BEMIDJI — The city of Bemidji is now a donation site for the Minnesota Milk Bank for Babies to support infants in need.
Beltrami County Public Health is home to the milk depot, for which women who have extra expressed milk can become approved donors to donate the extra supply. Milk donors must meet certain qualifications to be approved, with the screening process taking about three to six weeks to complete.
The nonprofit organization supplies the donated milk to premature and medically fragile infants in Minnesota and the upper Midwest.
According to Minnesota Milk Bank's website, only a handful of other donation sites exist in Northern Minnesota: in Duluth, Fargo-Moorhead, Wadena and Roseau.
Beltrami County Public Health recently remodeled its clinic in the Community Services Building. The department will host an open house and celebrate WIC’s 50th Anniversary on Monday, June 24.
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Larissa Donovan/KAXEChild care providers, local officials and families discussed the high costs of child care and the low wages of child care workers during the Bemidji Affordability Forum on Dec. 3, 2025. -
Events this week include Fireside Movie Night and Learn to Curl in Grand Rapids, electronics recycling in Deerwood and tuba Christmas concerts in Virginia and Brainerd. -
Maria Hileman/KAXEKAXE's weekly list of concerts near you features Rich Mattson, Matthew Miltich & The Clearwater Hot Club, Jack Klatt, and MorningBird. -
Contributed/Mary Knox-JohnsonLoon Country Arts needed a new location as a result of this summer's devastating derecho in Bemidji. It's now located in the Carnegie Library starting Dec. 3, 2025. -
Contributed/Tammy BobrowskyBemidji writer Mike Herbert’s new book “They Answered the Call” tells the often-overlooked histories of 102 brave and determined women from Beltrami County who served in the U.S. military in WWII. -
Contributed/Reed Olson for MN 2A Facebook pageThe executive director of the Nameless Coalition for the Homeless and former Beltrami County commissioner posted a video on social media, saying he will seek the seat. -
Contributed/Eric SundeenPercussion gets the spotlight during Bemidji State's Percussion Ensemble concert at 7:32 p.m. on Dec. 4, 2025. Eric Sundeen joined “Area Voices” to discuss the upcoming performance. -
Events this week include CLC's Jingle and Mingle in Nisswa, art receptions in Grand Rapids and Cook, a Christmas party in Marble and the Festival of Trees in Shevlin.
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Lorie Shaull/KAXECommunity members will share their stories about the affordability of child care and health care during the forum at the Beltrami Electric Cooperative. -
Plus: the first snowstorm of the season is expected to fall on the Northland on key Thanksgiving travel dates; and the United Way of Bemidji Area is coordinating two toy drives this holiday season.
