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Volunteers can help inventory trees in Bemidji's parks, along boulevards

BEMIDJI – Volunteers are needed to help complete a tree survey along Bemidji’s boulevards and in city parks. The Emerald Ash Borer Rapid Response Community Inventory, a project organized by...

news / local Fri, Aug 31, 2012 - 3:23pm

Paul Bunyan Communications sends out capital credit checks

BEMIDJI – Paul Bunyan Communications is returning more than $2.1 million to members through its 2012 Capital Credit return, the cooperative announced this week. Paul Bunyan Telephone Cooperative has mailed...

news / local Fri, Aug 31, 2012 - 10:07am

Elections: Property taxes remain top priority

BEMIDJI – November’s ballot will include a full plate of major political decisions for Minnesotans. Besides picking a president, voters will also be asked whether same-sex couples have the right...

news / local Fri, Aug 31, 2012 - 2:04am

Hotel deal nearing: Construction expected soon, Crooked Pint replacing planned Buffalo Wild Wings

BEMIDJI – The Country Inn & Suites is inching closer toward reality, but it likely will not be complete in time for all of the conventions booked for 2013 at...

news / local Fri, Aug 31, 2012 - 1:58am

Paper plant closings spark concerns about logging industry

By Tom Robertson, MPR News 91.3FM BEMIDJI — August was a tough month for Minnesota’s timber industry. The Verso paper mill in Sartell and the Georgia-Pacific hardboard plant in Duluth...

news / local Fri, Aug 31, 2012 - 1:44am

Fire danger mounts; Burn ban implemented as weather intensifies risk of fire

BEMIDJI – With temperatures in the high 80s and winds gusting at 12 mph Wednesday, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources shut down all burning permits in much of the...

news / local Wed, Aug 29, 2012 - 11:46pm

Dillon Engel was one of the first cyclists to cross over the newly built Paul Bunyan State Trail bridge on Wednesday afternoon as the protective fencing came down to officially open the span for public use. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

Paul Bunyan State Trail bridge opens to cyclists

Dillon Engel was one of the first cyclists to cross over the newly built Paul Bunyan State Trail bridge on Wednesday afternoon as the protective fencing came down to officially...

news / local Wed, Aug 29, 2012 - 11:22pm

Police and Fire Report for August 30

Police Report The Bemidji Police Department responded to the following calls: Thefts 5:30 a.m. Wednesday, 1600 block of 23rd Street Northwest. Items were stolen from a parked vehicle. 5:32 p.m...

news / local Wed, Aug 29, 2012 - 11:08pm

Autopsy shows alcohol in accident victim’s system

BEMIDJI – Investigators have determined the pedestrian victim of a fatal traffic accident Saturday had consumed alcohol, according to a news release from the Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office. Tyler Cummings,...

news / local Wed, Aug 29, 2012 - 11:03pm

Bemidjians invited to share stories of area for digital recording

BEMIDJI – The Beltrami County History Center will host a booth to collect oral histories of the area. The center will serve as temporary home to the Greater Bemidji Area...

news / local Wed, Aug 29, 2012 - 2:37pm

Coats for Community drive underway

BEMIDJI – The annual United Way of Bemidji Area’s Coats for the Community drive is underway. Donations of new or clean, gently used men’s, women’s, infant’s and children’s coats and...

news / local Wed, Aug 29, 2012 - 2:25pm

David Nelson, left, an investigator with the Federal Aviation Administration, reviews an ultralight plane crash with the aid of Beltrami County Deputy Jeff Roberts. The crash, reported at 7:17 p.m. Monday at Moberg Seaplane Air Base, killed pilot Jay Russell Davis, 49, of Bemidji. A passenger, 56-year-old Paul Jerome Wannarka of Bemidji, was airlifted to Fargo. MONTE DRAPER | BEMIDJI PIONEER

Last flight kills Bemidji man, injures one

BEMIDJI –It’s not clear what went wrong in Bemidji resident Jay Russell Davis’s last flight. Davis, a member of the Experimental Aircraft Association, was taking some people for rides in...

news / local Tue, Aug 28, 2012 - 9:42pm

Helga Township: No charges, attorney affirms

HELGA TOWNSHIP – The Hubbard County attorney has reaffirmed his position that criminal charges are not being pursued against a former Helga Township board member. County Attorney Donovan Dearstyne sent...

news / local Tue, Aug 28, 2012 - 9:34pm

Candy Roberts-Salter makes a phone call to a potential voter Tuesday evening at Headwaters Unitarian Universalist Fellowship as part of Minnesotans United for All Families’ Bemidji Vote No! Conversation Drive. BRIAN MATTHEWS | BEMIDJI PIONEER

Bemidji volunteers use phone lines to fight marriage amendment

BEMIDJI — With the 2012 elections just 68 days away, local volunteers continue to make calls in hopes of defeating the amendment that would ban same-sex couples from marrying in...

news / local Tue, Aug 28, 2012 - 9:33pm

Tina Hanke, Justin Kaney and Tom Hall, seated, completed another hurdle to start their own beer brewing business, Bemidji Brewery Co., by being approved by the federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau to use Harmony Natural Food Cooperative’s community kitchen to master their craft. MONTE DRAPER | BEMIDJI PIONEER

Brewery closer to tapping beer

BEMIDJI – Three area residents are one step closer to selling their beer on local taps. The federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau recently approved Bemidji Brewing Co.’s...

news / local Tue, Aug 28, 2012 - 8:16pm

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