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On Jan. 27, I was preparing to head back home after my annual get-together with friends from my youth. You see, we have been gathering for 25 years in the...

Vigorous determination is the prime focus of 9-year-old Brownie Girl Scout Sophia Morin’s photo on the front page of the Jan. 20 Pioneer. Dressed in her Brownie uniform, braids flying...

ABATE is an acronym for American Bikers for Awareness, Training and Education. ABATE MN has many chapters located throughout the state. North Star is the chapter in the Bemidji area...

An exciting two years lie ahead as the citizens of Bemidji join together to revitalize our historic Carnegie Library building that has stood on the shore of Lake Bemidji since...

Gov. Dayton’s tax plans would, contrary to his representations, directly impact middle class taxpayers. For example, anyone selling real estate, making a contract, forming a corporation, filing a bankruptcy, getting...

Thank goodness for Good Samaritans ... translate Good Bemidj Samaritans. Five of them came to my rescue on frigid Wednesday morning. At 7:30 I drove to Wal-Mart to purchase what...

The Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities is heading into the 2013 Legislative session with the strongest membership our organization has ever had. Now representing 85 cities from every corner of...

Repentance can only come when people see wrong, know and acknowledge that wrong, and turn away from that wrong. When we as a nation call what God has said is...

Has anybody noticed the bad roads? Between the holidays I almost lost control twice on Birchmont Beach Road. In front of Noel’s there was a terrible accident, a rollover, in...

Julius Genachowski, Chairman of the FCC, has challenged the country to create at-least one gigabit city in each state by 2015. I am challenging Bemidji to be that city for...

Jan. 8 marked the start of Minnesota’s 88th Legislature. We have a lot of work to do between now and the end of session. Even with this anticipation of challenges,...

Last week I began my first term as State Representative (District 2A), and I’m excited to get to work right away. I’ll have a great opportunity to work on issues...

Every two years voters go to the polls to elect 134 members to the Minnesota House of Representatives. The outcome of each election cycle determines which party has the majority...

As a representative from rural Minnesota, you’d think Rep. Roger Erickson might actually vote with rural Minnesota’s best interests in mind. Think again. On the first day of the 2013...

This year, Jan. 22, is the 40th anniversary of abortion-on-demand in the U.S. It is, without a doubt, our own American holocaust. Some 60 million unborn babies have been surgically...