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BEMIDJI -- The city of Bemidji has hundreds of thousands of dollars in un-earmarked money. Emerging from 2013, the city's general fund has a surplus of $270,114, city finance director Ron Eischens told City Council members at a budget work session Monday. The council voted unanimously Monday to follow the finance department's recommendations and divvy up most of the surplus. About half went back into the city's general fund, per city policy.
BEMIDJI -- The months-long process of replacing former Bemidji Regional Airport director Harold Van Leeuwen came to an end Wednesday. Karen Weller, who was serving as interim director, was chosen to hold the position permanently at the Airport Authority Board meeting. Van Leeuwen stepped down in December to take a consulting job in Tennessee. "It's exciting, very exciting," Weller said Thursday.
BEMIDJI -- In a response to a lack of skilled workers in Bemidji, local businesses are acting with the local Chamber of Commerce and the Northwest Technical College Foundation to give new money for training more people from Bemidji to work in the automotive and construction industries. The "Trade Up at Northwest Technical College Scholarship" will give $1,000 scholarships to 10 youth from Bemidji high schools to help them learn a trade at NTC, officials announced Friday. Bemidji Area Chamber of Commerce President Lori Paris said the concern voiced by member businesses has started to adopt a
BEMIDJI -- The annexation lawsuit between Bemidji Township and the City of Bemidji, ongoing since 2012, was thrown out of court Thursday. Ninth District Court Judge Paul T. Benshoof ruled...
BEMIDJI — The city selected from competing building contractors and design firms to award bids for several high-dollar road and infrastructure construction projects at Monday’s City Council meeting. Hundreds of...
BEMIDJI -- About 200 people came out Saturday morning to run in the 2014 Shamrock Shuffle 5K/10K Run/Walk in downtown Bemidji. The race began and ended at City Hall downtown...
BEMIDJI -- Musician and filmmaker Gary Burger of Turtle River died early Friday, family and friends said. He was 70. A multifaceted artist, Burger achieved international fame as lead singer...
BEMIDJI — Opposition from local officials and state legislators has snuffed out a plan to fund the proposed Bemidji Area Fire Department through charging a fire protection fee, at least...
BEMIDJI-- In winter in Minnesota, if you want to bring people together, you hold an ice fishing tournament. Everything from cars to sled dog teams was parked out on the...
BEMIDJI -- About 50 households have reported frozen pipes so far this winter to the city as unusual cold extends deeper in the ground, Todd Anderson, Bemidji water and sewer...
