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FARGO — Forum Communications Co. has announced that Roz Randorf has been promoted to vice president of advertising. In this new company role, she will be responsible for leading sales strategy and product positioning to help drive revenue programs throughout Forum Communciations’...

Bemidji students place in competition FARGO — Two students from Bemidji recently placed in the Innovation Challenge ’14 at North Dakota State University in Fargo. The competition, which started in October, is sponsored by NDSU and the NDSU Research and Technology Park and showcases...

ST. PAUL — A federal judge’s pressure on Minnesota officials to change how the state deals with sex offenders does not appear to be producing results. Gov. Mark Dayton said Thursday he does not expect this year’s Legislature to act on the situation, and legislative leaders...

BEMIDJI -- A 22-year-old Bemidji woman was arrested Friday in connection to the Feb. 27 death of a 6-year-old girl from hypothermia outside a south Bemidji apartment complex. Rachel Downer faces charges of second-degree manslaughter and felony neglect in the death of Mercedes...

By Jana Peterson Forum News Service CARLTON, Minn. -- A Cloquet man who stabbed himself in the chest three times when law enforcement tried to serve him with a warrant in the Bemidji area has been charged with criminal sexual conduct. Wendell Lee Olson, 44,...

Sheriff’s Report The Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office responded to the following calls Thursday: Probation violation 6:55 p.m. A 30-year-old female was arrested for a probation violation after a welfare check at 300 block of Gould Ave. NE. Warrant 2:50 p.m. A 23-year-old...

The Blackduck City Council has scheduled a public hearing to declare the special election results for 6 p.m. Monday, March 17 at City Hall. Polls were open Monday at City Hall for residents of Blackduck to vote on if they will become a “split liquor” city. Citizens also voted...

The Blackduck Police Department may hire another full-time officer. The Blackduck City Council gave approval at their regular meeting on Monday, March 10. A notice of vacancy was also discussed for the council. The city is looking for Blackduck residents who have a strong desire...

Nine feet of frost in the ground and 14 locations with frozen pipes. That’s what winter has amounted to in Blackduck and as far as Bob Klug can remember that’s more than double what he has experienced in his 12 years of working as public works supervisor. In more than a decade...

FARGO – Police are investigating what they say is a suspicious death after discovering a dead body behind a south side strip mall an hour after mid-night Friday. Lt. Joel Vettel said officers are right now processing the scene east of 14th Avenue and 33rd Street in south...