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BEMIDJI - A man accused of stalking a Bemidji woman will be sentenced after entering an Alford plea to the charge. Joshua Joseph Brunner of Cambridge on Aug. 7 entered an Alford plea for gross misdemeanor stalking. An Alford plea has the legal effect of a guilty plea. Brunner did...

BEMIDJI - The director of a local nonprofit has been sentenced for driving while impaired. Sarah Jane Einerson, 50, of Bemidji, on Aug. 6 was sentenced for gross misdemeanor second-degree DWI. Einerson is the executive director of Churches United, a church-based program that offers...

BEMIDJI - A 73-year-old Bemidji woman has pleaded not guilty to felony criminal sexual conduct. Janet Verjean Kern pleaded not guilty Aug. 7 to fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct with a victim who is mentally impaired or helpless. She entered the plea Aug. 6 before Beltrami County...

BEMIDJI - The Sanford Center's executive director has been fired from his job, marking the second time such a move has been made since the facility opened in 2010. Roger Swanson, who took over the post officially at the start of the year, lasted just more than seven months in the...

BEMIDJI - A local nonprofit is clinging to a slight lead in voting today ina nationwide contest for a new Toyota. Northwoods Habitat for Humanity is a finalist in Toyota's 100 Cars for Good program and one of five nonprofits competing for the vehicle in the one-day poll. As of 2:45...

WALKER - A 28-year-old Pine River man faces second-degree intentional murder for the death of a man earlier this month. Dane Joseph Riley appeared Monday in Cass County District Court on charges of murder and interference with a dead body. The charges stem from the death of Mark...

BEMIDJI - A former treasurer of the Bemidji Masonic Lodge pleaded guilty Tues-day to swindling more than $45,000 from the fraternal organization. Nathan Arlo Pochardt, 40, of Bemidji entered the plea in Beltrami County District Court to gross misdemeanor theft. Previously charged...

MINNEAPOLIS - Updated federal charges against defendants suspected as operating the Native Mob gang now include accusations of murder and additional charges against purported leaders, who have ties to Bemidji, Cass Lake and the surrounding area. Late last week, prosecutors filed...

BAGLEY - The man who drowned in Lake Lomond here and discovered by a boater has officially been identified. The Clearwater County Sheriff's Office said Monday the death of Cisco Rolando Johnson, 23, doesn't appear suspicious. "The preliminary autopsy report indicates the cause of...

WALKER - A 25-year-old Cass Lake man was ordered Monday to serve nine years in prison for trying to kill the husband of a woman he was infatuated with. John Ernest Lutgen received consecutive sentences on the charges - 90 months for third-degree attempted murder and 18 months for...

BEMIDJI - About 5,500 customers remain without power today after a powerful storm packing winds in excess of 80 mph tore through the region. Otter Tail Power Company said it had about 1,500 customers without power as of 1:30 p.m. Cris Kling, spokeswoman for Otter Tail Power, said...

SOLWAY - A 19-year-old man who died after falling from a cell phone tower here was identified late Wednesday afternoon. Jeremy Jo Froemke of Lisbon, N.D., died Tuesday evening when he fell from the tower directly south of Solway Elementary School. The Beltrami County Sheriff's Office...