Bemidji News

While the main thunderstorm activity this afternoon has been from Kansas through eastern Nebraska and into northwestern Iowa, those storms are heading into southwestern Minnesota.

BEMIDJI, May 24, 2012 -- A call center here plans to nearly double its work force this year, according to an announcement Thursday by Greater Bemidji.

A sure sign winter is over and summer is upon us is the appearance of a brown bear near Crookston, Minnesota.

A draft management plan for La Salle Lake State Recreation Area in northwestern Minnesota is now available for public review and comment, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Parks and Trails Division.

The City of Bemidji government/Beltrami County government telephone system non-emergency telephone system will be down for maintenance starting at 10:30 AM this morning.

Grand Forks Police are asking for the publics help in locating a BB gun that was involved in a shooting early this morning.

A Frazee, Minnesota, man was seriously injured in a crash on Highway 10 this morning.

Some of Minnesota's rural phone companies have been in the forefront of extending fiber optic cable to people's homes, enabling them to get some of the fastest broadband speeds in the state.

The latest jobless rates were released this week by the state Department of Employment and Economic Development.

Posted at 5:36 AM on May 22, 2012 by Euan Kerr Filed under: Arts around the state , Music The Minnesota Orchestra heads west this week for a Common Chords residency in Willmar.

Not everyone caught walleyes during last weekend's fishing opener, but even those that didn't couldn't find much to complain about given the fine weather.

When a downed power line sparked a wildfire in the dry forest near the northeastern Minnesota town of Ely, firefighters were ready to hit it fast and hard.

BEMIDJI, Minn. - Investigators from the Beltrami County Sheriff's Department are looking into the theft of two rare wildlife mounts from a storage unit in Blackduck.

BEMIDJI, Minn. - A 49-year-old Bemidji man has died after coming into contact with a power line while operating a boom lift, according to police.

Bemidji, MN - One man is dead after he hit a power line at Acme Tools in Bemidji.

Bemidji, MN --- Burning restrictions have been lifted across the Northland after this weekend's critical fire condition.

New University of Minnesota research being published later today shows people in their 30s and 40s continue to move to rural areas that otherwise are experiencing population declines.

Bi-County Community Action Programs, Inc., has an opening on its board of directors for one low-income representative, from Cass County, to fill an unexpired term which expires on May 2014.

But the Duluth News Tribune reports Sunday that some students have found ways to minimize their debt - or escape it altogether - by planning, working hard and using a little creativity.

The Cass County Economic Development Corporation is looking for individuals and businesses in Hackensack and Walker seeking rehabilitation of their property.