wednesday: 8:26 a.m. Medical on the 2400...

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. Jacqueline Ann Charwood, 48 M-BOND/BAIL SET-609.505.1 WARRANT-Falsely...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton said Wednesday he is considering sending lawmakers a state construction bill of $975 million, which is substantially higher than prior expectations. Dayton met privately with key legislators involved in assembling the public...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The call center for Minnesota's health insurance exchange is struggling to handle a crush of questions from people who are trying to get coverage in place in time for 2013. The St. Paul Pioneer Press reports that callers to the MNsure help line were told...

Police interviews and observations from the scene where Alyssa Jo Lommel was found nearly frozen to death Saturday morning indicate that the 19-year-old college student probably searched around a neighbor’s home for a way in, sought shelter in an unheated garage and ultimately stumbled...

BEMIDJI -- The 114th Audubon Christmas Bird Count will take place starting at 7:30 a.m. Saturday at the Minnesota Nice Cafe located at 315 Irvine Ave. in downtown Bemidji. The circle will regroup for lunch and mid-day reports at 12:30 p.m. at the Cabin Coffee House, 214 Third St....

BEMIDJI -- To find out how much work and money residents want the city to put into a new park planned for the south shore of Lake Bemidji, the city is sending out more than 3,000 surveys asking Bemidjians what specific features they would want. "It'll be interesting," said Marcia...