The council member for Ward 2 has announced his resignation. According to a release, Mike Beard, who was sworn in for the position last year after winning an election against Jamie Thibodeaux in 2018, is resigning due to health reasons. “It is with sadness that I am announcing my resignation effective immediately from the Bemidji…
A Bayport man has been charged for a drive by shooting incident from almost a year ago. According to the criminal complaint, 24-year-old Devon Wayne Solis is accused of shooting at a vehicle near the 300 block of 9th St. NW in Bemidji, within one block of Central Elementary School, on March 18, 2019. No…
An obituary in the Grand Rapids Herald Review identified the boy killed in a farming accident early this week as 9-year-old Marshall “Turbo” Bader, of rural Boy River. According to a release from the Cass County Sheriff’s Office, deputies are still investigating the incident that happened Sunday around 5:30 p.m. They say Marshall was accidentally…
The Minnesota Department of Health recently designated the Sanford Bemidji Medical Center as a level 3 trauma hospital. According to a release, trauma is the third leading cause of death in Minnesota, and DHS director Jan Malcolm says with Bemidji’s designation, more seriously injured Minnesotans have access to an organized system of trauma care in…
The following is a summary of incidents the Bemidji Police Department and the Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office responded to on Wednesday, Jan. 22. BEMIDJI POLICE DEPARTMENT DWI, 11:39 p.m. A welfare check was done on a male sitting in a vehicle on the 1200 block of Paul Bunyan Dr. NW. The male was later arrested…
