agriculture

ST. PAUL -- Minnesota should protect jobs in the wood-products industry by preserving closed plants, a senator said. Sen. Mary Olson, DFL-Bemidji, proposes that a wood-product company that permanently closes...

Events Tuesday, April 14 10:30 a.m. Children's Storytime, "Celebrating National Library Week" at Bemidji Public Library. 11-11:45 a.m. Bemidji Senior Center offers Silver Stretchers exercise and Walk Away the Pounds...

A two-vehicle car crash reported at 7:16 p.m. Saturday in Mahnomen County resulted in the death of two rural Waubun men. Lloyd Benson, 71, and John Fagre, 49, died as...

Events Monday, April 13 9-10 a.m. SilverSneakers, muscular strength and range of movement, program at Nielson Place Activity Center. Darla, 333-6396. Noon Book Discussion: "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen,...

Paul Bunyan Transit has been awarded $1 million in federal stimulus dollars to fund an expansion of its operations. "The beauty behind the federal stimulus (grant) is that there is...

ST. PAUL -- A balance between development and preserving farmland is due for a decision. Full House and Senate votes may come as early as Monday on a "Green Acres"...

A budget letter approved Thursday by the U.S. House Agriculture Committee asks Congress not to reopen the 2008 Farm Bill. President Barack Obama's fiscal 2010 budget blueprint would increase food...

Beltrami County lost 10 percent of its farms from 2002 to 2007, according to the 2007 Census of Agriculture, released last month. The Census of Agriculture, taken every five years,...

Cheer: Polar Daze events show our resolve From the Polar Plunge to the Taste of Northern Minnesota to the Make-Your-Own Sled Races, Berrrmidji Polar Daze highlight the love affair North...

Ten years ago, Evergreen Community Services opened its offices in the Bridgman Center. Now, the program has outgrown the roughly 5,000-square-foot office suite in the center, located at 1418 Bemidji...

Former Iowa Gov. Thomas Vilsack was named Wednesday as President-elect Barack Obama's secretary of agriculture. As head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Vilsack is expected to carry Obama's campaign...