http://www.bemidjipioneer.com Bemidji Pioneer Online is the media-site of The Bemidji Pioneer newspaper. http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/gfx/masthead/masthead_logo.gif http://www.bemidjipioneer.com http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/articles/rss.cfm?id=14702 http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/articles/rss.cfm?id=14702 http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/articles/rss.cfm?id=14699 http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/articles/rss.cfm?id=14699 If a private company can operate the treatment plant for less, why can’t the city? http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/articles/rss.cfm?id=14700 http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/articles/rss.cfm?id=14700 A utilities extension project in the Birchmont Drive Northeast area is moving forward. http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/articles/rss.cfm?id=14703 http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/articles/rss.cfm?id=14703 MINNEAPOLIS – Gov. Tim Pawlenty is widely considered to be on the short list of possible running mates to GOP presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain. http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/articles/rss.cfm?id=14704 http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/articles/rss.cfm?id=14704 Fans waited outside in a cutting wind to see George Clooney and Renee Zellweger on their Monday visit to promote their new film, “Leatherheads.” http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/articles/rss.cfm?id=14714 http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/articles/rss.cfm?id=14714 ST. PAUL – Yvonne Prettner Solon and Keith Langseth both are DFL state senators, but differences between them illustrate the problem Minnesota lawmakers face as they grapple with how to fix a $935 million state budget deficit. http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/articles/rss.cfm?id=14716 http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/articles/rss.cfm?id=14716 http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/articles/rss.cfm?id=14667 http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/articles/rss.cfm?id=14667 More than 100 Bemidjians hit the State Capitol on Tuesday, angling to lure a limit of legislators on issues ranging from the Bemidji Regional Events Center to all day, every day kindergarten. http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/articles/rss.cfm?id=14684 http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/articles/rss.cfm?id=14684 NEW YORK MILLS, Minn. (AP) - This year's Great American Think-Off wants to know: "Does immigration strengthen or threaten the United States?" http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/articles/rss.cfm?id=14670 http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/articles/rss.cfm?id=14670 As spring break approached this year, a group of Bemidji State University students prepared for a big trip out West. No, they didn’t head to the coast for a week on the beach. The group of 44 traveled hundreds of miles by bus to six cities in North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Utah and Colorado where they engaged in service projects. http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/articles/rss.cfm?id=14698 http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/articles/rss.cfm?id=14698 A second Bemidji high school graduate will take over a head coaching berth for the Jacks this spring. Ryan Aylesworth has moved up to head the boys track program, succeeding John Deden, who is now serving with his National Guard unit in Afghanistan. http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/articles/rss.cfm?id=14610 http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/articles/rss.cfm?id=14610 Section 8A boys basketball champion Cass Lake-Bena will open the state Class A basketball tournament against Section 5A champion Bertha-Hewitt. http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/articles/rss.cfm?id=14685 http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/articles/rss.cfm?id=14685 Top-seeded Michigan will open the NCAA hockey tournament against Niagara in the East Regional, while No. 2 Miami of Ohio will face Air Force the Northeast. http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/articles/rss.cfm?id=14631 http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/articles/rss.cfm?id=14631 Mix. Knead. Rise. Bake. Eat. With an early morning start, these are the steps I used to take to produce delicious bread that was warm from the oven and ready to eat by suppertime. But that has all changed since I spent a day at Collegeville Artisan Bakery with head baker Steve Nelson.