Sanford Health will be hosting a COVID-19 vaccine blitz from 1-3 p.m. on Monday, May 24, at the Sanford Park Rapids Clinic—110 Seventh St. W, Park Rapids, MN 56470. The clinic will be offering COVID-19 vaccines by appointment only to anyone who is 12 years old or older and would like a vaccine. Being a…
The 15th Annual Lake Bemidji Dragon Boat Festival will return this summer. The festival will kick off with the Sanford Health Taco Fundraiser on Aug. 4. “We are excited to bring the Dragon Boat Festival back in 2021. It’s been such a fun tradition for our community and we can’t wait to get everyone back…
The Bemidji City Council took no action to remove downtown barricades, meaning they’ll get to stay throughout the summer. The barricades are already established around some downtown businesses, allowing them to expand outdoor seating into public rights-of-way such as parking spaces. Since the state and the city are still under peacetime states of emergency amid…
The following is a summary of incidents the Bemidji Police Department and the Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office responded to on Monday, May 17. BEMIDJI POLICE DEPARTMENT Fire, 10:28 p.m. Officers responded to a vehicle fire on the 1000 block of Washington Ave. S. Bemidji Fire Department handled. Property Damage, 8:46 p.m. Property damage on the…
President and CEO of Sanford Health of Northern Minnesota Susan Jarvis is scheduled to be the keynote speaker at the Awards of Excellence. Jarvis’ “Stronger Together” speech will highlight the importance of community investment and working together to build a stronger future. The Bemidji Area Chamber of Commerce’s Awards of Excellence will be held on…
In addition to the Bemidji City Council’s planned discussion on Highway 197, the council will also discuss removing the barricades in downtown parking spaces. The barricades, in a similar vein to last year, were installed to allow downtown restaurants additional outdoor seating capacity. Now that Gov. Tim Walz has relaxed most of the indoor dining…
The Bemidji City Council will discuss the new Highway 197 corridor study during their meeting this evening, and the Beltrami County Board is slated to discuss it tomorrow afternoon during their work session. MnDOT and the Headwaters Regional Development Commission will hold a virtual open house on the study on May 24. Two years ago,…
The EPA has issued a unilateral administrative order to two potentially responsible parties, International Paper and Burlington Northern Santa Fe, to clean up contaminated soil at the St. Regis Superfund site in Cass Lake. The companies will excavate contaminated soil and replace it with clean soil and vegetation. Most of the excavated soil will be…
The following is a summary of incidents the Bemidji Police Department and Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office responded to from Thursday, May 13, to Sunday, May 16. BEMIDJI POLICE DEPARTMENT SUNDAY, MAY 16 Suspicious, 11:32 p.m. Officer noticed a female digging through a vehicle late at night on Mississippi Ave. and 4th St. NW. Individual had…
– The Minnesota Department of Transportation urges anglers to plan ahead and watch for highway work zones on the way to their favorite fishing spots this weekend, which marks the state’s fishing opener for walleye, bass, northern pike and lake trout. With more than 200 road and bridge projects underway this construction season, motorists may encounter…
