Bright Spot

The repurposed building features a food shelf, free meals, a thrift store, mercantile shop, fitness center, bakery and eatery, art classes and seasonal maker markets, as well as a youth center.

Marla Mesarina is from the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe and is an enrolled member of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate. She is co-president of the UNITY.

Mark Klabunde earned first place at the 2026 Minnesota State Fair for his homemade ketchup and cardamom rolls.

Celebrate "The Art of the Game" Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026, in Ball Club. The day includes three-on-three basketball games, food, fashion and music.

Fifty years after experiencing a canoe trip into remote Canada that spanned 1,100 miles, a group of paddlers is reuniting.

Bemidji runners Kerrie Berg and Andrea Patten took on the challenge of the Hood Hundred, a 100-mile run on Mount Hood in Oregon.

In this "Bright Spot" conversation, we learn about upcoming events at Bemidji State Park and how the park is recovering from 2025's derecho.

Happy Dancing Turtle is looking for volunteers who have skills in sewing, fixing and general tinkering as they plan fix-it events beginning in the fall of 2026.

Two Bemidjians are headed to the 2026 Special Olympics USA Games to compete in bowling. Help send them off Thursday, June 18, 2026, at Lucky Dogs.

There's lots going on this summer at the Virginia Public Library, including the ongoing Kid Librarian program.