Beltrami County Historical Society

The Beltrami County Historical Society will present “Women Elected to Lead: Voices from Local Government” on Saturday in Bemidji.

Plus: the state Commission on Judicial Selection has put forward three candidates to fill the bench vacated by the upcoming retirement of an Aitkin County judge; and the Beltrami County Historical Society will present "Women of Law and Order" for a special panel discussion on May 15, 2025.

The Beltrami County Historical Society will host four women serving their community through their careers in public safety on Thursday.

Crews responded to a possible sinkhole that turned out to be a structural collapse, and a full basement was found underneath a downtown parking lot.

While the crime in "Murder at the Carson Christmas Party" is fictitious, the 1893 party and guest list were real in this live-action Clue mystery at the Beltrami County History Center on Dec. 26-27, 2024.

Events this week include holiday kick-offs in Hibbing, Bemidji, Brainerd and Grand Rapids; a free Thanksgiving dinner and a student art exhibition.

Podipto's found members will reunite for a fundraising event at the Beltrami County History Center at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26 at the Rail River Folk School.

Wildly fluctuating humidity levels at the Great Northern Depot building are damaging artifacts, including those unique to Northern Minnesota such as fur and birch bark.

Fia Larsen will speak at the Beltrami County History Center at noon Thursday, May 23, 2024, on German prisoners of war, who worked in farms and forests from Faribault to Cass Lake.

The community rallied behind the fundraising effort to bring the 1948 Great Northern Railway caboose to Bemidji, and the piece of locomotive history will be restored and preserved for visitor use.