Beltrami County

ST. PAUL -- Gov. Mark Dayton signed a bill Tuesday that provides disaster relief to local governments affected by June 2014 floods, including Beltrami County and the Red Lake Nation. The House unanimously approved the bill Monday, after the Senate passed it last week. Ways and...

BEMIDJI -- A solution for Bemidji's homeless population is slowly gaining ground. Beltrami County Commissioners heard an update on Center City Housing's proposed Bemidji area housing project during a work session Tuesday afternoon. Commissioners approved a portion of Center City...

BEMIDJI -- By more than one measure, Beltrami County has recovered from the late 2000s recession. A study by the National Association of Counties found Beltrami County to have recovered from the recession in two of four categories as of 2014: jobs recovered, and GDP (Gross Domestic...

BEMIDJI -- Bemidji Mayor Rita Albrecht will deliver the 2015 State of The City Address at the Bemidji City Council meeting Tuesday. Albrecht was elected to her second term as mayor in November. In addition to the State of the City Address, the City Council will hold its regular...

BEMIDJI -- The Beltrami County Attorney's Office has announced the appointment of David P. Frank to the position of chief assistant Beltrami County attorney. Frank, who served as an assistant Beltrami County attorney for 19 years, fills the position vacated by newly elected Beltrami...

RED LAKE -- A man arrested in Red Lake for heroin possession in October has entered a guilty plea in Beltrami County District Court. Christopher Erving Peoples, 33, was located in a basement of a Red Lake residence on Oct. 3, where officers found a digital scale, a micro bag of...

BEMIDJI -- The National Weather Service is predicting a dangerous storm tonight through Sunday in the Bemidji area that will bring snow followed by frigid temperatures, with wind chills possibly as low as 50 below. Beltrami County is included in a winter storm warning through...

BEMIDJI -- A Cass Lake man charged with felony assault and possession of an assault weapon has pleaded guilty in Beltrami County District Court. Dwight Thomas Jones, 38, is charged with one count of second-degree assault and one count of possession of a pistol/assault weapon for...

BEMIDJI -- Seven people were injured in a three-vehicle crash that occurred Sunday evening near Bemidji. According to a release from the Beltrami County Sheriff's Office, the crash was reported at about 6 p.m.

The following cases were heard Nov. 21 by Beltrami District Judge Paul T. Benshoof: Erick Lee Chunn, 20, of Shevlin was sentenced for receiving stolen property to 365 days in the Beltrami County Jail of which 350 days are stayed for two years. Chunn has been placed on two years...

BELTRAMI COUNTY -- Attorneys for Beltrami County and Beltrami County Sheriff's Office staff have filed a response to a lawsuit that an inmate was inappropriately treated by jail staff. The response, in short, is that the county and staff were not negligent, nor did they act deliberately...