COVID-related workers’ comp bill on the governor’s desk
The Minnesota legislature has already sent a bill to the governor’s desk. The bill sets the presumption that healthcare and other frontline workers who catch COVID-19 caught the disease as…
The Minnesota legislature has already sent a bill to the governor’s desk. The bill sets the presumption that healthcare and other frontline workers who catch COVID-19 caught the disease as…
The Bemidji City Council will continue the public hearings on the outdoor dining amendments during their regular meeting Monday. The four amendments to various city ordinances would allow downtown restaurants…
The Beltrami County Board of Commissioners repealed the OSHA standards they enacted barely two weeks prior. Since the board last met, the Supreme Court stayed the emergency temporary requirement that…
The Bemidji City Council has a fairly light agenda today, with the only items under New Business relating to a proposed set of dining amendments. The changes relate to allowing…
U.S. Senator Tina Smith checked in to highlight some of the recent changes to at-home COVID testing. Beginning this weekend, private insurance companies will be required to cover eight of…
As 2022 dawns, the Covid conversations continue, especially now that mutations of the original are causing a rapid spread of the virus. The latest is Omicron, which reportedly is far…
The Beltrami County Board of Commissioners approved the budget and levy for 2022. The levy will increase by 3.96 percent, an increase of just over $27 million. The levy increase…
Sanford Health will host a “Holding the Light” candlelight vigil Monday evening. “This pandemic has been hard for all of us, especially for those in health care,” shared Theresa Gehrke-Herwynen,…
The Bemidji City Council will discuss ways to use $1.63 million in American Rescue Plan funding during their work session Monday. The funding, which should be spent by the end…
Bemidji School Board Member Jeff Haack resigned during the board’s meeting Monday. During the last portion of the meeting, Haack said he wanted to focus more time and effort on…