Blackduck

The high school softball regular season ended last week, and that means the section playoffs are set to start Tuesday, May 23. While the Bemidji High School softball team will not discover its seed until today -- Section 8-4A will be seeded sometime this afternoon -- the other area...

BEMIDJI -- Behind a dazzling pitching performance from Kevin Smith, Walker-Hackensack-Akeley took the Northland Conference championship over the Blackduck High School baseball team 5-2 on Thursday at Bemidji State. “I’m real proud of our team. We just played with a top-10 team...

Local students graduate from MSUM

The cities of Bemidji and Blackduck were among the 327 Minnesota wastewater treatment facilities recently recognized by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency for maintaining outstanding permit compliance from September 2015 through September 2016. The awards were presented at the...

BLACKDUCK -- A locker room renovation project at Blackduck High School is ready to begin this summer. The Blackduck Public Schools’ board accepted a $326,000 slate of bids for the project on Monday. School district leaders plan to meet with the contractors they selected to hammer...

BEMIDJI—Paul Bunyan Communications recently announced that the GigaZone has come to Hines and areas of Blackduck. As a result of upgrades to the cooperative's all-fiber optic communications network, more than 700 more locations now have access to GigaZone services including...

Local students graduate from UND GRAND FORKS, N.D.—The University of North Dakota held winter commencement ceremonies Thursday and Friday, Dec. 15 and 16. Local students who were eligible to cross the stage during UND's Fall Semester Commencement ceremonies include Grace Blomberg...