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Sentencing retrial begins for accomplice in Downwind death
BEMIDJI—More than three years after the crime, a jury trial started Monday to determine whether one of the men convicted in the aftermath...
 News March 25, 2019 - 7:56pm
A poster offering a reward for leads to the whereabouts of Rose Downwind is stapled to a tree on Third Street Northwest in downtown Bemidji in November 2015. (Jillian Gandsey | Bemidji Pioneer)
Downwind killer sentenced to 35 years in prison
BEMIDJI -- As Marchello Cimmarusti was led from a courtroom to the Beltrami County Jail on Thursday, members of Rose Downwind’s family shouted...
 News February 9, 2017 - 4:55pm
Paul Dick of Grand Rapids, Minn. (left), and Rex Hibbert of Henry, Idaho, pause by a large Inukshuk, an Inuit landmark, Thursday, March 7, 2019 on the shore of Hudson Bay near Churchill, Man. Along with Rob Hallstrom of Park Rapids, Minn., the trio snowmobiled nearly 3,000 during a recent trek to Churchill and back from Grand Rapids. Courtesy photo / Rob Hallstrom
Snowmobile enthusiasts make epic trip from northern Minnesota to Hudson Bay -- and back
GRAND RAPIDS, Minn. — Rob Hallstrom recalls stopping to fuel up snowmobiles in Swan River, Man., with his two riding partners when a man approached...
 sports/outdoors March 25, 2019 - 11:47am
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Distracted driving bill clears Minnesota Senate with change to allow phone under hijab
ST. PAUL -- A proposal to ban holding a cell phone while driving in Minnesota remains on track to become law. The Minnesota Senate on Monday,...
 News/government and politics March 25, 2019 - 2:58pm
FOOTBALL: BSU adds three assistant coaches
BEMIDJI -- Bemidji State football head coach Brent Bolte announced the addition of three assistant coaches to his staff for the 2019 season on...
 sports/football March 25, 2019 - 6:26pm
Michael Leon Curry (Courtesy of Van Buren County Sheriff's Office)
A suspect confessed four times to killing a nurse. After three decades, Michigan police finally listened
Last summer, a Michigan felon then living in Southern California powered up a Facebook account and let rip. "I am no angel. If I get pissed I...
 News/crime and courts March 25, 2019 - 12:06pm
An illuminated Krispy Kreme sign in Farragut, Tennessee. Bloomberg photo by Luke Sharrett.
German billionaire family admits Nazi past, plans to give $11 million to charity
The German family whose holding company owns controlling stakes in companies such as Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Panera Bread, Pret a Manger and...
 News/world March 25, 2019 - 10:53am
From left: U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, her daughter Abigail Bessler and husband John Bessler kick off her campaign for president of the United States, Sunday, Feb. 10 in Boom Island Park, Minneapolis. Scott Takushi / Pioneer Press
Klobuchar didn't prosecute controversial police killings or brutality cases as a county prosecutor
Violence was a dark feature of law enforcement in Minnesota's largest county 20 years ago. Amy Klobuchar saw it firsthand as the Hennepin County...
 News/government and politics March 25, 2019 - 2:57pm
Robert Mueller, the special counsel in the Russia inquiry, leaves meetings on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 21, 2017. Mueller has delivered a report on his inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 election to Attorney General William Barr, according to the Justice Department on Friday, March 22, bringing to an apparent close an investigation that has consumed the nation and cast a shadow over President Donald Trump for nearly two years. Doug Mills / ©2019 The New York Times
Democrats largely give up on impeachment in wake of Mueller report
WASHINGTON - Many Democrats conceded Monday that the possibility of impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump is over, at least...
 News/nation March 25, 2019 - 8:49pm
Dolores Fredenburg
Dolores Fredenburg May 4, 1930 - March 22, 2019 BAGLEY, Minn. - Dolores Fredenburg, 88, Solway, Minn., died Friday, March 22, in Cornerstone Nursing and Rehab. Visitation will be from 1-2 p.m., followed by the funeral at 2 p.m., Saturday, March 30, at Clearwater Lutheran Church in...
 March 25, 2019 - 9:28pm
Second driver dies following head-on crash in central Minnesota
DEERWOOD, Minn. —The second driver in a two-vehicle head-on crash last week on Highway 6 near Black Lake Road, just north of Deerwood in central...
 News/accidents March 25, 2019 - 12:46pm
A wolf trapped on Ontario's Michipichoten Island awaits its release on Isle Royale. Seven Ontario wolves were moved to Isle Royale over the weekend. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry photo.
More wolves relocated to Isle Royale
ISLE ROYALE -- Six wolves that appeared destined for starvation on Lake Superior’s Michipicoten Island were trapped over the weekend and helicoptered...
 sports/outdoors March 25, 2019 - 6:28pm
Mark Gunderson, left, and Wayne Larson keep a watchful eye over a steady stream of garbage at the Polk County solid waste management facility. Gunderson and Larson pick objects out of the stream that don't belong, like electronic equipment, bowling balls and building materials. (Ann Arbor Miller for MPR News)
Renewable recycling: Beltrami and other NW Minnesota counties make innovative bet on recycling at Fosston facility
FOSSTON—Soda bottles, milk jugs and all kinds of plastic containers zip along a conveyor belt in a big warehouse just west of Fosston....
 News March 24, 2019 - 7:55am
Pictured from left are, Chamber Ambassadors wearing buffalo plaid: Mya Beaulieu, Penny Echternach, Owner Mitch Willard, and Ambassadors Brian Bissonette, Kim Nelson, and Russ Moen. Submitted photo.
Ambassadors visit new owner of Hard Times Saloon
Bemidji Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors visited Mitch Willard, the new owner of Hard Times Saloon. Willard officially took over ownership of...
 News March 24, 2019 - 10:20am
Gary Gene Koebernick
Gary Gene Koebernick May 19, 1958 - March 19, 2019 FARGO, N.D. - Gary Gene Koebernick, 60, Hines, Minn., died Tuesday, March 19, in Sanford Medical Center. Visitation will be from 10-11 a.m., followed by the funeral at 11 a.m., Saturday, March 30, at Holy Trinity Lutheran...
 March 25, 2019 - 9:28pm

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