Local Government

The position was vacated after a turbulent first quarter of 2023, that included a formal vote to remove the former city manager in April. Three candidates were identified as finalists out of a pool of 30, with the Bemidji City Council's hiring decision to possibly come next week.

Two candidates are vying to fill a seat in a special election vacated by the death of Wayne Skoe in February 2023.

New commissioners will be seated soon in Hubbard, Roseau, Polk and Red Lake counties, while two candidates in Koochiching will advance to the general election in November.

The resurfacing project this year will take place at night to minimize impacts, but more construction is expected with the City of Bemidji's rebuild of connecting streets expected in 2025.

Three county commissioner districts in the region have vacancies.

The Greater Bemidji Area Joint Planning Board issued a six-month moratorium on jails in residential zones, requiring Beltrami County to go back to the site selection drawing board.

forging relationships between women leaders across generations and rural lands of Minnesota

forging relationships between women leaders across generations and rural lands of Minnesota

The culmination of five regional listening sessions that brought together the expertise of local government leaders and 2020 data. AuditorBlaha, OSA data analysts, and local leaders looked at 20-year local government financial trends to provide context to the 2020 financial data, which represented the first year that local governments received federal pandemic relief funds through the CARES Act.

The culmination of five regional listening sessions that brought together the expertise of local government leaders and 2020 data. AuditorBlaha, OSA data analysts, and local leaders looked at 20-year local government financial trends to provide context to the 2020 financial data, which represented the first year that local governments received federal pandemic relief funds through the CARES Act.