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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...

BEMIDJI — The Bemidji Public Library’s four-week series on important historical figures in Bemidji and Beltrami County starts tonight. The first program, “Giacomo Beltrami: His Story and His Statue” will be from 6 to 7 tonight in the front meeting room at the Bemidji Public...

BEMIDJI -- Troy Martin sat quietly before a jury of 14 people in courtroom Wednesday, the first day of his second-degree murder trial in the death of his sister more than 15 years ago. Martin, 41, is charged in the Oct. 28, 1998, death of Leisa Renae Martin, at a rural Bagley, Minn.,...

BEMIDJI -- A jury trial for a 1998 murder in Clearwater County is underway in Beltrami County. Troy Martin, 41, of Bagley will be tried for his part in the death of his sister 15 years ago. Martin faces a second-degree unintentional murder charge. Martin and his brother Todd, 38,...

BEMIDJI -- A program administered by Lutheran Social Services to provide meals to senior citizens out of the Lions Club/Community Center in Grygla was dropped for 2014. Commissioner Tim Sumner became aware the three-meal a week service contract came to an end on Jan. 1. “The citizens...