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Childbirth education classes scheduled

BEMIDJI - Sanford Bemidji Medical Center's The Gift of Motherhood childbirth education classes have been scheduled beginning Saturday. The classes will be offered online and in the classroom for expectant...

news Tue, Apr 24, 2012 - 9:15am

Jason Gorr, with the Midwest Assistance Program, emphasizes the importance of testing wells in Minnesota during the Healthy Habitats Earth Day and Healthy Homes Event Thursday at the Red Lake Casino Event Center. More than 500 people attended the event, which included key presentations on arsenic in drinking water and radon in homes. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

Earth Day and Healthy Homes Event held in Red Lake

Jason Gorr, with the Midwest Assistance Program, emphasizes the importance of testing wells in Minnesota during the Healthy Habitats Earth Day and Healthy Homes Event Thursday at the Red Lake...

news / local Fri, Apr 20, 2012 - 12:00am

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

Kelby Krabbenhoft, the president and CEO of Sanford Health, talks about the health care system's commitment to the Bemidji community during the groundbreaking Thursday of an incoming addition to Sanford Bemidji Medical Center. The addition will be a new 46,385-square-foot Sanford Orthopedics & Sports Medicine Center. Bethany Wesley | Bemidji Pioneer

Keeping a promise: Groundbreaking held for Sanford Health orthopedics, sports medicine center

BEMIDJI - Just over a year ago, Kelby Krabbenhoft promised the Bemidji community that Sanford Health was committed to expanding Sanford Bemidji Medical Center, predicting that a new orthopedics center...

news / local Fri, Apr 13, 2012 - 12:00am

Rep. Tom Huntley, DFL-Duluth, is a co-sponsor of a bill that would require Minnesota's foster care homes to be smoke-free. FILE PHOTO | STATE CAPITOL BUREAU

State's foster homes may be next to go smoke-free

DULUTH -- The "no-smoking" sign will be on for homes with foster children, if a bill in the Minnesota Legislature is passed. The legislation would follow the lead of St...

news Fri, Apr 13, 2012 - 12:00am

Lawmaker seeks smoking ban for Minn. foster homes

DULUTH -- Smoking would be banned in all foster homes in Minnesota if the state Legislature passes a proposed bill. St. Louis, Lake and Beltrami counties are among those that...

news Thu, Apr 12, 2012 - 10:40am

Donna Liend, right, and Lynda Moe raise the Donate Life flag Wednesday afternoon outside of Sanford Bemidji Medical Center as they remember their mother, Beulah Stenerson, who died in January 2010. Bethany Wesley | Bemidji Pioneer

Sisters raise flag for their mother

BEMIDJI - The flag that two sisters raised in memory of their mother immediately began waving Wednesday in the wind. "Mom's probably talking," quipped Donna Liend. Liend and her sister,...

news Thu, Apr 12, 2012 - 12:00am

Family seeks continued prayers as boy recovers

MINNEAPOLIS - The family of Isaiah Risland say the 8-year-old boy is showing some positive recovery signs, but prayers are still needed in his fight to survive. In a CaringBridge...

news / local Wed, Apr 11, 2012 - 12:00am

Benefit planned

There will be a benefit for Isaiah, Zach and Jake Risland from 3-7 p.m. April 21 at the Evangelical Covenant Church, 5405 Hart Lane NW, Bemidji. The benefit includes a...

news / local Wed, Apr 11, 2012 - 12:00am

Kate Larsen, executive coach and professional speaker at Winning Lifestyles Inc., will be the featured speaker April 19 at the Ministry of Caring Conference. SUBMITTED PHOTO

Conference aims to renew caregivers

BEMIDJI - Caregivers who choose to enter healthcare fields are often born for the type of work they are in. They care wholeheartedly for their patients or ill relatives, leaving...

news Tue, Apr 10, 2012 - 12:00am

Beltrami, Cass rank low in state's health

BEMIDJI - When the latest rankings for county health were released this week, it contained some sobering news for the north country. Cass County ranked at the bottom of the...

news / local Sat, Apr 07, 2012 - 12:00am

Ex-marathon runner Dick Beardsley was the keynote speaker Thursday at the two-day 2012 Evergreen seventh annual Conference Strategies and Tools to Promote Healthy Youth, Families & Community at Calvary Lutheran Church. Beardsley, now a motivational speaker, shared the dramatic story of his addiction to pain medicines. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

Beardsley, now a motivational speaker, talks about drug addiction

BEMIDJI - Dick Beardsley was within a day or two of never waking up again. Fortunately, he got caught. After retiring from running, the man best known for finishing the...

news / local / sports Fri, Mar 30, 2012 - 12:00am

Nancy Brown serves lunch to her children, from left, Doyle, 6, Lincoln, 4, and Walter, 1, at their apartment in Minneapolis, Minn., March 192. Brown says that using certified organic foods for her family helps them avoid harmful chemicals and other toxic substances. JEFFREY THOMPSON | MPR News 91.3FM

State to set health standards for emerging contaminants

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Minnesota Department of Health is taking a closer look at a variety of chemicals that make their way into the water supply. Federal and state...

news Thu, Mar 29, 2012 - 12:00am

Health officials link illness to water park

DULUTH, Minn. (AP) -- Minnesota health officials have linked a parasitic disease to a Duluth water park. Department of Health epidemiologist Trisha Robinson says several cases of cryptosporidium have been...

news Wed, Mar 28, 2012 - 9:06am

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