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Rapid response: Infant regains heartbeat after Bemidji officer, paramedics respond to call

A 3-month-old Bemidji boy is in critical condition after a team of first responders helped revive him Memorial Day morning. In the middle of his shift Monday, Officer Karson Otness,...

news Tue, May 29, 2012 - 5:00pm

Bemidji man dies after boom lift touches power line

BEMIDJI - A 49-year-old Bemidji man died Thursday when the boom lift he was operating came into contact with a power line. Police, firefighters and ambulance personnel were called at...

news Thu, May 17, 2012 - 1:51pm

Sailboat in fatal accident recovered by Clearwater County sheriff's officials

BAGLEY - More than a month after a fatal accident, the Clearwater County Sheriff's Office has recovered a 10-foot fiberglass sailboat that sunk with four people aboard. The Clearwater County...

news Mon, May 14, 2012 - 1:39pm

Treasurer for Bemidji Masonic Lodge accused of stealing $35K, partly to pay for girlfriend's expenses

BEMIDJI - The former treasurer of the Bemidji Masonic Lodge has pleaded not guilty to a charge that he stole more than $35,000 from the Lodge. Nathan Arlo Pochardt, 39,...

news Tue, May 08, 2012 - 9:49am

Don Mickel of Bemidji holds the 35.1-inch walleye he caught on the Rainy River. The fish probably was the state record but state regulations required that the fish be released. SUBMITTED Photo

Fisherman refutes critics of potential state walleye record, bait shop owner questions fish size

BEMIDJI - By nature, fishermen have to be laid-back types who can spend the better part of a day content with a bite that never comes.

sports / news Thu, May 03, 2012 - 4:49pm

Fugitive on lam after escaping during hospital visit nabbed by Red Lake officers

REDBY - Jason Lee King, the fugitive who has been at large since dropping his shackles at Sanford Bemidji Medical Center, has again been arrested. The Red Lake Department of...

news Thu, May 03, 2012 - 10:56am

Jilted ex-boyfriend pleads guilty in fire for attempted murder

WALKER - A 23-year-old Akeley man pleaded guilty here after setting fire to a home with nine people inside, apparently targeting an ex-girlfriend. Brandon Todd Sannan pleaded guilty Monday in...

news Tue, May 01, 2012 - 10:36am

Man sentenced to 45 years for shotgun slaying of his child's mother

WALKER - A Cass Lake man has been ordered to serve 45 years in prison for second-degree intentional murder. Ross Zangigabo Littlewolf, 28, also was sentenced Monday in Cass County...

news Tue, May 01, 2012 - 9:33am

Two people found dead after fire in central Minn.

NISSWA - Two people were found dead inside a home near here after emergency officials responded to a fire Monday morning. About 10:36 a.m., the Crow Wing County Sheriff's Office...

news Mon, Apr 30, 2012 - 4:50pm

The Risland brothers, Zechariah, top left, Jacob, bottom left, and Isaiah Risland, bottom right, are shown with cousin Isabelle Staley, top right, in this 2010 family photo. The Risland brothers and their father, Dan Risland, were in a sailboat Friday, April 6, 2012, when it sank in Clearwater Lake. Zechariah and Jacob died, apparently from hypothermia, while Isaiah is hospitalized at Children's Hospital in Minneapolis. SUBMITTED PHOTO

Therapy starts for boy injured in sailboat accident

MINNEAPOLIS - Twice-a-day therapy is planned for an 8-year-old boy injured in a sailboat accident earlier this month. Isaiah Risland of Leonard was scheduled to undergo physical and occupational therapy...

news Mon, Apr 23, 2012 - 11:57am

Isaiah talks, tells mother 'I love you'

MINNEAPOLIS - Isaiah Risland's recovery from hypothermia injuries suffered in a sailboat accident continue to encourage family members. The 8-year-old Leonard boy called his grandfather Wednesday, and began to answer...

news Thu, Apr 19, 2012 - 10:27am

The Risland brothers, Zechariah, top left, Jacob, bottom left, and Isaiah Risland, bottom right, are shown with cousin Isabelle Staley, top right, in this 2010 family photo. The Risland brothers and their father, Dan Risland, were in a sailboat Friday, April 6, 2012, when it sank in Clearwater Lake. Zechariah and Jacob died, apparently from hypothermia, while Isaiah is hospitalized at Children's Hospital in Minneapolis. SUBMITTED PHOTO

UPDATED: Doctors take boy, injured in sailboat accident, off ventilator

MINNEAPOLIS - An 8-year-old Leonard boy who suffered life-threatening injuries in an April 6 sailboat accident is now off the ventilator used to help him breathe. Isaiah Risland is being...

news Wed, Apr 18, 2012 - 10:48am

Test: ND trooper's blood concentration nearly twice legal limit

BEMIDJI - A North Dakota Highway Patrol captain arrested near here for drunken driving last month registered an alcohol concentration nearly twice Minnesota's legal limit. A urine analysis shows Kevin...

news Mon, Apr 16, 2012 - 6:10pm

Sailboat survivor, 8, shows positive signs after accident

LEONARD - An 8-year-old boy who fell into a frigid lake near here remains in critical condition, but is showing positive signs. "It's my understanding that he's opened his eyes...

news Mon, Apr 09, 2012 - 10:12am

Beltrami and Clearwater County sheriff's officials pack up an empty gurney Friday afternoon as a helicopter crew from North Memorial responded after a sailboat capsized on Clearwater Lake, northwest of Debs. A father and three children were in the boat when it capsized. MONTE DRAPER | BEMIDJI PIONEER

'Horrible tragedy' leaves 2 siblings dead, third hospitalized

LEONARD - Two children died after falling into a frigid lake, and a third is listed in critical condition after first responders pulled the siblings Friday afternoon from Clearwater Lake...

news Sat, Apr 07, 2012 - 2:42pm

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