Bemidji News

Bemidji is the Minnesota city with the third-highest peak in unemployment, at more than 17 percent.

Beginning Dec. 1, anglers will still be allowed to keep four walleyes on Upper Red Lake, but all walleyes between 17 and 26 inches will have to be released.

BEMIDJI - Kayla Tschida and Ashley Shields had 12 kills apiece for St. Cloud State in a losing effort as Bemidji State topped the Huskies 3-1 in college volleyball action Tuesday night.

Last week we had a story about some Preston area horse owners who believe a cougar or cougars attacked their horses, and then we had a story from a rural Lanesboro guy who believes his auto-camera captured images of a cougar afoot in that area.

Anglers will have to settle for smaller walleyes on Upper Red Lake this winter. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has adjusted slot limits on Upper Red Lake.

A Bemidji, Minn., native was one of three people to die in an Army reconnaissance plane crash two weeks ago in northeastern Afghanistan.

NATO forces found the bodies of three military contractors Tuesday who had been missing for two weeks, after their plane disappeared.

Professional: 7 p.m. - at Elko Speedway, Elko FOOTBALL College: Minnesota Intercollegiate , 1 p.m. - Gustavus at Augsburg; Hamline at Concordia-Moorhead; St.

Police in Bemidji have arrested two men in connection with the theft of two semi-trailers from a Fargo OK Tire store early Wednesday.

Authorities say $50,000 worth of tires stolen from Fargo this week have been recovered in Bemidji, Minn., and two men have been arrested in the heist.

Today: nicest day of the week? Sunshine lingers part of the day, temperatures a few degrees cooler than yesterday's 63 degree F. high.

THE OPPORTUNITY By means of this Request for Proposals , the City of Bemidji offers for sale an outstanding lakeside redevelopment property and invites proposals from qualified developers or development teams to plan, design, finance, construct and operate a quality hotel that will serve as an attached headquarters hotel for the Bemidji Regional ...

Searchers used a faint cell phone signal to find a lost hunter barefoot in northern Minnesota.

Marco Inc. continues to expand into other Midwestern states. The St. Cloud information technology company announced Tuesday it's in the process of acquiring a similar business, Venture Computer Systems, for an undisclosed amount.

The University of Minnesota volleyball team won its seventh straight match Friday night, beating Ohio State 24-26, 25-17, 27-25, 25-22 at the Sports Pavilion, the Gophers' 13th straight victory there against a Big Ten Conference opponent.

Minnesota pro angler Scott Steil came from second place and 8 pounds down on the final day of fishing to win the Wal-Mart FLW Walleye Tour Championship.

Minnesota pro angler Tony Renner took the lead Friday in the Wal-Mart FLW Walleye Tour Championship.

It's not often that you can group Bemidji, Minnesota and Corpus Christi, Texas into the same post, but they've both come up with similar ideas for their Small Community Air Service Development Program proposals, and I think they're on the right track.

Journalist Bill Lawrence is irreplaceable, but his work must go on. Last update: October 2, 2009 - 7:15 PM A TRUE JOURNALIST "He was a friend to tribal government when he thought tribal government was working well.

In the last couple of weeks, there have been some interesting animal sightings around Minnesota.