Evergreen Youth & Family Services is holding its annual conference designed to help youth-serving professionals acquire knowledge in best practices to improve outcomes for children, youth & families in high risk situations (poverty, abuse/neglect, foster care, mental health crisis, chemical dependency, etc.) Click here for the full schedule. Evergreen’s Executive Director Ebony Warren and Executive…
Today is the second day of Restaurant Week for the United Way of Bemidji Area. Dunn Brothers Coffee will again donate 10 percent of profits from all brewed coffee to the annual Fall Campaign. Harmony Natural Foods Co-op will donate $1 from every soup sold, CK Dudley’s will donate 10 percent of lunch sales, Dairy…
The groundbreaking for the Bemidji Veterans Home is tomorrow morning. Speakers will include US Senator Amy Klobuchar, Congressman Pete Stauber, Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach, MDVA Commissioner Larry Herke, state Senator Justin Eichorn, State Representative Matt Bliss, and local VSO Scotty Allison. The groundbreaking will be at 10 a.m. across the street from Neilson Place on Anne…
Featured photo: WWII Vet Tom Tolman of Bemidji gives a thumbs up before takeoff with pilot Jeff Klotski. Two local World War II veterans flew in a restored biplane this morning at the Bemidji Airport. Pilots Mike Sommars and Jeff Klotski, both American Airline pilots, were on hand for “Dream Flights,” which, before COVID-19, took…
National Night Out is tomorrow, with the Boys and Girls Club of the Bemidji Area hosting, in partnership with the Bemidji Police Department. “America’s Night Out Against Crime,” according to a release, is an effort to build police-community partnerships and neighborhoods, as well as to prevent crime. The event will be from 5:30 to 7:30…
Art in the Park will return for its 53rd year next month. Organizers say the event has historically drawn thousands of visitors to Library Park. Nearly 100 artists will be featured for the two-day festival July 17-18. In addition to the vendors, there will be food options, music, and an art space for kids. Art…
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will hold an open house in Walker to gather input on its plans for the Mississippi Headwaters. According to a release, the Corps is planning to enhance the environment at six headwaters reservoirs. The presentation will be about the current reservoir operations and the nationwide sustainable rivers initiative. The…
Featured photo: Design for the Bemidji Veterans Home by Wold Architecture The Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs will hold a community meeting next week for an update on the Bemidji Veterans Home. According to a notice, MDVA Commissioner Larry Herke, deputy commissioner Douglas Hughes, Wold Architect Sara Malin, and MDA Construction services project manager Jeremy…
The public is invited to an open house ahead of the Bemidji City Council’s first regular in-person meeting in more than a year. Council chambers have also been through some light renovations, described in the notice as a “facelift.” The open house is from 5:15 to 5:45 p.m. on Tuesday, July 6, with the regular…
The American Red Cross reports they are facing a significant blood shortage as the coronavirus pandemic wanes. The Red Cross provides blood products to hospitals responding to an “unusually high number of traumas and emergency visits, as well as overdoses and resulting transplants.” Summer is traditionally a time when blood donations decline, this year is…
