Bemidji

BEMIDJI -- The city plans to buy two parcels of land behind Walgreens on Paul Bunyan Drive NW in hopes of relieving traffic on the artery that...

Check out our well-received 2014 Annual Report section, "At Home in Bemidji," where we profile new members of our community, as well as those who have returned to town after years away. Click here to see a PDF version of the section: http://sections.bemidjipioneer.com/annu...

BEMIDJI -- America. Land of the free and the home of the brave. But brave people already called this land home before Francis Scott Key wrote "The Star Spangled Banner," before Europeans declared their freedom from Great Britain on land already occupied by other nations native to...

Here's a look at the schedule for the 70th annual Bemidji Jaycees Water Carnival, which starts today and runs through Sunday at the at the Lake Bemidji waterfront. Starting Thursday, from noon to midnight the bingo, concessions and entertainment tent will be open along with Merriam's...

BEMIDJI -- The United Way of Bemidji Area Board of Directors recently approved $300,000 to go to 30 local nonprofit agencies and programs. "This...

BEMIDJI -- An influx of panhandlers, sometimes with cardboard signs pleading for help, are becoming more frequent at busy streets and intersections...

Bemidiji Mayor Rita Albrecht is joined by tourists at the Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox statues on Wednesday as she read a proclamation stating...

Chainsaw artist Curtis Ingvoldstad of Nerstrand, Minn., has been working on a 17-foot white pine animal sculpture along the lakeshore behind Lower Hobson Union on the BSU campus. The wood for the sculpture comes from a tree that had to be removed last year because of the new turf...

BEMIDJI -- As soon as the snow melts and winter slowly fades, with spring and then summer on the verge, the downtown Bemidji area starts to...

FARGO — Playing in his first-ever World Series of Poker event, Fargo South graduate and former Bemidji resident Cody Crawford was texting one of his friends during a break to tell him about some of the big names he had played against to that point. Crawford’s friend texted him...

BEMIDJI -- Horror fans and graveyard groupies worldwide have spent many a fright night with Elvira, the Crypt Keeper and Mystery Science Theater...

BEMIDJI -- Iann Brown says he's been falling through the cracks all his life. And the Bemidji man doesn't want that to happen anymore. Brown,...

BEMIDJI -- In its 10th year, the Bemidji-area chapter of "Let's Go Fishing's" Senior Outings gives elderly residents the chance to reconnect...