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Bemidji Day 2025
Around two dozen Bemidji business and government leaders traveled to St. Paul for Bemidji Day at the State Capitol on March 5, 2025.
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The chartered bus from Bemidji Bus Lines left the Historic Mayflower Building in downtown Bemidji at 6 a.m. for Bemidji Day at the State Capitol on March 5, 2025. (Larissa Donovan / KAXE)
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Bemidji Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Scott Turn addresses the bus on the ride down to Bemidji Day at the State Capitol in St. Paul on March 5, 2025. (Larissa Donovan / KAXE)
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One of the signature plaid fishing lures, from Bemidji business JB Lures, given to legislators and their aides during Bemidji Day at the State Capitol on March 5, 2025. (Lorie Shaull / KAXE)
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Bemidji Area School board member Todd Haugen discusses disparities in the enrollment-based transportation formula for geographically vast districts like Bemidji during Bemidji Day at the State Capitol in St Paul on March 5, 2025. (Lorie Shaull / KAXE)
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Charles Biberg and Gwenia Fiskevold Gould speak, via Zoom, to Senator Zach Duckworth during Bemidji Day at the State Capitol on March 5, 2025. (Lorie Shaull / KAXE)
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Rep. Jim Joy meets with Bemidji city leaders, at-large representative Audrey Thayer and mayor Jorge Prince, during Bemidji Day at the State Capitol in St. Paul on March 5, 2025. (Larissa Donovan / KAXE)
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Group members visit and snap photos on the long bus ride ahead of Bemidji Day at the State Capitol in St. Paul on March 5, 2025. (Larissa Donovan / KAXE)
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Tater Tots on the menu in the Cafeteria at the Minnesota State Capitol on March 5, 2025. (Lorie Shaull / KAXE)
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KAXE photographer Lorie Shaull listens to Capitol area ghost stories from a security guard during Bemidji Day at the State Capitol in St. Paul on March 5, 2025. (Larissa Donovan / KAXE)
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Bemidji Chamber of Commerce members navigate the tunnel system during Bemidji Day at the State Capitol in St. Paul on March 5, 2025. (Larissa Donovan / KAXE)
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Speaker Emerita, Melissa Hortman, speaks to Bemidji Chamber of Commerce members on Bemidji Day at the Minnesota State Capitol in St Paul. (Lorie Shaull / KAXE)
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Speaker Emerita, Melissa Hortman, speaks to Bemidji Chamber of Commerce members on Bemidji Day at the Minnesota State Capitol in St Paul on March 5, 2025. (Lorie Shaull / KAXE)
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