Max Plante and Logan Hensler remember playing in St. Paul during the 2022 state tournaments for their respective high schools. They’re back to compete for Team USA at the World Junior Championship.

Nikki Entzel and Earl Howard were convicted in the slaying of Entzel's husband Chad. His body was discovered in January 2020 after a suspicious fire burned the couple's home.

Approximately 45 secondary CTE teachers from northwest Minnesota participated in the 2025 Construction, Trades and Industry Workshop on Dec. 8.

A tradition that began more than 20 years ago continued once again on Wednesday morning, as every patient in the Sanford Bemidji Medical Center received a special visit from Santa Claus.

BEMIDJI — Here is a look at some upcoming events throughout the month of January at Lake Bemidji State Park, 3401 State Park Road NE: ...

The Park Rapids Friendly Squares will host a New Year's Eve dance from 8 to 11 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 31, at the Park Rapids Airport, 301 Airport Road.

Bemidji’s new Comprehensive Plan and Ordinance review must prioritize increased housing and development in our city. Without it, we will be having this same conversation 10 years from now.

The community is invited to the return of Walk on the Wild Side, a monthly series of guided nature walks at the Neilson Spearhead Nature Preserve, beginning in January 2026.

The United Way of Bemidji Area has reached 80% of its campaign goal of $775,000, and is encouraging community members to donate.

In 2017, 70-year-old Joseph Leon Edminster pleaded guilty to cutting off the tops of thousands of trees in Minnesota’s Chippewa National Forest.

Latvian defenseman Alberts Šmits is one of the top draft-eligible prospects in he world, and his business-like mentality bodes well for his home national the World Junior Championships.

A column by Winona LaDuke, an Ojibwe writer and economist on Minnesota’s White Earth Reservation. She also is co-curator of the Giiwedinong Museum in Park Rapids, Minnesota.