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Emily Olson of rural Bemidji will take part in fine arts and performing arts and in dog classes at the Beltrami County Fair this week. Pioneer Photo/Molly Miron

Beltrami County Fair has long list of events

The schedule of events at the Beltrami County Fair July 29-Aug. 2 includes: Wednesday The Beltrami County Fair opens at 11 a.m. to accept open class static exhibit entries at...

local / news Tue, Jul 28, 2009 - 12:00am

Carol Berg demonstrates the use of a tedder to spread hay for drying. Carol and Norton Berg's farm near Laporte was a stop on the Giziibii Resource, Conservation and Development Association grazing tour Wednesday. Giziibii RC&D serves five area counties and the Leech Lake, White Earth and Red Lake nations. Pioneer Photo/Molly Miron

Grazing tour: Pasture rotation improves cattle management

LAPORTE -- Two years ago, Norton and Carol Berg embarked on an experiment in their cow-calf operation - a rotational grazing system. The project, which is a cost-share arrangement with...

news / business / region Sun, Jul 26, 2009 - 12:00am

Finding America's clean energy future

Make no mistake, our grandchildren will have the final say on whether or not we met the challenge of creating a new clean-energy economy, or if we failed -- succumbing...

opinion / commentary / opinion Wed, Jul 22, 2009 - 12:00am

Climate change bill bad for American farming

This House bill 2749 allows the federal government to assume complete control over our American farming industry. It also penalizes us. U.S. Congress, please defeat this bill because it will...

opinion / letters Sun, Jul 12, 2009 - 12:00am

This week's Front Yard Garden of the Week has a water feature surrounded by thick plants and shaded by tall birch trees. Submitted Photo

Fence frames picturesque garden

Think of a beautiful picture with a lovely frame around it. The picket fence surrounding the Hayes home at 519 Pershing Ave. S.E. is the frame around this front, back...

news / local Sun, Jul 12, 2009 - 12:00am

Crop reporting dates extended

Because of extreme weather conditions, many producers have not filed a 2009 acreage report, according to a news release from the USDA Farm Service Agency. Producers may also need to...

news Sun, Jul 12, 2009 - 12:00am

Climate change bill bad for American farming

This House bill 2749 allows the federal government to assume complete control over our American farming industry. It also penalizes us. U.S. Congress, please defeat this bill because it will...

opinion / letters Sun, Jul 12, 2009 - 12:00am

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Five generations of women from the Nelson family gathered recently. Pictured are, back row from left, Hope Baird of Wolf Lake (great-granddaughter) and Shelley Schmitt of Bemidji (granddaughter); front row from left, Connie Schmidt of Bemidji (daughter) holding Raeghan Baird of Wolf Lake (great-great-granddaughter), and Helen Nelson of Bemidji (mother).

Five generations of Nelson family

Submitted Photo Five generations of women from the Nelson family gathered recently. Pictured are, back row from left, Hope Baird of Wolf Lake (great-granddaughter) and Shelley Schmitt of Bemidji (granddaughter);...

celebrations / local Sun, Jul 05, 2009 - 12:00am

Blane Klemek column for July 5: Naturalist reminisces about farm boy days

When the farm boy of endless summers becomes the man of limited sunrises, the man sometimes reflects longingly on those boyhood days of boundless energy, imagination, and freedom. In the...

outdoors / outdoors Sun, Jul 05, 2009 - 12:00am

Betty Abbott positions an owl scarecrow in Abbie's Acres Berry Farm east of Bemidji. She and her husband, Steve, left, have been in the U-Pick business for strawberries and raspberries for about four years. As is the case with other area U-Pick berry patches - Ter-Lee Gardens near Bagley and Mistic Berry Farm in Nebish - the strawberries are just beginning to ripen. Pioneer Photo/Monte Draper

Cool weather delays strawberrry picking time

Strawberry shortcake won't be on the menu for the Fourth of July, at least not with local berries. "With all this cool, it's just been slow," said Betty Abbott, owner...

news / local Fri, Jul 03, 2009 - 12:00am

Bioenergy Park to be developed on former Ainsworth plant site

Mary Eaton and Robin Larson of The Idea Circle Inc., announced Tuesday they have purchased the former Ainsworth Engineered LLC site east of Bemidji to develop a Bioenergy Park. "We...

news / local / outdoors Wed, Jul 01, 2009 - 12:00am

From left, a group of women who gather for social rides are Kathy Baumgartner on her Quarter Horse, Blaze; Liz Letson on her Paint Horse, Cracker Jack; Judy Wilson on her Tennessee Walking Horse, Pride; Judy Bing on her Missouri Foxtrotter, Champ; Nancy Moen on her Quarter Horse, Pi; Connie Jacobson on her Arab-Quarter Horse, Buck; and Julia Conlon on her Arab-Quarter Horse, Cinder. Pioneer Photo/Molly Miron

Trail riders: Women gather to enjoy their horses

Dapple and sorrel, palomino and paint, a group of horsewomen unload a colorful assortment of animals for a summer afternoon ride in Movil Maze. The women, who have been riding...

news / local / outdoors / sports Sun, Jun 28, 2009 - 12:00am

Minnesota farmers oppose clean energy, clean water bills

Neither clean energy nor clean water legislation win support from Minnesota farmers. The U.S. House is slated to consider today the American Clean Energy and Security Act which establishes a...

news / local Fri, Jun 26, 2009 - 12:00am

Unions are good for rural economies

Congress is considering legislation called the Employee Free Choice Act. If passed, the act would make it easier for people to join labor unions and bargain for higher wages and...

opinion / commentary Fri, Jun 26, 2009 - 12:00am

Another deer with bovine TB doesn't concern ag officials

The discovery of a whitetail deer with bovine tuberculosis in northwest Beltrami County doesn't concern state agriculture officials. "It was kind of expected, and is the reason why we need...

news / local / outdoors Tue, Jun 23, 2009 - 12:00am

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