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On July 2 my friend and I were visiting five campsites of family members in the Chippewa Loop of Norway Beach Campground when the storm came through. We continue to...

On July 2 my friend and I were visiting five campsites of family members in the Chippewa Loop of Norway Beach Campground when the storm came through. We continue to...

If Barack Obama had been the Democratic president who said, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself," Republicans would call it capitulation. "Obama surrenders to America's enemies!"...

Conservatives worry that if Barack Obama is re-elected, today's trillion-plus federal deficits and ballooning national debt will continue to grow far into the future. Conservatives worry that if Obama is...

We who live in Bemidji are privileged to be in an area where "Minnesota Nice" is a reality, not just a saying. As the recipient of such neighborly gestures as...

We who live in Bemidji are privileged to be in an area where "Minnesota Nice" is a reality, not just a saying. As the recipient of such neighborly gestures as...

There must be a better way to address parking issues Nearly every college community struggles with parking issues, particularly in those neighborhoods adjacent to campus. Bemidji is no different. But...

Barack Obama was reflecting recently on what he's learned as president. At first, he told CBS, he thought "this job was just about getting the policy right." But now he...

Some people are too smart for their own good. Food geneticists, for example. These technicians have the smarts to tinker with the inner workings of Momma Nature's own good foods...

Last Thursday our family decided to pontoon on Cass Lake from a cabin on Kitchi Lake. The motor died on us just east of Cedar Island in the southern end...

My husband and I often travel through Bemidji on our way between Entwistle, Alberta, where we live, and southern Ontario, where our sons, their life partners (girlfriends) and my 90-year-old...

I am writing a short letter for the Beltrami Electric Board of Directors to say thank you to all the hard-working employees of Beltrami Electric. After the July storms, everyone...

Last Thursday our family decided to pontoon on Cass Lake from a cabin on Kitchi Lake. The motor died on us just east of Cedar Island in the southern end...

My husband and I often travel through Bemidji on our way between Entwistle, Alberta, where we live, and southern Ontario, where our sons, their life partners (girlfriends) and my 90-year-old...

I am writing a short letter for the Beltrami Electric Board of Directors to say thank you to all the hard-working employees of Beltrami Electric. After the July storms, everyone...