Bemidji’s Public Affairs Committee is set to meet Monday to discuss the Neilson Reise COVID preparedness plan. This has been a topic of some contention in recent City Council meetings. During the Sept. 14 meeting, the council directed staff to prepare this plan. The governor’s latest COVID-19 restrictions, as outlined in the executive order 20-99,…
The Bemidji City Council discussed the Neilson Reise Arena during their meeting Monday, amid speculation that the arena is closed permanently. No action on the arena was taken during the meeting Monday. The arena has been closed since March due to COVID-19. Parks and Rec Director Marcia Larson was absent from the meeting, and the…
The Bemidji City Council held three discussions during their work session Monday evening. The first item was a mutual aid agreement with neighboring law enforcement agencies ahead of the planned presidential visit this Friday. This item passed unanimously. According to Chief of Police Mike Mastin, the mutual aid agreement should not result in the city…
The new sheet of ice at the Bemidji Community Arena will be named the Sanford POWEr Rink, and Sanford has leased space at the arena to provide-year round “POWER” services beginning this Fall. “The completion of the addition at the BCA has presented us with a unique chance to make our Sanford POWER services more…
An obituary in the Grand Rapids Herald Review identified the boy killed in a farming accident early this week as 9-year-old Marshall “Turbo” Bader, of rural Boy River. According to a release from the Cass County Sheriff’s Office, deputies are still investigating the incident that happened Sunday around 5:30 p.m. They say Marshall was accidentally…
