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Pat Miller: Another year of Lumberjacks sports begins

Based on the first week of competition, it is going to be another banner fall at Bemidji High School. The boys and girls soccer teams both enter this week with...

sports Tue, Aug 28, 2012 - 10:48am

Teachers and staff from local charter schools participated Monday in a variety of community projects. Representing TrekNorth Junior & Senior High School, in front, from left, Mark Larson, Chance Adams and Charlie Merhar, and, in back, Kirby Ganske, left, and Erica Harmsen pull brush from Movil Maze in a section of a single-track mountain bike trail. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

Teaching by example: Volunteer efforts help Bemidji-area nonprofits

By Bethany Wesley bwesley@bemidjipioneer.com BEMIDJI – While Theora Snyder scrubbed down a countertop at the Headwaters School for Music & the Arts, Rita Poulton was pulling weeds outside of the...

news Tue, Aug 28, 2012 - 12:07am

Bemidji State University senior Alyssa Shanda uses a study area on the second floor of Birch Hall on Monday afternoon. Birch Hall reopened after undergoing major renovations. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

Remodeled hall makes BSU students’ lives easier

BEMIDJI – For the first time in 16 months Bemidji State University students were able to enter Birch Hall, unloading their futons, lofting their beds and enjoying the updated amenities...

news Tue, Aug 28, 2012 - 12:03am

Pioneer Editorial: Cheers and Jeers

What drives MPCA violations? In an announcement last week, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency levied penalties against the Minnesota Department of Transportation and Northstar Materials Inc., a Bemidji-based contractor, for...

opinion Mon, Aug 27, 2012 - 11:53pm

A Bemidji firefighter straightens his hose while he waits for water pressure as firefighters battle a fire that started at about 5:30 p.m. Friday at El Rancho, an old abandoned building along Fifth Street Northwest. Beltrami County Sheriff Phil Hodapp said the building had been vacant for a number of years. The building was a total loss. Crews fought to keep the fire from spreading to surrounding structure. MONTE DRAPER | BEMIDJI PIONEER

Building destroyed by fire

A Bemidji firefighter straightens his hose while he waits for water pressure as firefighters battle a fire that started at about 5:30 p.m. Friday at El Rancho, an old abandoned...

news Sun, Aug 26, 2012 - 12:27am

Hancock deserves to go back to St. Paul

Recently I received a mailer discussing State Rep. Dave Hancock’s voting record from this past legislative session. Curiously, several things were left out. Rep. Hancock increased property tax relief by...

opinion / letters Sat, Aug 25, 2012 - 11:36pm

Pioneer Previews for August 26

By GRACE GOUKER ggouker@bemidjipioneer.com Local singer-songwriter Lance Benson will perform today at the Lake Bemidji State Park Amphitheater for the final installment of the park’s Summer Concert Series. Concert admission...

Sat, Aug 25, 2012 - 11:31pm

Bemidji man dies after being struck by car in Northern Township

A 21-year-old Bemidji man who apparently was lying in the roadway died after being struck by a car early Saturday morning in Northern Township, according to a news release from...

news Sat, Aug 25, 2012 - 11:28pm

Pioneer Previews: Benson to headline last Summer Concert Series today

Local singer-songwriter Lance Benson will perform today at the Lake Bemidji State Park Amphitheater for the final installment of the park’s Summer Concert Series. Concert admission is free. A vehicle...

Fri, Aug 24, 2012 - 9:07pm

A Bemidji firefighter straightens his hose while he waits for water pressure as firefighters battle a fire that started at about 5:30 p.m. Friday at El Rancho, an old abandoned building along Fifth Street Northwest. Beltrami County Sheriff Phil Hodapp said the building had been vacant for a number of years. The building was a total loss. Crews fought to keep the fire from spreading to surrounding structure. MONTE DRAPER | BEMIDJI PIONEER

Video of Friday's structure fire in Bemidji

Here is David Quam's video of Bemidji firefighters battling a blaze that started at about 5:30 p.m. Friday at El Rancho, an old abandoned building along Fifth Street Northwest. Beltrami...

news Fri, Aug 24, 2012 - 9:00pm

Students in the News

-- Heidi L. Freye and Michael W. Smith of Bemidji were named to the Dean’s List at North Dakota State University in Fargo, N.D., for the Summer 2012 semester. --...

Fri, Aug 24, 2012 - 6:11pm

Bemidji Pioneer Business Briefs for August 26

Sanford Bagley adds SilverSneakers BAGLEY – Sanford Bagley Medical Center is partnering with the national Healthways SilverSneakers Fitness Program, offering older adults a way to increase their levels of physical...

Fri, Aug 24, 2012 - 6:09pm

Security BankUSA employees Debbie Larson and Kyle Bushelle assemble backpacks at the bank to be donated to The Salvation Army. Materials were supplied by the employees and backpacks were purchased from the employee Casual Day Fund.

Security BankUSA donates backpacks to Salvation Army

Security BankUSA employees Debbie Larson and Kyle Bushelle assemble backpacks at the bank to be donated to The Salvation Army. Materials were supplied by the employees and backpacks were purchased...

Fri, Aug 24, 2012 - 6:08pm

Justin Cox of Elite Performance & Fitness is shown with donations, gathered during a free community workout, for the Boys & Girls Club of the Bemidji Area.

Elite Performance & Fitness collects school supplies for Boys & Girls Club

Elite Performance & Fitness held a free community workout Aug. 18 at its studio, asking for a free-will donation of school supplies for the Boys and Girls Club of the...

Fri, Aug 24, 2012 - 6:04pm

John Hellquist, right, of Bemidji holds a mock check from ABC Seamless for the $20,000 House of Siding Contest. Joe Butler, the owner of ABC Seamless of Bemidji, is pictured with Hellquist

Hellquist wins $20,000 in ABC Seamless House of Siding Contest

BEMIDJI – ABC Seamless of Bemidji recently announced that John Hellquist of Bemidji was named the winner of the national ABC Seamless $20,000 House of Siding Contest. Hellquist had been...

Fri, Aug 24, 2012 - 6:01pm

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