Beltrami County

The Blackduck City Council hosted the first of two public hearings amending its cannabis ordinance after a cultivator expressed interest in the former Shade Store manufacturing plant.

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is taking feedback on experimental and special fishing regulations for Rabideau, Sand, Platte and Rainy lakes through Sept. 30, 2025.

The Lady Slipper Scenic Byway committee worked to secure funding for a pedestrian bridge near Bemidji, but more money is needed to explore a possible ancient burial site.

Emergency managers for Beltrami County and the city of Bemidji are gathering information on private property for non-insured damages sustained during the June 21 storm to determine program eligibility.

The Ladyslipper Scenic Byway committee has worked for over 10 years to create a bicycle and pedestrian bridge near the Mississippi River. Human remains found nearby in 2020 have put the project on an indefinite hiatus, with $100,000 more needed to cover the cost of the tribe's archaeological work.

More than 100 people crowded into the Beltrami County Board room in support of public libraries and the local museum as commissioners voted 4-1 to adopt its 2026 preliminary budget and levy.

Beltrami County is proposing a 41% reduction in community funding for libraries in Blackduck and Bemidji, as well as the Beltrami County Historical Society and Paul Bunyan Transit, for the 2026 budget.

Plus: A Duluth man was issued a misdemeanor citation for his role in the Camp House Fire this spring; DNR and Beltrami County are overseeing salvage timber harvests on storm-struck stands; and the Floodwood School Board will select a candidate to fill a vacancy at its Monday meeting.

Beltrami County Natural Resource Management is also offering storm-damaged trees for salvage harvests by loggers after the June 21, 2025, windstorm.

The event will begin at 10 a.m. Sept. 5, 2025, at the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources tanker base, west of the water treatment plant at the Bemidji Airport.