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Blaze, apparently accidental, whips through Grant Valley home

GRANT VALLEY TOWNSHIP - A home and its contents here sustained more than $100,000 in damages after a fire engulfed it Friday night. Bemidji and Solway firefighters responded to a...

news / local Sat, Apr 06, 2013 - 8:10am

Dudley, Bended Knee advance to top five for national music awards

BEMIDJI – A local musician and his band are nominated in the top five for national music awards. Kent Dudley and his band Bended Knee have advanced into the top...

news / local Tue, Mar 05, 2013 - 1:44pm

12 area students receive CLV scholarships

BEMIDJI – Twelve area elementary students will be honored this month as they are awarded scholarships to attend weeklong immersion camps at Concordia Language Villages. This is the 10th year...

news / education Thu, Jan 31, 2013 - 5:40pm

Local band nominated for national awards with online vote will determine winner

BEMIDJI – The public is invited to support a local musician who has been nominated for national awards. Kent Dudley and his band Bended Knee have been nominated in four...

news / local Wed, Jan 09, 2013 - 6:02pm

Animal rescue cuts back

SOLWAY – WhipStaff Ranch and Rescue is slowing down but not shutting down, Carrie Van Wert stresses. Dwindling funds, slower adoptions and fewer foster homes and volunteers have caused the...

news / local Tue, Nov 27, 2012 - 12:58am

The annual Stuff-A-Truck campaign began Wednesday morning with collections from many schools in the area. Solway Elementary School second- graders Mayor Gbala, left, and MacKenzie Steinmetz carry out a box of donated items from their class for the Bemidji Food Shelf. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

Donations help Bemidji Community Food Shelf

BEMIDJI — For the 21st consecutive year, youngsters from local schools began the process of stuffing a truck with donations to the Bemidji Community Food Shelf on Wednesday. More students...

news / local Thu, Nov 15, 2012 - 1:51am

Teacher, farrier, survivor: Patience is the key in Eklund’s dual passions

By Molly Miron, Special to the Pioneer Amy Eklund is a woman who excels in seemingly disparate life callings. During the school year, she teaches kindergarten at Horace May Elementary...

news / local Fri, Nov 02, 2012 - 7:59pm

Bemidji woman pleads guilty to stealing more than $380,000

BEMIDJI – A former employee of Beltrami Industrial Services has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $380,000 from the company. Suzanne Marie Lofgren, 50, of Bemidji, pleaded guilty Wednesday in...

news / local Thu, Sep 13, 2012 - 4:05pm

Verizon expands 4G wireless network to Bemidji area

BEMIDJI – Verizon Wireless announced Thursday it expanded its 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) network to Bemidji, enabling customers in more areas of Minnesota to take advantage of the network,...

business Thu, Aug 23, 2012 - 3:02pm

Annual Report | Logging: Family's three generations of loggers keep tradition going

SOLWAY - Entering its third generation of loggers, the Lundberg family has been in the logging business since the late 1950s and they know all too well how much of...

news / region / local / business Sat, Jun 30, 2012 - 12:00am

Firefighters called to large fire at Solway wood products plant

SOLWAY - Firefighters and emergency crews were called shortly after 5 p.m. to Norbord, 4409 Northwest Road NW, after a report of a large fire at the woods product plant...

news Fri, Jun 29, 2012 - 5:13pm

Man identified in cell tower death

SOLWAY - A 19-year-old Lisbon, N.D., man was identified Wednesday as the victim of a fatal fall from a cell phone tower here. Jeremy Jo Froemke was working on a...

news / local / region Thu, Jun 28, 2012 - 12:00am

UPDATED: Man reportedly dead after falling at least 100 feet from cell phone tower near Solway

SOLWAY - Solway firefighters have been called to a report of a person who died after falling from a cell phone tower here. An emergency call came into Beltrami County...

news Tue, Jun 26, 2012 - 6:09pm