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RED LAKE -- Vitality is emerging from a nondescript building on the shores of Lower Red Lake. The building is Abinoojiiyag Noojimoo-Wigamig (Children’s Healing Center) and one day youth walking the red road to recovery will walk through its halls. Construction of the Children’s Healing Center, a 24-bed juvenile treatment facility located behind the Red Lake Detention...

BEMIDJI -- Minnesota Department of Transportation Commissioner Charlie Zelle spoke to Bemidji civic leaders Friday to discuss statewide infrastructure needs and what it would mean if a sufficient funding plan isn't passed in the near future. "As an entire state, we want to move forward with a transportation plan. So I want to remind everybody how important it is," Zelle said....

Pfc. Amayah Littlewolf of Bemidji recently completed basic training in the United States Army 1st Battalion, 48th Infantry Regiment at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. on Aug. 20. Littlewolf received several awards for outstanding achievement on the Army physical fitness test for maintaining a high level of individual fitness and combat readiness at 90 percent. She also qualified as an...

BEMIDJI -- A Bemidji woman convicted of second-degree manslaughter in September appeared in Beltrami County District Court on Friday for a theft charge, which is a violation of her probation. Rachel Downer, 23, was found to be at fault in the death of her 6-year-old cousin, Mercedes Mayfield, who died of hypothermia while in Downer’s care on Feb. 27, 2014. The girl’s body...

BEMIDJI -- A Bemidji man died after he was found unresponsive Saturday morning under the Mississippi River Bridge on Paul Bunyan Drive. The Bemidji Police Department, along with the Bemidji Fire Department and Bemidji Ambulance, responded to a call at approximately 9:05 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, of an unresponsive under the bridge, according to a release issued Friday by the...

The Seven Clans Winnipeg to Willmar snowmobile race, a 600-mile event, is scheduled to stop in Bemidji this season. The race starts in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on Wednesday, Feb. 10, and will end in Willmar on Saturday, Feb. 13. Racers will go from Thief River Falls to Bemidji on Feb. 11, then leave Bemidji for Alexandria on Feb. 12. Over 300 entries are expected with racers coming...

DULUTH -- Emerald ash borer, the invasive insect that threatens million of acres of Minnesota ash forest and tens of thousands of boulevard trees, has been confirmed in Duluth for the first time. The invasive beetles were found in the larval stage in 35 ash trees on Park Point. It’s the first confirmed Minnesota infestation of the emerald ash borer north of the Twin Cities...

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (October 23, 2015) – In response to the City Council of Minneapolis’ request today to further explore the “Working Families Agenda,” the Workforce Fairness Coalition - Minneapolis PROUD initiative releases the following statement. "Today is a day when everyone across our community truly can be Minneapolis PROUD. The City Council made the appropriate...

ST. PAUL, Minn.—With popularity numbers still bouncing between candidates, and with presidential hopefuls like Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio and Bobby Jindal offering their own “repeal-and-replace” plans, health care experts and concerned Americans alike are wondering how much the Affordable Care Act will come into play at Wednesday’s GOP debate at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT at the...

A prominent member of a Minneapolis street gang has been convicted of two felonies in connection with a gun-buying operation that fueled deadly street violence for years over illicit-drug turf on the North Side. Veltrez “Chief” Black, 26, one of 11 people indicted in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis last fall, was found guilty by jurors of two firearms-related felonies,...

In the past, Irene Duranczyk would assign her students a $180 textbook and hope they had the money to pay for it. Now, she still teaches the same introductory statistics class at the University of Minnesota. But the textbook is free. http://www.startribune.com/university-of-minnesota-takes-lead-in-promoting-free-college-textbooks/336972931/...

PARIS — It's official: Ham, sausage and other processed meats can lead to colon, stomach and other cancers — and red meat is probably cancer-causing, too. While doctors have long warned against eating too much meat, the World Health Organization's cancer agency gave the most definitive response yet Monday about its relation to cancer — and put processed meats in the same...