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Evergreen hosts open house

Evergreen Youth & Family Services celebrated an open house Feb. 26 with tours of its new offices and apartments followed by a short program. Becky Schueller, left, executive director of...

celebrations Fri, Mar 01, 2013 - 3:20pm

Paul Ericsson: Something for everyone at the library

Continuing with our robust schedule of literary, cultural and history events, we have something for everyone in March and April. There will be a creative songwriting workshop for sixth- through...

columns Fri, Mar 01, 2013 - 3:12pm

Obama to urge court to overturn gay marriage ban

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration on Thursday will ask the Supreme Court to overturn California's ban on gay marriage and take a skeptical view of similar bans elsewhere, according...

news Thu, Feb 28, 2013 - 4:59pm

Daryl Bohn and Amber Thayer continue to push for answers after a Bemidji school bus driver forced their 6-year-old son, Darrion, to walk a quarter-mile home in freezing temperatures last Wednesday. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

‘Tears were frozen to his face’: Bemidji bus driver resigns after forcing child to walk home in the cold

WILTON – A 6-year-old boy was forced to walk a quarter-mile home in freezing temperatures last week after a school bus driver refused to let the child off the bus...

news / local Tue, Feb 26, 2013 - 9:57pm

Evergreen holds open house at new site

Evergreen Youth & Family Services held an open house Tuesday afternoon at its new site at 610 Patriot Drive NW. Blessings and a formal program also were held. Pictured are,...

news / local Tue, Feb 26, 2013 - 9:30pm

Pioneer Editorial: Cheers and Jeers

Treatment facility seeks to expand Restore House of Bemidji is proposing a chemical dependency residential treatment facility in Helga Township. The planned nine-bed facility for men would allow the Bemidji...

opinion / editorial Mon, Feb 25, 2013 - 11:54pm

Open house set today for new Evergreen facility

BEMIDJI – Evergreen Youth & Family Services will host an open house today to celebrate its new site. In December, Evergreen relocated its headquarters and youth drop-in center to 610...

news / local Mon, Feb 25, 2013 - 11:43pm

DPS program gives over 4,500 car seats to Minnesota families

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Thousands of Minnesota families have benefited from a program that provides free car seats to those in need. The Department of Public Safety says that...

news / region Mon, Feb 25, 2013 - 4:44pm

John Eggers: So how is February treating you?

“Ask not what your fortune cookie can do for you but what you can do for your fortune cookie.” That’s the best fortune I have ever received. Why? It really...

columns Fri, Feb 22, 2013 - 4:22pm

Younger children featured in budget plan

ST. PAUL – Adding money to early childhood education and all-day kindergarten programs, as Gov. Mark Dayton suggests, is important to Minnesota’s future, the state House education finance leader says...

news Wed, Feb 20, 2013 - 12:41am

From left, Beltrami County Board Chairman Richard Anderson; James Przybilla, CEO, PrimeWest Health; Red Lake Comprehensive Health Director Oran Beaulieu; Red Lake Chairman Floyd Jourdain Jr.; and Matt Magnuson, PrimeWest director of membership and program development

Donation will help Red Lake improve dental access for kids

RED LAKE – PrimeWest Health presented a $107,463 check to Red Lake Comprehensive Health last month to improve dental access for children on the Red Lake Reservation. James Przybilla, chief...

news / business Fri, Feb 15, 2013 - 4:00pm

John Eggers: Lent: Don’t give up, try taking on renewed purpose

Lent was always a dark time when I was young. I remember going to those Wednesday night Lenten services where my grandfather served as pastor. It always seemed so cold,...

columns Fri, Feb 15, 2013 - 3:52pm

Hundreds at Capitol rally want gay marriage

ST. PAUL – Three mothers of gay men joined hundreds of others in the Minnesota Capitol on Thursday with one goal. “It’s important that they be treated equally,” Mabel Galvin...

news Thu, Feb 14, 2013 - 11:41pm

NCFS receives donations from Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

BEMIDJI – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its missionaries donated items to the Northwoods Coalition for Family Safety on Jan. 18. Items donated included diapers, clothing,...

celebrations Sun, Feb 10, 2013 - 11:08pm

Middle School sixth grader Cyan Koos, was one of 338 sixth-graders that displayed their science fair projects on Thursday evening. Her experiment was “How Many Roosters.” Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

Frenetic energy at the science fair

By Amy Borgman aborgman@bemidjipioneer.com BEMIDJI — The auditorium buzzed with excitement Thursday as seventh- and eighth-graders displayed their best work at the 27th annual Bemidji Middle School Science Fair. Students...

news / education Fri, Feb 08, 2013 - 2:22am

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