Beltrami County

BEMIDJI -- The Beltrami County DFL held its annual convention Sunday, hosting candidate speeches, voting on delegates and proposing changes to the state party platform. Rep. Roger Erickson, DFL-Baudette, was the first candidate for state office to speak. He said the GOP was marshalling...

BEMIDJI -- A band of heavy snow moving through northwest Minnesota is creating dangerous driving conditions in the Bemidji area. Nearly all of the federal, state and county highways in northwest Minnesota are listed as "difficult" on the Minnesota Department of Transportation's...

BEMIDJI -- The Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday evening that the owner of a tralier recovered as part of an ongoing investigation into thefts and burglaries from the area has been located, officials said Thursday. Earlier, the sheriff’s office said that...

BEMIDJI -- Rep. John Persell, DFL-Bemidji, said he believes medical marijuana will be legal. In a conference call between Beltrami County Commissioners and Reps. Persell and Roger Erickson, DFL-Baudette, Persell vocalized opinions on legislative issues that affect Beltrami County. Transportation...

BEMIDJI — Two new hires have joined Beltrami County Attorney Tim Faver’s office. Wyatt Arneson began work as an assistant county attorney Jan. 21. “I’ve bounced around, but I went to BSU and have been in the area for close to 20 years,” Arneson said. Arneson earned his...

BEMIDJI -- We’re running out of propane to heat our homes, the MNsure medical assistance enrollment option is backfiring and now the federal government has decided to cut food funding. As of Feb. 1, approximately 200 people in Beltrami County lost their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance...

BEMIDJI -- Waste not, want not. Beltrami County commissioners reviewed the county’s waste management plan Tuesday as Katie Swor, environmental engineer with Wenck Associate’s Woodbury, Minn., office presented commissioners with a work plan that focuses on reduction...

BEMIDJI -- Troy Martin’s family exhaled sighs of relief from the back row of the south courtroom in the Beltrami County Courthouse after a not guilty verdict was delivered by the jury on Thursday. His wife, Jennifer, cried. “It’s been four years of just terrible,” Martin...

BEMIDJI - It will be a few days before Troy Martin and his family adjust to the not guilty verdict handed down from the jury Thursday afternoon. "It's been four years of just terrible," Martin said as he exited the courtroom. The jury heard closing arguments this morning and deliberated...

BEMIDJI -- Troy Martin’s future may be decided by the end of the week. The prosecution rested its case in Martin’s murder trial Wednesday morning, and a few hours later, the defense rested as well. The court has heard from 23 witnesses during the weeklong trial thus far. Troy...

BEMIDJI -- A missing report has reappeared in the Troy Martin murder trial. Troy Martin, 41, of Bagley is facing second-degree murder charges for the death of his sister Leisa Martin in October 1998. Leisa died of asphyxiation, presumably on her family’s property south of Bagley,...

BEMIDJI – Becky Secore today takes over a new position within Beltrami County. Secore, most recently the social service division director, was unanimously approved Tuesday to be the new director of Beltrami County Health and Human Services. She replaces Mary Marcel,...

BEMIDJI -- Troy Martin’s murder trial has centered around his brother, Todd Martin, since it began Wednesday in Beltrami County Court. On Friday, the Martin brothers came face-to-face as Todd took the witness stand. Troy Martin is facing a second-degree murder charge in the death...

BEMIDJI -- A missing investigator’s report and inaccuracies in a criminal complaint were highlighted Thursday in the second day of Troy Martin’s second-degree murder trial. Troy Martin, 41, is on trial for the 1998 death of his then-older sister, Leisa Martin, at the Martin family...