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BLACKDUCK – The Blackduck-Cass Lake-Bena wrestling team is sending three athletes to the Class A state wrestling meet which begins Thursday at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul. Andrew Nissen finished second at the Section 8A meet in the 106-pound division as did teammates Daven Staples at 160 and Tanner Templin at 195. Nissen went 3-1 at the section meet. After winning his...

There has been a change in time for last Red Lake Warriors game in Blackduck scheduled for February 26, 2013. It was originally to be played starting at 7 PM, but has been moved up with the Junior Varsity playing first at 5 PM, and the Varsity game to follow. The Blackduck girls are a host team for their tournament game scheduled for 7 PM this same night....

Prior Lake, MN – A 15-week experiential, intensive beekeeping course will be offered this spring and summer by staff from Wozupi, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community’s organic garden, orchard, honey, maple syrup, and organic egg producing enterprise. Open to the public, this course will be held Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to noon from April through October. The course wi...

WASHINGTON, February 25, 2013 – USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service will provide up to $25 million in grants to help develop and demonstrate cutting-edge ideas to improve conservation on private lands. NRCS has extended the application deadline to March 22. Conservation Innovation Grants are available for state and local governments, federally recognized Indian...

City of Bemidji update on Snow Removal - please note calendar parking and dates From the City of Bemidji Public Works, Street Department Division - City of Bemidji street crews will be removing snow from Beltrami Ave NW and Minnesota Ave NW boulevards, along the curbs, from 8th St NW to 15th ST NW on Thursday February 28th and Friday, March 1, beginning around 9:00 am through...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Groups that represent Minnesota's teachers, school board members and administrators are asking lawmakers for more than $1 billion in education spending increases in the next two years. The request Monday came from the teachers union Education Minnesota along with the Minnesota School Boards Association and Association of School Administrators. The...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Thousands of Minnesota families have benefited from a program that provides free car seats to those in need....

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — New legislation would demand that Minnesota school administrators avoid putting children in classrooms led by teachers deemed unsatisfactory if they had one the previous year....

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota senators are returning to a familiar topic: whether to permit Sunday liquor store sales....

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — From a small tick up to a big bump, Minnesota lawmakers anxious to boost the state's minimum wage start making their case to colleagues this week....

BEMIDJI - A mild ending for February is forecasted by the National Weather Service in Grand Forks, and a major storm over the central Plains doesn't appear to have any foreseeable impact on the Bemidji region....

BEMIDJI – Evergreen Youth & Family Services will host an open house today to celebrate its new site. In December, Evergreen relocated its headquarters and youth drop-in center to 610 Patriot Drive NW, also establishing six onsite youth supportive housing units. An open house will be from 3-7 p.m. today at the new site with a welcome and special presentation beginning at 4...

BEMIDJI – Local elementary schools are the first in the state to be deemed Gold Award recipients through a national program aiming to foster healthier school environments through the promotion of nutrition and physical activity....