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(AP) — The manhunt for the man accused of fatally stabbing his wife in northwestern Minnesota is over. According to the Red Lake County Sheriff’s Office, Eric Reinbold, 44, was arrested early Wednesday morning in a wooded area north of Oklee, KFGO reported. Reinbold has eluded authorities for weeks. He’s charged with second-degree murder in the death of Lissette Reinbold who was found fatally stabbed on the driveway of her rural Oklee home July 9. According to sheriff’s officials, Reinbold was arrested without resistance and is being held in...
An 18-year-old Bagley girl, Raina Neeland was recently awarded a posthumous Congressional Medal of Citizen Honors Award. Neeland passed away saving her three younger cousins from drowning in a Clearwater County Dam in August of 2020. She is a recipient of the Single Act of Heroism Award. Each year the Congressional Medal of Honor Society awards 5 individuals and one organization "who accomplish extraordinary feats of heroism by risking their lives for the benefit of others in a dire situation."...
Daniel Jourdain has been sworn in to the Bemidji City Council. He will serve in the councilor at-large position, which represents each of Bemidji's five wards. Following two special elections, the board no longer has any vacancies. Jourdain is a member of the Red Lake Nation. After he was sworn in at the council meeting, a brief drum ceremony was performed. Jourdain will maintain the seat until the end of 2022 when he will be up for reelection. ___________________________________________________...
A 28-year-old Bemidji man is in custody and charged with two felonies for allegedly shooting at law enforcement officers in a standoff near Bemidji. At 1:31 pm on Thursday, October 1st, Bemidji area 911 dispatch received a call from a person concerned their family member was acting erratically and had possession of a handgun. Shortly after the 911 call, the individual allegedly began shooting that handgun at a residence at the 17000 block of Highway 89 Northwest of Bemidji. Officers arrived on...
A 16-year-old juvenile was arrested by the Bemidji Police Department on Friday, August 21st in connection to a shooting at 2800 Ridgeway Avenue NW in Bemidji on August 17th. They were arrested near Pine Ridge Apartments. Reports have been sent to the Beltrami County Attorney’s Office for charges. On the day of the shooting, officers also arrested Michael Fineday, age 25, of Bemidji, who was arrested for multiple offenses, including providing a false name, fleeing on foot, obstructing justice, and two outstanding felony warrants for C...
According to a press release today from Bemidji Chief of Police Mike Mastin: "On August 17th, 2020 at 11:20p.m. Bemidji Police Officers and Beltrami County Sheriff's Deputies responded to the area of 2830 Ridgeway Avenue NW on a report of numerous gun shots among a group of individuals who were standing outside the Ridgeway Apartment Complex. Upon arrival, officers observed numerous individuals in the area and that the west entrance glass doors were shattered. Officers located bullet holes in...
Cases of COVID-19 in Beltrami County are slowly increasing. The county’s total now sits at 21 positive cases with no deaths. As of last week, Sanford Health in Bemidji had admitted its first COVID-19 patient. There have been over 60 cases of COVID-19 in Itasca County, with 11 deaths that include patients from their 50s to their 90s. In Cass County, there have been 12 cases with two deaths. There have been 361 cases in Todd County with two deaths. According to the Minnesota Department of Health, there are seven COVID-19 related deaths in Crow W...
Beltrami County Sheriff addresses communities Beltrami County Sheriff Ernie Beitel says law enforcement received threats related to burning Bemidji down on Saturday. Beitel says those threats were credible, and multiple dumpsters filled with gas accelerants and caches of tools were located hidden around downtown buildings. Beitel says they became aware that extremist organizations were coming to Bemidji to infiltrate a peaceful protest in downtown Bemidji on Saturday. He says those fears were...
A protest took place over the weekend in Bemidji in response to the death of George Floyd, echoing larger protests centered in Minneapolis. The protest began at 2 PM at Paul and Babe in the heart of downtown Bemidji. The peaceful gathering featured music, chanting, and speeches to a crowd of an estimated 300 people, including a speech by Dr. David Frison. Once at the police station, the crowd grew to an estimated 500 people. The crowd approached two police vehicles that were sitting outside of t...
Hospitals around the country have been working their hardest to prepare for and handle coronavirus patients. In Minnesota, that has meant elective surgeries have been halted. For the last seven weeks, hospitals have not been able to perform elective surgeries. But earlier this week, Gov. Tim Walz signed Executive Order 20-51 to restart elective surgeries, and starting Monday, hospitals in Minnesota, including those in the Sanford Health system, will be allowed to resume those procedures. Sanford...
