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BEMIDJI -- The Beltrami County Historical Society is seeking community input for a new "Good Sports of the North" exhibit, scheduled to open July 16. The exhibit is funded in part by the George W. Neilson Foundation. The exhibit will highlight local sports moments and personalities...

BEMIDJI -- The Bemidji Fire Department's telephone rang more than 2,000 times last year. Bemidji Fire Chief David Hoefer just released the department's 2014 annual report, which includes a decline in fire calls, equipment upgrades and plans for a new fire station in 2016. Hoefer...

BEMIDJI -- BSU’s Student Center for Health and Counseling will host Kailee Ogden, Miss Northern Lakes, for a presentation on sexual assault at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Crying Wolf Room of the lower Hobson Memorial Union on the BSU campus. The presentation is part of the university’s...

BEMIDJI -- Nice Ride Minnesota, Headwaters Regional Development Commission and the city of Bemidji are working together, with support from the Center for Prevention at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, to identify and implement an improved, user-friendly network of bicycle...

BEMIDJI -- BSU’s Student Center for Health and Counseling will host a panel discussion on mental health awareness at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Hagg-Sauer Hall, Room 100 on the BSU campus. The panel is part of its continuing effort to reduce the social stigma that surrounds mental health...

Sheriff's Report The Beltrami County Sheriff's Office responded to the following calls on Friday: Theft 1:18 p.m. Ice fishing rods were reported stolen from a vehicle on Sandpiper Road NE in Turtle River Township. Disorderly conduct 10:56 p.m. A 38-year-old woman was arrested...