Bemidji News

Sometimes making your case well makes all the difference. After hearing and reading information provided by Roger Paskvan, owner of Roger's Two Way Radio, and some of his supporters, the Greater Bemidji Area Joint Planning Commission voted 8-0, with one commissioner abstaining, to recommend Paskvan be granted a 125-foot height variance to build a ...

A health care reform tour of northwestern Minnesota by legislators this weekend has been postponed.

On the Road with David Moen, our State Program Manager - November 16-18, 2009 Our own state program manager, David Moen, will be visiting the following towns Nov.

Last update: November 14, 2009 - 7:20 PM These are the Gophers' lines for the big game vs.

Kaneland class of 2008 Knight Jody Henningson , shown here catching a hail-mary touchdown pass in Bemidji State University's 35-34 loss to Minnesota-Duluth on Oct.

About once a month, we'll ask two booksellers - one independent and one chain - for current best-sellers. The specific booksellers will change every month.

ROCHESTER -- Janet M. Campbell, 67, died at home on Oct. 27, 2009, in Palm Springs, Calif., after a nine-month struggle with brain cancer.

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.