The Minnesota Department of Health is reporting 829 new COVID-19 cases today and one new death, bringing the state’s case total to 498,218 and the death toll to 6,747. Today’s lone death was a resident of a long-term care or assisted living facility, bringing the number of COVID deaths in these types of facilities to…
Photo courtesy of Women’s Media Center. Jane Fonda is reportedly coming to Hubbard County today. According to a release, the Academy Award-winning actress is scheduled to join Indigenous leaders in the Line 3 fight this afternoon in Hubbard, just south of Park Rapids. Fonda will join Winona LaDuke from Honor the Earth and Tara Houska…
Photo courtesy of the Red Lake Police Department The Red Lake Police Department made at least six arrests during a narcotics checkpoint on Saturday. According to an announcement, the checkpoint is part of the plan for the Community Overdose Response Team. Five were arrested for DWIs, with another arrest for fentanyl possession, fleeing police and…
The Bemidji School Board will hold a public hearing this afternoon at 5 p.m. to allow citizens to give their thoughts on the proposed closure of Central Elementary School. The building, in the heart of Bemidji’s Old Town, is one of the district’s oldest schools and has one of the lowest enrollments. The school board…
The following is a summary of incidents the Bemidji Police Department and Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office responded to from Friday, March 12, to Sunday, March 14. BEMIDJI POLICE DEPARTMENT SUNDAY, MARCH 14 Public Relations, 11:48 a.m. Public relations “drive by” for a four-year-old’s birthday party. SATURDAY, MAY 13 DWI, 8:33 p.m. Caller reported impaired driver…
