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ST. PAUL -- A Minnesota House committee voted against giving the White Earth Nation nearly $2.2 million to buy land for wildlife habitat. Wednesday's 13-8 vote in a House natural resources committee came on an amendment by state Rep. Steve Green, R-Fosston, who said he is a member...

ST. PAUL -- Gov. Mark Dayton signed a bill Tuesday that provides disaster relief to local governments affected by June 2014 floods, including Beltrami County and the Red Lake Nation. The House unanimously approved the bill Monday, after the Senate passed it last week. Ways and...

BEMIDJI -- A Bemidji man accused of assaulting and robbing a man earlier this month pleaded not guilty Monday in Beltrami County District Court. Robin Lee Lussier, 25, is charged with felony second-degree aggravated robbery resulting from an incident in Bemidji on Jan. 15. Lussier...

Sheriff's Report The Beltrami County Sheriff's Office responded to the following calls on Tuesday: DWI 12:53 a.m. A 42-year-old woman was arrested for DWI following a report of a vehicle in the ditch on Spirit Ave. NW in Wilton. Pursuit 12:31 p.m. A 36-year-old man was arrested...

BEMIDJI -- U.S. Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., has nominated Donald Letson of Bemidji for admission to the U.S. Naval Academy. If chosen for an appointment by the academy, Letson, son of Tom and Liz Letson, would be part of the U.S. Naval Academy class of 2019 and would enter the academy...