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With the same pomp and circumstance of ceremonies past, Bemidji Area Schools returned to its traditional graduation format to celebrate Bemidji High School’s graduating class of 2022 at the Sanford Center on Saturday.
When Bemidji High School graduate Camden Bunker first picked up a saxophone in seventh grade, he wouldn’t expect to bebop his way to the Berklee College of Music in Boston just six years later.
Parents and guardians across the country are struggling to find formula for their children, facing empty shelves and their children’s hungry bellies. Sanford Pediatrician Dr. Colleen Swank shares advice for parents during the ongoing formula shortage.
This summer’s first Ridgeway Community Picnic was held on May 24, a series of events started by the Bemidji Rotary Club to support and build community with local residents.
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The largest measured hailstone fell in South Dakota in 2010.
Temperatures were in the 90s and 100s across the whole region.
Russia's defense ministry said on Saturday its troops and allied separatist forces were now in full control of Lyman, the site of a railway junction west of the Siverskyi Donets River in the Donetsk region that neighbors Luhansk.
The Bemidji Transfer Station will be closed on Saturday, May 28, and will be open on Monday, May 30, for the Memorial Day Holiday.
City of Bemidji residential refuse customers who are normally picked up on Monday, May 30, will be picked up on Tuesday, May 31, because of the Memorial Day holiday.
Through Honoring Choices Minnesota, an Advance Care Planning (ACP) helpline is open for appointments through Sept. 30.
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Fifty-seven state lawmakers announced that they would leave their seats due to redistricting, desires to seek another office or for personal reasons. The exits include some of the Capitol's best-known deal makers, opening room for one of the largest crops of new freshman legislators in decades.
The Bemidji High School baseball team will start its 2022 section run at home.
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The Bemidji Lions Club recently welcomed new members Michael Magnan, Bill Batchelder, Gretchen Thompson and Jerritt Walton.
Bemidji Chamber Ambassadors recently congratulated the owners of Union Station Thrift on their new business, located at 128 First St. West, in downtown Bemidji.
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