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BEMIDJI — The city’s buildings are about to get greener. Starting last year, the city has been working with Energy Services Group — a division of Honeywell — to find the best ways to boost energy efficiency at its public buildings though an “energy audit.” If the city...

BEMIDJI — The Bemidji School Board is scheduled this week to conclude the ideation process looking into the needs for additional youth recreation space. The School Board is scheduled to meet twice Monday in the media center at Bemidji High School. First, the board will meet at...

BEMIDJI — The Bemidji City Council is scheduled to decide whether to sign off on a Toasty Beavers-sponsored kickboxing event and street dance during Monday’s council meeting. The council may or may not grant the downtown sports bar a temporary off-premises liquor permit for the...

Jasmine Maki Forum News Service GRAND FORKS, N.D. — With the abundance of information we post to social media sites, our online reputations are becoming just as important as our real-world reputations. How one chooses to use various social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and...

m BEMIDJI — The Bemidji Fire Department responded to 184 fire calls in March including two building fires. One call was an all-call firefighter page. The department estimated $6,510 in property was lost due to fire in March. So far in 2014, the BFD has saved $412,720 worth of...

BEMIDJI — Monday through Friday has been designated Minnesota Severe Weather Awareness Week, a campaign promoted by the National Weather Service, local Emergency Management Agencies and the State of Minnesota’s Department of Public Safety Division of Homeland Security and Emergency...

ST. PAUL — News from the past few days is sure to enter into Minnesota legislative debate as some lawmakers push to allow marijuana use by children with seizures and people suffering severe pain. Perhaps the most discussed topic will be a new study news agency covered: “Young,...

ROSEAU, Minn. -- Small unmanned aircraft will soon be taking to the skies over select areas in Roseau County, according to Northland Community & Technical College. The aircraft would be flown by students and staff from the college, which has an unmanned aircraft system...

PARK RAPIDS, Minn. -- Nevis Superintendent Steve Rassier will not face criminal charges after an altercation with a grade school student in February. According to Hubbard County Sheriff Cory Aukes, Rassier admitted to slapping a student Feb. 26 at the school after the boy...

DULUTH -- Duluth firefighters rescued two people from a burning house Friday afternoon in the city’s Lincoln Park neighborhood. When fire personnel first arrived on the scene just after 1 p.m., they found a man hanging out a rear, first-floor window. Fire was coming from...

The following people were booked into the Beltrami County Jail Friday. 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. Jennifer Rae Fairbanks, 24 F-COURT/PENDING-152.025.2(a)(1) Drugs...

Sarah Smith Forum News Service PARK RAPIDS — Hubbard County authorities are investigating a gut-wrenching case of animal abuse after finding two horses that starved to death while tied to trees in northern Minnesota. One horse managed to break its tether, but the other simply...