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Danny Tyree: 2030: Will your state be the fattest?

Perhaps you should be sitting down to read this. Or maybe standing up would be better. Standing up, running in place and frantically yanking the carbs out of your children’s...

opinion / commentary Fri, Sep 21, 2012 - 2:09am

Buena Vista to host Top of the World Fall Color tour this weekend

Buena Vista Logging Village will host its Top of the World Fall Color Tour from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and 1-3 p.m. Sunday at the village, 12 miles...

news / local Fri, Sep 21, 2012 - 1:53am

Nellie Cameron, left, bravely tastes the Blue Ox Tail Chili made by First Reality’s staff as Chelse Cermak and Mandy Gazelka serve up a bowl. Thirty-two cooks prepared chili for the 21st Annual United Way Chili Cook-Off on Wednesday afternoon. MONTE DRAPER | BEMIDJI PIONEER

United Way: Chili Cook-off kicks off $405K campaign goal

BEMIDJI – The United Way of Bemidji Area has set a $405,000 goal for its 26th annual campaign for the community and Wednesday proved to be a successful start. Thirty-two...

news / local Wed, Sep 19, 2012 - 9:11pm

Nymore meeting to address housing

BEMIDJI – A meeting for residents living in the western portion of the Nymore neighborhood is scheduled for 7 p.m. Sept. 27 at Bemidji City Hall. The public information meeting...

news / local Wed, Sep 19, 2012 - 9:04pm

Brad Swenson helped spread word on bus safety

This is my memoriam to my friend, Brad Swenson. Brad started and followed me from the beginning of my art career. He actually made my art career, from being on...

opinion / letters Tue, Sep 18, 2012 - 1:41am

Bemidji school board: Preliminary 2013 levy adopted

BEMIDJI – The Bemidji school district is bucking a statewide trend. The tax base in the school district increased by 2.4 percent this year while the state average was a...

news / education Tue, Sep 18, 2012 - 1:25am

Bemidji City Council: Little public opposition heard to franchise fee increase

BEMIDJI – The public hearing on a 1 percent increase in gas and electric franchise fees went by Monday without any, well, electricity. No resident spoke for or against the...

news / local Tue, Sep 18, 2012 - 1:24am

Sanford Center; VenuWorks whittles candidate field to finalists

By Steve Wagner swagner@bemidjipioneer.com BEMIDJI – A new executive director for the city-owned Sanford Center could be in place by this time next month. Andy Long, regional vice president for...

news / local Tue, Sep 18, 2012 - 1:17am

Nature’s Edge Garden Center co-owner Tyler Olson holds a plaque designating the business as an Early Childhood Champion. Presenting the award were Ginny Kurtzweg, left, and Vicki Wangberg, Bemidji Early Childhood Initiative co-coordinators. Nature’s Edge co-owner Chad Museus is not pictured.

Nature’s Edge named Early Childhood Champion

BEMIDJI – The Bemidji Early Childhood Initiative has given Nature’s Edge Garden Center the Early Childhood Champion award for its efforts to provide a family friendly environment to young children...

business Fri, Sep 14, 2012 - 4:58pm

Ann Hayes, wife of “Ride for the Red” event organizer Jeremy Hayes, was ready to ride during the ninth annual Red Cross benefit held Aug. 25.

Ride the Red benefits local Red Cross chapter

BEMIDJI – About 70 motorcycle enthusiasts gathered at Home Depot stores in Bemidji, Baxter, Duluth and Grand Rapids for ninth annual Ride for the Red benefit for the North Star...

business Fri, Sep 14, 2012 - 4:56pm

Andrea Ohnstad, executive director for the Boys & Girls Club of the Bemidji Area, is pictured with Phil Verchota, Deerwood Bank president of the Northern Market. Deerwood Bank recently became a Partner of the Future of the BGCBA with a $1,000 donation.

Deerwood Bank is Partner for the Future with Boys and Girls Club

BEMIDJI – Deerwood Bank of Bemidji has donated $1,000 to become a Partner of the Future with the Boys and Girls Club of the Bemidji Area. As part of Deerwood...

business Fri, Sep 14, 2012 - 4:54pm

Fourth-grader Steven Tribula races to the edge of the sideline Tuesday, trying to get past Derrick Young, at the Boys and Girls Club field as part of the Bemidji Youth Football program's first week of games. Brian Matthews | Bemidji Pioneer

Football for life: League teaches kids skills, life lessons

BEMIDJI – The yard lines are freshly painted, the footballs are aired up and the jerseys have been handed out. All of this can mean only one thing: the start...

news / local Fri, Sep 14, 2012 - 12:02am

Red Lake tribal member Alvin Clark, left, sometimes comes to People's Church in Bemidji for meals, and he used to take shelter at the church when he was homeless. Tom Robertson | MPR News 91.3 FM

Rural counties struggle with poverty

By Tom Robertson, ,MPR News 91.3 FM BEMIDJI – When Alvin Clark needs a meal, he sometimes comes to the basement of the People’s Church, where poor people in Beltrami...

news / local Thu, Sep 13, 2012 - 11:47pm

People make this great place to live

I would like to publicly give a sincere thank you to Nymore resident Dan Rice for coming to my aid on Sept. 6. Shortly before noon, while walking to my...

opinion / letters Thu, Sep 13, 2012 - 11:38pm

Joanna McDuffie feeds a family of four on the food she gets from the food shelf at Northpoint Health and Wellness Center in Minneapolis. McDuffie says she's unemployed and gets assistance through Hennepin County. But she says food stamps often aren't enough, so she comes here when she runs out of food. Brandt Williams | MPR News 91.3 FM

State’s poverty rate remains stable

By Elizabeth Dunbar and Brandt Williams, MPR News 91.3 FM ST. PAUL – New census data showing Minnesota’s median household income improving by 10 percent from 2010 to 2011 may...

news Thu, Sep 13, 2012 - 11:19pm

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