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The Kittson County Central Bearcats pose for a photo with their plaque from the Minnesota State High School League on Nov. 13, 2025, after losing in the 9-Player semifinals at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.

Northland football teams' seasons end with state semifinal losses

Grand Rapids, Mahnomen/Waubun, Fertile-Beltrami and Kittson County Central all lost, despite multiple attempts at fourth-quarter comebacks.

The Grand Rapids football team on its home field during the 2025 season.

Local News

'A pretty special season': 4 Northland teams prepare for state football semifinals

Megan Buffington

Grand Rapids, Mahnomen/Waubun, Fertile-Beltrami and Kittson County Central will play Nov. 13-15, at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis in the 2025 state football semifinals.

Grand Rapids sophomore Logan McNear runs for the Thunderhawks on their home field in the 2025 season.

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Repeats and rematches: 8 Northland football teams earn state berths

Grand Rapids, Mahnomen/Waubun, Cromwell-Wright Area, Fertile-Beltrami, Moose Lake/Willow River, Barnum, Kittson County Central and Cook County will play in the 2025 tournament.

Local News

Separate crashes claim 2 lives in Mahnomen County

A 17-year-old Waubun boy was killed in a single-vehicle rollover, and a 53-year-old Mahnomen man was killed as a passenger in a crash with a tractor on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025.

A Flock Safety ALPR device on 30th Street and Ridgeway Avenue in Bemidji on Aug. 21, 2025.

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Northern MN drug task force rolls out license plate surveillance tech

Larissa Donovan

Twelve new automatic license plate readers went up in Bemidji and other MN cities in May 2025. But the Flock Safety cameras raise concerns with privacy advocates.

Elections

Mahnomen School Board 2024 Election Guide

Lacy Armstrong, Craig Bower, Jim DeVries, Lucas Hisgun Sr., Tim Olson, Kimberly Scott-Neisen, Todd Steinmetz, Traci Turner and John Paul Weaver Sr. are running for I.S.D. 432, Mahnomen School Board.