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Prime Time | Diane Engel:

When you are used to cooking for a whole family, especially if it consists of growing boys, you cook big pots of chili, stew, soup, and the like. But when...

columns Tue, Feb 12, 2013 - 12:53am

Prime Time: Evan Hazard: Playing ecclesiastical hooky Sunday morning

The Bemidji United Methodist (BUMC) bulletin for Dec. 23, 2012, said Pastor Gay would be on vacation Dec. 30, and announced a substitute preacher for that Sunday. However, it occurred...

columns Tue, Feb 12, 2013 - 12:50am

Prime Time | Art Lee: What's in a name? Well ... it depends

A Bemidji area audience was wonderfully entertained a few weeks ago by a well-known Minnesota vocalist named Prudence Johnson who, with her piano accompanist, put on an excellent two-hour show...

columns Tue, Feb 12, 2013 - 12:49am

Reappearance of Froggy makes me long for summer

While cleaning our four-season porch recently, I moved the flower pots I’d brought in for winter. The mums had dried and withered, but fresh greenery sprouted in their place. Coleus...

news / local Tue, Feb 12, 2013 - 12:44am

Prime Time | Marilyn Heltzer: Walking is a great habit, even in midwinter

Here we are in the dead of winter. Or as the poet Christina Rosetti called it, “the bleak midwinter… snow on snow on snow.” Those are the lyrics to a...

columns Tue, Feb 12, 2013 - 12:43am

Pioneer Editorial: Cheers and Cheers

Bemidji Day efforts don’t go unnoticed Each year dozens of Bemidji-area officials and community leaders climb aboard a chartered bus and travel to St. Paul to visit with state lawmakers...

opinion / editorial Tue, Feb 12, 2013 - 12:29am

Evacuation followed welfare check on Bemidji man

BEMIDJI – A welfare check at a Bemidji home prompted police to evacuate residents from their homes Saturday night. In a news release, Bemidji Police Chief Mike Mastin said officers...

news / local Tue, Feb 12, 2013 - 12:22am

Bemidji City Council discusses taproom ordinance

BEMIDJI – The Bemidji City Council signaled its support for moving forward on a taproom ordinance Monday night. During its work session, the council discussed the proposed ordinance allowing taprooms...

news / local Tue, Feb 12, 2013 - 12:20am

It’s an old tractor that’s great for moving snow as Dale Goodyear plowed out his driveway and moved on to help his neighbors Monday after Bemidji received more than a foot of fresh snow over the weekend. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

Weathering the Bemidji big dig

BEMIDJI – Residents, businesses and road crews spent Monday digging out from beneath a mammoth winter storm that dumped a foot or more of snow on the region. “We’re buried...

news / local Tue, Feb 12, 2013 - 12:04am

Father Bill Mehrkens said Monday that he supports the decision by Pope Benedict VXI to step down for health reasons. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

Local priests endorse Pope Benedict’s decision

By Molly Miron, Special to the Pioneer BEMIDJI – When the leader of the Holy See – the Roman Catholic Church and its estimated 1 billion members – realizes he...

news / local Tue, Feb 12, 2013 - 12:04am

This week at BHS: Sagedahl siblings, Truedson compete at state ski meet

During the past week Bemidji High School ski coach Mark Walters surveyed his peers about their state tournament history. “I posed the question about their teams having brothers and sisters...

sports / lumberjacks Mon, Feb 11, 2013 - 11:38pm

Lumberjacks girls hockey coach Bob Brink chatted with the players who were able to attend Monday’s practice session. Because of the weekend’s heavy snowfall the practice was optional. Bemidji heads to Monticello tonight to take on North Wright County in the Section 8-2A semifinals. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

Ready for battle, Bemidji heads to Monticello for semifinal

BEMIDJI – Before the first puck was dropped on the 2012-13 season Bemidji High School girls hockey coach Bob Brink believed his team had enough talent, leadership and experience to...

sports / lumberjacks Mon, Feb 11, 2013 - 11:36pm

Police: Neighborhood evacuation came after request for welfare check

BEMIDJI – A welfare check at a Bemidji home prompted police to evacuate residents from their homes Saturday night. In a news release, Bemidji Police Chief Mike Mastin said officers...

news / local Mon, Feb 11, 2013 - 12:24pm

History Center's input meeting rescheduled due to weather

BEMIDJI - The community input gathering planned for tonight at the Beltrami County History Center has been rescheduled for Wednesday. A news release said the postponement was due to weather...

news / local Mon, Feb 11, 2013 - 7:13am

Bemidji cancels classes, travel remains difficult

BEMIDJI - The region remains in a winter storm warning Monday morning and Bemidji Area Schools cancelled classes for the day. The Beltrami County Emergency Management Department said plows were...

news / local Mon, Feb 11, 2013 - 7:06am

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