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-- 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

Chef Coleen Donnelly and Chef Mike Holleman from Indian Harvest talk about innovative ways to incorporate whole grains in meals during Statewide Health Improvement Program school food service training Aug. 14 at Bemidji High School.

SHIP holds food service training

BEMIDJI – The Statewide Health Improvement Program hosted school food service training Aug. 14 at Bemidji High School. The training, which drew 45 participants from 11 school districts, included demonstrations,...

Fri, Aug 24, 2012 - 5:53pm

IDEA Competition applications open Sept. 1

BEMIDJI — Sept. 1 marks the beginning of the fifth year of the IDEA Competition. In the past four years, nearly $250,000 has been awarded to Northwest Minnesota entrepreneurs. The...

Fri, Aug 24, 2012 - 5:40pm

Verizon expands 4G wireless network to Bemidji area

BEMIDJI – Verizon Wireless announced Thursday it expanded its 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) network to Bemidji, enabling customers in more areas of Minnesota to take advantage of the network,...

Thu, Aug 23, 2012 - 3:02pm

Gov. Mark Dayton Wednesday announces he will call a special legislative for Friday afternoon to pass a disaster-relief bill. Don Davis | Bemidji Pioneer

Special session called; Bemidji area would get help for wind storm damage

By Don Davis Forum Communications ST. PAUL — State leaders will meet Friday vote to approve disaster relief to aid recovery from Minnesota’s June and July storms. Minnesota legislators will...

news Thu, Aug 23, 2012 - 1:08am

Grand Rapids sisters Hadley, left, and Teijan Daigle frolic with “Sparky,” an installation by Ivan Smith for the 2012 Bemidji Sculpture Walk, as their mother, Katie Daigle, watches. Monte Draper | Bemidji Pioneer

Young artist’s work attracts attention along Sculpture Walk

BEMIDJI – A young artist who graduated from TrekNorth High School this spring is one of the featured artists on the Bemidji Sculpture Walk for 2012. Ivan Smith, who was...

Thu, Aug 23, 2012 - 12:53am

In this Oct. 9, 1985, file photo, Comedian Phyllis Diller gets a lift from emcee Buddy Hackett prior to the celebrity stag luncheon roast at the New York Friars Club in New York City. Diller, the housewife turned humorist who aimed some of her sharpest barbs at herself, died Monday, Aug. 20, 2012, at age 95 in Los Angeles.(AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler, File)

Humorist Phyllis Diller, whose artwork is featured in Bemidji, dies at 95 in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Phyllis Diller, the housewife turned humorist who aimed some of her sharpest barbs at herself, punctuating her jokes with her trademark cackle, died Monday morning in...

Mon, Aug 20, 2012 - 4:40pm

Counties ask for financial assistance for storm damage

BEMIDJI — Beltrami, Cass and Itasca Counties, along with American Indian tribes in the area, have collaborated to deliver a resolution to Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton, asking for financial assistance...

news Thu, Aug 16, 2012 - 9:02pm

Sens. John Carlson of Bemidji, left, and John Howe of Red Wing go through paperwork Thursday during a legislative meeting about disaster relief. Don Davis | Bemidji Pioneer

Disaster funds include individual, business aid

By Don Davis, Forum Communications ST. PAUL — Individuals and small businesses recovering from summer storms would share in a disaster recovery bill lawmakers are discussing. The Federal Emergency Management...

news Thu, Aug 16, 2012 - 7:26pm

Roller derby bout set for Aug. 25

BEMIDJI – The city’s Babe City All-Stars will battle the North Star Roller Girls Super Novas Aug. 25 at the Sanford Center. Doors open at 6 p.m., and the bout...

Wed, Aug 15, 2012 - 5:51pm

This is the view from the Enterprise parking lot at 6 a.m. (Sarah Smith / Enterprise)

Central Plains thunderstorms hijack moisture from Northern Plains blizzard

The blizzard that wasn't left Hubbard County wind, but little snow. "You're not alone," laughed National Weather Service meteorologist Al Voelker. "From right around Sioux Falls into eastern Nebraska and...

news Wed, Feb 29, 2012 - 6:33am

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