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Eddy Ferreira has been waiting 30 years to take a once-in-a-lifetime trip down the Mississippi River. So what were another few weeks? Ferreira, 69, and Jan Broennich, 68, both of...

Keep an eye on the night sky over the next few days. The Aurora Borealis, commonly referred to as the Northern Lights, is expected to be visible in Bemidji during...

Few things have given me the sense of wonder and respect, along with the adrenaline rush, that came on an afternoon in 2004 when I was sitting in a meadow...

Wendell Knutson, left, helps Scott Anderson lead his horses around a trail Thursday morning at Buena Vista Logging Village as they prepare for the 27th annual Logging Day Festival. The...

Several pilots landed their planes on Lake Bemidji during Saturday's Polar Daze events. It was an ideal day for flying, with mild temperatures and little wind. Dave Quam provides photographs...

The statue of Chief Bemidji stands alone early Wednesday morning watching the sunrise over Lake Bemidji. Pioneer Photo/Monte Draper

Terry Larson of rural Cass Lake just had time to finish harvesting wild rice and summer berries when a call came in for guide service. A crew filming a documentary...

The Big Fish in Bena, listed in May as one of the Preservation Alliance of Minnesota's 10 Most Endangered Historic Places, has a new lease on life. With a $10,000...

Heavy fog blanketed the harbor as we stood on the dock on the morning of Aug. 12. The crew of the Voyageur II ferry worked fast to prepare for our...

Have you ever been obsessed by a childhood memory? The summer of 1952, my mother brought my brothers and sister to live near the upper end of Lake Chelan, a...

Forty-two members of the Newmar Kountry Club, Minnesota Loons Chapter stopped at Paul and Babe to get their photo taken while touring Bemidji. They were all Minnesota residents who own...

Christa Hanson, left, and Bonnie Rutherford, both of Blackduck, are amazed at the detail in a drake shoveler carved by Gary Muhlenbruck and displayed at the Countryside Restaurant. The shoveler...

In his walk across North America, Joe Woodcock has short-term goals - such as reaching Cass Lake today - and goals for the future - destination Newfoundland next summer. "I...