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Pazahiyayewin (She Shall Radiate in Her Path Like the Sun) is pictured above, surrounded by her daughter and some of her grandchildren. The photo was taken in the early 1900s. Submitted Photo

Prime Time: Pazahiyayewin's legacy lives on

The legacy of Pazahiyayewin (She Shall Radiate In Her Path Like the Sun) lives on in the lives of her descendents. "We are strong women," Margaret Kitto Butz, great-granddaughter of...

news / local / region Tue, Jan 10, 2012 - 12:00am

Hong Kong: a place unlike any other

It's a place we've all heard of, but most know little about. And that's a small shame, because Hong Kong isn't "just another city" in China. Hong Kong is a...

news / local / region Sun, Jan 08, 2012 - 12:00am

Home sickness: The causes and cures for mold in your home

FARGO - Every week, home inspector Lars Knobloch gets at least one phone call from someone with a potential mold problem in their home. Sometimes they can see what they...

news / local / region Sun, Jan 08, 2012 - 12:00am

Duluth mayor threatens to close casino over money spat

Duluth, Minn. -- The city of Duluth laid out its strategy Thursday in an increasingly fractious dispute with the Fond du Lac Ojibwe Band. For the past two years, Duluth...

news / region Fri, Jan 06, 2012 - 12:00am

Bemidji firefighters Jake Premo and Tom Skime work to put out a blaze in a peat bog near Gully. Photo courtesy Bemidji Fire Department

Bemidji crews provide aid in battling wild land fire

A fire burning near Gully, Minn., serves as an example of the region's unusual weather recently. It also highlights the cooperative, collaborative effort among those who fight fires across Minnesota...

news / local / region Tue, Jan 03, 2012 - 12:00am

Cleanup set to remove St. Louis River debris

DULUTH - The sawmills that buzzed away on the shore of the St. Louis River here are long since gone, but the legacy of debris they left on the bottom...

news / region Tue, Jan 03, 2012 - 12:00am

Moorhead man pleads not guilty in crash that killed best friend

news / region Thu, Dec 29, 2011 - 12:00am

Cook County shooting; Jailed suspect dies from 'flu-like symptoms'

DULUTH - Accused Cook County Courthouse gunman Daniel Schlienz died Tuesday morning in a Duluth hospital after being taken there Monday night for treatment of what the St. Louis County...

news / region Thu, Dec 29, 2011 - 12:00am

A snow-covered windshield is an unfamiliar sight this December. This picture was taken in the early-morning hours Wednesday in rural Erskine.

No white Christmas, but a white December

Maybe there was no white Christmas in 2011, but enough snow fell in the early morning hours Wednesday to mark the date. On a 3 a.m. drive from Bemidji to...

news / local / region / outdoors Wed, Dec 28, 2011 - 4:57am

Sharing your gifts all year

Every year for the past several years, around Thanksgiving, a small package arrives in our mail. The package is a padded envelope with a return address of Bemidji. Every year,...

news / local / region Sun, Dec 25, 2011 - 12:00am

Feeling down? Maybe you need more light

GRAND FORKS, N.D.-- Today is the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year. If you're feeling blue, it could be that you have SAD. Seasonal Affective Disorder is a...

news / local / region Thu, Dec 22, 2011 - 12:00am

Larry and Violet Stillday, and Carol Priest, executive director of the Red Lake Homeless Shelter, listen Tuesday to members of the Muskrat Lodge Singers as the shelter celebrated with a feast to honor National Homeless Awareness Week. Pioneer Photo/Monte Draper

Blessing, feast marks homeless memorial

RED LAKE - The Red Lake Homeless Shelter, "Mishkwaa-ga-mii-wii-zaaga'iganiing Giiwishiiwigamig," held a blessing and feast Tuesday to mark National Homeless Person's Memorial Day. The shelter opened in January 2006. The...

news / region Wed, Dec 21, 2011 - 12:00am

As two logging trucks leave Norbord's oriented-strand board plant Monday morning in Solway, a long line of semitrailers - 26 at the time of this photo - wait to unload wood. The plant stopped accepting timber Nov. 23 because it had too much at the time. Pioneer Photo/Monte Draper

Back on board: Solway plant reopens to wood deliveries

After closing to timber deliveries more than three weeks ago, Norbord opened its oriented-strand board plant at Solway to a line of trucks Monday. By midday, the line grew to...

news / local / region / business Tue, Dec 20, 2011 - 12:00am

Jessica Jackson helps her daughter Lulu, 5, mix a bowl of brownie batter after their Dec. 11 evening meal at home in Moorhead. Fourm Commuications Photo/ Dave Wallis, The Fourm

Living with shaken baby syndrome

MOORHEAD - Jessica Jackson hadn't left her 10-week-old daughter until that day. A pregnant friend thought she was in labor. Jackson went to the hospital with her, and left Lulu...

news / region Sun, Dec 18, 2011 - 12:00am

Agnes Shurr, 96, is among the few Pearl Harbor survivors still living. Forum Communications Photo/Eric Hylden, Grand Forks Herald

Pearl Harbor: Woman, former nurse, recalls 'day of infamy'

At 26, Agnes Shurr was a nurse aboard a hospital ship at anchor on a bright, calm morning. "It was a Sunday, and we could sleep in," she said. "We...

news / region Wed, Dec 07, 2011 - 12:00am

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