The Bemidji City Council, after hearing Mayor Jorge Prince’s State of the City Address, discussed and ultimately approved the formation of a working group as the city prepares to entertain a Police Advisory Committee. The working group, as Police Chief Mike Mastin describes, is the step before forming the actual committee. The discussion of the…
The Beltrami County Board of Commissioners and the Bemidji City Council are planning a joint meeting. According to a county board memo from new administrator Tom Barry, potential items for discussion include dispersing potential opioid lawsuit funds, COVID-19 response, the upcoming Behavioral Health Crisis Center, and the jail project. The two local government units have…
The Bemidji City Council will meet today 6 p.m. and the agenda includes Mayor Jorge Prince’s first State of the City Address. Other items on the agenda include considering the 2021 Police Advisory Committee Council Work Group and a resolution setting a public hearing for the Highway 71 and Anne Street intersection on April 5….
Featured photo: Gov. Tim Walz visits with then-Bemidji mayor Rita Albrecht at the Water Treatment Plant under construction in late October. Photo by Scott Williams. The first phase of Bemidji’s new drinking water plant is set to be complete in about three weeks. The first phase of the project will be able to treat between…
The Bemidji City Council will meet this coming Tuesday at 6 p.m. as City Hall will be closed on President’s Day, but the agenda includes the swearing in of newly-elected at-large member Dan Jourdain as well as Mayor Jorge Prince’s first State of the City Address. Other items on the agenda include considering the 2021…
Dan Jourdain appears to be the victor of the Bemidji City Council at-large race. According to unofficial results for the special election to fill the vacancy, Jourdain won 524 votes in total compared to Dave Larson’s 410. Jourdain beat Larson by 26 votes in the special election and by 88 votes from absentee ballots. Votes…
The special election to fill the vacant at-large Bemidji City Council seat is today. Each ward’s residents can vote in their respective polling sites, and the two vying for the seat are former at-large council member Dave Larson and political newcomer Dan Jourdain. In-person voting on Tuesday will be in each ward’s respective polling site…
The Bemidji City Council discussed parameters of a tax increment financing district agreement during their work session Monday. The TIF district was established late last year for the Mountain View Meadows construction project, a three-phased housing development with plans to include a number of single-family and multi-family units with income limits to help address some…
Absentee voting is still underway at Bemidji City Hall for the Feb. 9 special election to fill the vacant at-large seat. The at-large council member serves all five wards in the city. City Hall will be open for absentee voting today until 5 p.m. Absentee ballots will be accepted through 3 p.m. at City Hall…
The Bemidji School Board met in a special meeting Thursday to examine how to avoid a $5.4 million deficit. A variety of factors have led the district to this crunch, but a reduction in enrollment due to COVID-19 appears to be the largest at $2.8 million in lost revenue when 280 anticipated students did not…
