Bemidji

Jack Aakhus, Todd Haugen, Nicole Jaranson, Carol L. Johnson, Julie Laitala and Ann Long Voelkner are running for I.S.D. 31, Bemidji Area Schools, School Board.

Daniel Jourdain and Jorge Prince are running for Bemidji mayor. Gwenia Fiskevold Gould and Ron Johnson and running for Bemidji City Council Ward 1.Katie Carter and Mark Dickinson are running for Council Ward 3. Bill Batchelder and Lynn Eaton are running for Council Ward 5.

Bidal Duran and Reed Olson are running to represent House District 2A, which includes all of Lake of the Woods County, most of Beltrami County and the northern portion of Clearwater County.

Events in Northern Minnesota this week include theater productions in Grand Rapids, Virginia and Puposky, plus a local growers and crafters market in Pine River.

The Minnesota Department of Economic and Employment Development recently awarded the city a $589,926 grant to develop its rail corridor — a contaminated site with minimal infrastructure.

Specially trained dogs (and their human handlers) are attentive listeners for young people learning to read with the Bemidji Area Reading Canines program.

This is the second time MnDOT has requested consent for the project transforming one of Bemidji's main corridors. The new plan replaces three signals with roundabouts.

This week in Northern Minnesota there's an electric vehicle demonstration in Bemidji, Native American dance performance in Brainerd and an open house with pizza in Pine River.

Dan Jourdain initially announced he was going to stop campaigning against the incumbent Mayor Jorge Prince due to personal reasons.

As the Bemidji City Council sets its preliminary levy before September's end, the event center’s subsidized operating deficit — a separate issue from the cash flow shortage — continues to be a sore point.