Bemidji State University assistant professor of biology Dr. Jacob Haus and some of his students will soon conduct evening spotlight surveys of the city’s deer population. According to a release from the city, these surveys will be in Ward 5, Ward 4 and the Bemidji Regional Airport area. The activity is sanctioned while appearing to…
Bemidji State University and Northwest Technical College will join other Minnesota State colleges and universities in waiving application fees this month. October is College Knowledge Month, a statewide effort for high school seniors, especially those that are underrepresented, the opportunity to apply to college without a fee. Bemidji State never charges an application fee, and…
Bagley Superintendent Erich Heiss announced today that after a special meeting this morning, the Bagley School Board voted to continue in-person learning. On Monday, Heiss announced that the Bagley School Board would meet today to consider a recommendation from the Clearwater County Nursing Service to switch to distance learning for two weeks. The recommendation came…
Bagley Superintendent Erich Heiss reported Clearwater County’s COVID-19 case rate is in the 90s, and public health officials there recommended distance learning for 14 days. The Bagley School Board, according to a notice, took no action during a meeting Monday night but will discuss the recommendation this Friday. Heiss wrote that “while masks and vaccinations…
The Bemidji School Board met for their regular meeting Monday night. Superintendent Tim Lutz says that as of last Friday, Beltrami County’s COVID-19 case rate per 10,000 people was 68.55, a number that is considered a high rate of transmission. Lutz said that once Beltrami County’s case rate gets to the moderate level, less than…
The Bemidji School Board will hear an operating referendum update during their meeting this evening. The school board’s referendum last year failed by a considerable margin. The existing operating referendum for the district is $180 per pupil. On Nov. 2, the district will ask voters to increase that to $460 per pupil. The Bemidji School…
Northwest Technical College students impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic will receive a third round of financial aid. According to a release, the American Rescue Plan funding appropriated more than $164 million to the Minnesota State system in May, with more than $692,000 appropriated to NTC. The NTC Student Senate leadership chose to split the remaining…
Bemidji State University’s Psychology department recently received a one-year, $9,981 innovations grant to launch a scholarship program for Indigenous students studying psychology. With a pilot cohort of six students, the Indigenous Students in Psychology Training, or InPsyT, will prepare American Indian students for careers in psychology through mentorships with Indigenous psychologists and mental health professionals….
Fifteen scholarships are available for students currently enrolled in a law enforcement program. According to a release from Beltrami County Sheriff Ernie Beitel, the Minnesota Sheriff’s Association’s annual scholarship program will issue up to 15 $2,000 scholarships to students enrolled in a POST Skills program, in their second year of a two-year law enforcement program,…
Mrs. Susan Richards was named the 2021 Teacher of the Year. According to a release from the Bemidji Education Association, Mrs. Richards retired last May after a career spanning 30 years. Mrs. Richards, a former third-grade teacher at Northern Elementary School, is eligible to apply for the statewide Teacher of the Year Award. Mr. Norm…
