Beltrami County

The Minnesota State Fire Marshal reports home fires and other disasters peak during the winter months.

Smith said millions of Minnesotans rely on the U.S. Postal Service to pay bills, receive prescriptions and conduct essential businesses.

The planning commission will take shape ahead of the dissolution of the Greater Bemidji Area Joint Planning Board at the end of this year.

The Beltrami County Historical Society is launching a special fundraising campaign to move a 1948 Great Northern Railway caboose to the historic train depot and museum in Bemidji.

The council unanimously agreed to direct staff to pursue a claim in this class action lawsuit with a group of companies known as DuPont.

After months of investigation, two brothers face charges relating to the manslaughter death of their younger brother.

Honorees include Ann Bussey of Side Lake; family nurse practitioner Shannon Shaw of Bemidji; Riverwood Healthcare Center in Aitkin; and Ted Matthews of Hutchinson.

The sound was loud enough to rattle windows, shake houses and set car alarms off — but its source is unclear, despite a 50-mile range of reports.

A video provided to Beltrami County Emergency Management by a resident in Bemidji's Nymore neighborhood captured footage of the event at about 6:40 p.m.

In a ruling issued Monday, Nov. 6, the appeals court wrote the Beltrami County District Court abused its discretion when it failed to instruct the jury on the defendant’s claims of self-defense.