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About 20 members of the Bemidji High School Student Council will serve shifts this week to package 2,000 pounds of kidney beans into one-pound packages for the Bemidji Community Food Shelf. From left, Wyatt Miller, Erin Larson, Hannah Dressen, Erik Sorensen and Allie Larson volunteer their time Wednesday as they double-bag the beans. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

BHS Student Council members repackage bulk foods for food shelf

BEMIDJI – As many area students relaxed during their winter break this week, about 20 members of the Bemidji High School student council took turns filling bags upon bags of...

news / education Wed, Dec 26, 2012 - 11:35pm

Loan to help Red Lake tribe build college, government center

By Molly Miron, Special to the Pioneer RED LAKE – By the fall of 2014, the Red Lake Nation will revolve around a new hub. The Red Lake Nation College...

news / region Wed, Dec 26, 2012 - 11:21pm

Whooping cough hit Minnesota hard in 2012

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The whooping cough hit Minnesota residents hard this year — with the biggest number of cases since World War II. More than 4,300 Minnesota residents...

news / region Wed, Dec 26, 2012 - 8:46am

Trainer Jon Laakso says it is very rewarding when he sees an athlete back in action after an injury. Photo: Monte Draper

Caring for athletes: Laakso key part of the Lumberjacks’ success

Jon Laakso doesn’t study film, doesn’t devise game plans and doesn’t strategize on the fly. But as the athletic trainer at Bemidji High School, Laakso is an integral component to...

news / local Fri, Dec 21, 2012 - 8:42pm

This photo shows an injector pen that contains approximately a weeks worth of HGH doses for a patient in need of the drug at the clinic of Dr. Mark Molitch of Northwestern University, who helped write medical standards meant to limit HGH treatment to patients in need of the drug. An Associated Press investigation shows that a federal crackdown on illicit foreign supplies of human growth hormone has failed to stop rampant misuse. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

AP IMPACT: Big Pharma cashes in on HGH abuse

A federal crackdown on illicit foreign supplies of human growth hormone has failed to stop rampant misuse, and instead has driven record sales of the drug by some of the...

news Fri, Dec 21, 2012 - 11:47am

Minn. Gov. Dayton to undergo spinal surgery

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minn. Gov. Mark Dayton will undergo spinal surgery next week at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. Dayton's office announced Friday that the operation is being done...

news / region Fri, Dec 21, 2012 - 11:33am

Minn. reports 1st flu death of season

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota has reported its first flu-related death of the season. A Minnesota Department of Health spokesman tells the Star Tribune ( http://bit.ly/ZVv7OF ) the victim...

news / region Thu, Dec 20, 2012 - 3:53pm

Boys and Girls Club of the Leech Lake Area seeks volunteers

LEECH LAKE – The Boys and Girls Clubs of the Leech Lake Area is seeking volunteers to provide special physical fitness activities such as dance classes, yoga, aerobics, kick-boxing or...

celebrations Fri, Dec 14, 2012 - 10:31pm

Cass Public Health receives honor

WALKER – Cass County Public Health/Home Care has been named a 2012 HHCAHPS (Home Health Customer Assessment of Health Care Providers & Systems) Honors recipient, an award recognizing home health...

celebrations Fri, Dec 14, 2012 - 10:27pm

Sanford Bemidji participates in colorectal cancer screening collaborative

BEMIDJI – Sanford Bemidji recently participated in a statewide collaborative designed to help participating medical groups enhance their current colorectal cancer screening efforts. The collaborative was led by a consortium...

news Fri, Dec 14, 2012 - 9:50pm

Fewer than expected use Minn. health care vouchers

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A plan to shift thousands of Minnesota residents from a state-subsidized health care coverage program to vouchers for private insurance isn't getting the traction that...

news / region Tue, Dec 11, 2012 - 3:07pm

Prime Time | Evan Hazard: ‘My day’: Three nights’ free lodging

On Monday, Nov. 19, I had a 2 p.m. appointment at a clinic in St. Paul, which wanted me there 20 minutes early to complete forms. Also, there was a...

columns Tue, Dec 11, 2012 - 2:13am

The Totzauer family, from left: Jasmine May, Jessica Renee, Emi, Dwayne, Jenna Marie and Julia Christina.

Local business owner remembered

BEMIDJI – Emi Totzauer stayed strong until the very end. Despite being told earlier this year that her colon cancer was terminal, Totzauer was determined to beat it. But Totzauer...

news / local Tue, Dec 11, 2012 - 1:22am

Prime Time | Sue Bruns: The snowman that never was

The sun breaks through the winter clouds making the fresh snow gleam. I test the texture. Sticky. Good day to build a snowman. I roll up a huge snowball until...

columns Tue, Dec 11, 2012 - 1:19am

Surprise: New insurance fee in health overhaul law

WASHINGTON (AP) — Your medical plan is facing an unexpected expense, so you probably are, too. It's a new, $63-per-head fee to cushion the cost of covering people with pre-existing...

news Mon, Dec 10, 2012 - 1:54pm

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