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When Jesse Kneeland thinks of his journey to northern Minnesota to be a pastor, his youngest daughter Chara comes to mind. Chara was named after the Greek word for joy and that stems from the Bible verse James 1:2, which reads: Consider all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various...

High winds ripped the roof off Mandi's Main Street Cafe in Northome on Sunday. Winds and rain continued on Monday, with an east wind from 22 to 25 mph, according to the National Weather Service. Here's a look at the forecast for the next few days: Monday: Rain. High near...

A teacher at Northome High School has found a cultural and cost-effective project for her students during the Easter season. Pysanky, more widely-known as Ukrainian Easter eggs, have been created in Libby Wickum’s Family and Consumer Science class for about 10 years. Its name,...

NORTHOME -- The parking lot at the Northome School was a noisy place to be Saturday morning as the barks and whines of about 300 anxious dogs filled the air. Mushers and their dog handlers traveled from all over Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and even Ontario, Canada to...

BEMIDJI - When Kent Dudley and his band step on stage at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Sanford Center, it will be the first step in their quest to reach more than a handful of people in telling the promise of hope and healing. The hall will open at 5:30 p.m. and accommodate 600 people....

Bernie Elhard's class showed preschool students the culmination of their studies on volcanoes by creating a blast of their own. The class used Mentos and Coca Cola to cause the explosion. The mints are dropped into the Coca Cola to create the explosive checmical reaction, much like...

On Friday, April 27, the fifth grade Math Masters team went to a competition in Bemidji. The team was made up of five dedicated fifth graders who practiced for the competition after school a couple times a week. The team placed eighth out of 27. This was the last Math Masters competition...