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City Council approves mediation agreement

By John Hageman and Bethany Wesley jhageman@bemidjipioneer.com BEMIDJI — The Bemidji City Council voted to approve a mediated settlement agreement with Bemidji Township on Monday night, one week after rejecting...

news / local Mon, Jun 10, 2013 - 9:30pm

Moorhead City Council members pass plan in case they're all killed at same time

By Wendy Reuer Forum News Service MOORHEAD – The City Council here now has a plan in place just in case the elected officials should all meet their demise at...

news / region Fri, May 31, 2013 - 9:32am

Council OKs Upstream TV request

BEMIDJI —Upstream TV will soon have new equipment. The Bemidji City Council voted unanimously Monday night to approve almost $20,000 worth of new equipment for the nonprofit public access station...

news / local Mon, May 06, 2013 - 9:56pm

Dayton admonishes Shakopee town hall audience

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Mark Dayton is calling members of a Shakopee audience “rude” and “juvenile” after a raucous town hall meeting. On Monday night, Dayton held the...

news / region Tue, Apr 30, 2013 - 12:58pm

Obama sends Congress $3.8 trillion spending plan

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama sent Congress a $3.8 trillion spending blueprint on Wednesday that strives to achieve a "grand bargain" to tame runaway deficits, raising taxes on the...

news Wed, Apr 10, 2013 - 11:16am

Moniz backs natural gas 'revolution'

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ernest Moniz, chosen by President Barack Obama to lead the Energy Department, says he will push to increase use of natural gas as a way to combat...

news Tue, Apr 09, 2013 - 12:44pm

House offers $800 million bonding bill

ST. PAUL -- The sponsor of the Minnesota House public works funding bill says it would help Minnesota continue its recovery from recession. Rep. Alice Hausman, DFL-St. Paul, today unveiled...

news / region Tue, Apr 09, 2013 - 11:29am

Government probes case of texting helicopter pilot

WASHINGTON (AP) — The pilot of a medical helicopter that ran out of fuel and crashed, killing all four people aboard, was distracted by text messages when he should have...

news Tue, Apr 09, 2013 - 11:05am

IRS takes steps to combat identity theft

WASHINGTON (AP) — The 2014 budget proposal to be released by the White House on Wednesday will include new steps to combat what the Internal Revenue Service says is an...

news Tue, Apr 09, 2013 - 10:57am

Models of a mock North Korea Scud-B missile, center right, and other South Korean missiles are displayed at Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, March 17, 2013. A South Korean military official said North Korea launched what appeared to be KN-02 missiles last week during its own drills. He won't say on what day it happened. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Admiral says US can intercept North Korean missile

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. defenses could intercept a ballistic missile launched by North Korea, the top U.S. military commander in the Pacific said Tuesday as the relationship between the West...

news Tue, Apr 09, 2013 - 10:56am

Bill: Amnesty for intoxicated underage drinkers

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A proposed state law would give underage drinkers protection from prosecution if they call 911 because of a medical emergency. Winona State and Minnesota State...

news / region Tue, Apr 09, 2013 - 8:51am

Dayton proposes $750 million bonding bill

ST. PAUL -- Gov. Mark Dayton says 21,000 people would get jobs if the Legislature funds his $750 million public works project proposal. The Democratic governor said he emphasized projects...

news / region Mon, Apr 08, 2013 - 1:05pm

Japan increasingly nervous about North Korea nukes

TOKYO (AP) — It's easy to write off North Korea's threats to strike the United States with a nuclear-tipped missile as bluster: it has never demonstrated the capability to deploy...

news Mon, Apr 08, 2013 - 10:18am

This undated photo provided by Tom Smedinghoff, shows Anne Smedinghoff. Anne Smedinghoff, 25, was killed Saturday, April 6, 2013 in southern Afghanistan , the first American diplomat to die on the job since last year's attack on the U.S. diplomatic installation in Benghazi, Libya. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Tom Smedinghoff)

Father: Slain diplomat died doing what she loved

CHICAGO (AP) — The family of an American diplomat who was among those killed in a terrorist attack in southern Afghanistan has taken solace in knowing she died doing what...

news Mon, Apr 08, 2013 - 10:17am

This is a 1969 file photo showing Margaret Thatcher. Ex-spokesman Tim Bell says that former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has died. She was 87. Bell said the woman known to friends and foes as "the Iron Lady" passed away Monday morning, Aprilo 8, 2013. (AP Photo/File)

UPDATED: Margaret Thatcher, former British prime minister, has died

LONDON (AP) — Love her or loathe her, one thing's beyond dispute: Margaret Thatcher transformed Britain. The Iron Lady who ruled for 11 remarkable years imposed her will on a...

news Mon, Apr 08, 2013 - 10:02am

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