Beltrami News

A A A As a result of severe spring flooding in parts of the state, the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs is offering Flood and Severe Storm Relief Assistance through the month of July to Veterans and their families in the following counties: Becker, Beltrami, Chippewa, Clay, Clearwater, Cook, Douglas, Grant, Hubbard, Kittson, Lac Qui Parle, ...

A man lead authorities on a chase through Beltrami County, first in a vehicle and then on foot.

A A A Farmers in 28 Minnesota counties are eligible to apply for low-interest loans through the Minnesota Rural Finance Authority to offset the cost of losses caused by severe weather and A flooding this spring.

Farmers in 28 counties are eligible to apply for low-interest loans through the Minnesota Rural Finance Authority to offset the cost of losses caused by severe weather and flooding this spring.

Flood victims in northern Minnesota are running out of time to meet with Federal Emergency Management Agency officials.

Eligible workers and self-employed residents of Beltrami, Marshall and Polk counties can qualify for Disaster Unemployment Assistance , according to state and federal officials.

More than $1.6 million in financial assistance has been approved for residents of Beltrami, Clay, Marshall, Norman, Polk, Traverse and Wilkin counties who suffered damages from the Red River Valley flooding, which began in March.

A plan to change the layout of state Highway 197 on the south end of town will require a public hearing in the coming months.

A modification to the 2008-2009 Workforce Annual Plan for the utilization of State and Federal Employment and Training Funds in Workforce Service Area 2 relating to the plans for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act additional funding is available for 30 days public comment ending May 20, 2009.

The Pennington County Board of Commissioners approved two resolutions aimed at eliminating homelessness in Pennington County and in northwest Minnesota.

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is adding more counties to the list of those designated for burning restrictions.

Minneapolis has begun a second round of home-buying assistance for at least 200 buyers of foreclosed or vacant homes in targeted areas of the city.

The Blandin Foundation says it will contribute $7 million toward an effort to keep 292 square miles of northern Minnesota forests undeveloped and open to the public.

Coming off a successful 2008 election cycle, Beltrami County Democrats didn't feel the need to crow or lambaste at their off-year convention Monday night.

Candidates for Minnesota House offices in Beltrami County spent $126,000 for their campaigns in 2008, according to state reports.

Minnesota House Democrats want to raise revenue to help solve a $6.4 billion budget problem, but they also have to work around Republican Gov.

Three state agencies that deal with natural resources and the environment would be shuttered under a bill authored by Sen.

A pilot project to move Beltrami public assistance recipients out of poverty narrowly won approval Tuesday night from a split Beltrami County Board.

The fate of a methadone clinic for drug addicts in downtown Bemidji will be discussed Tuesday by Beltrami County commissioners.

Secretary of State Mark Ritchie visited Beltrami County on Monday to talk election issues, and Beltrami County Auditor-Treasurer Kay Mack spent Tuesday in St.