Walz to Announce Changes to Stay-at-Home Restrictions

On Thursday, we’ll find out to what extent the state will loosen the stay-at-home restrictions that have kept Minnesota’s economy on ice for just over a...

Initiative Foundation Shifts to Emergency Relief Due to COVID-19 Crisis

The Initiative Foundation works in Minnesota with the main goal of strengthening communities and economies through grants funding and programming. But the COVID-19 crisis...

Step Up to SIT Matches Babysitters With Workers in Need of Child Care

The United Way of Bemidji Area has partnered with Greater Bemidji to bring a program that helps provide child care during this time into the Bemidji area. Step Up to SIT...

Ruby’s Pantry in Bemidji Holds Extra Food Distribution

Ruby’s Pantry has had their sights on keeping Bemidji fed, and during the pandemic, this is an important task. Ruby’s Pantry, which offers groceries for only a...

Bemidji Resident Retires After 46 Years of Service at NAPA Auto Parts

A Bemidji resident who has been working as an automotive parts counterman for over 40 years clocked in for his last shift on Wednesday at NAPA Auto Parts in Bemidji....

Crow Wing Food Co-op Makes Changes to Provide Safe Shopping

The Crow Wing Food Co-op in Brainerd has made some changes to provide safety for workers and elderly shoppers. Board members are looking forward to relocating to a much...

City Of Bemidji Reconstruction Project Starting On Monday

The City of Bemidji and Sparky’s Construction will be beginning the 2020 Birchmont Drive Reconstruction project on Monday, May 4th if weather permits. The project will...

Paul Bunyan Cyclists Club Makes Difficult Decision to Cancel Annual Tour of Lakes

Due to the current pandemic, Paul Bunyan Cyclists have decided to cancel the 2020 Tour of Lakes. The Tour of Lakes website announced on Wednesday, April 29th that the...

Over 400 New Cases of COVID-19 in Minnesota, 18 More Deaths on Wednesday

The death toll in Minnesota from COVID-19 stands at 319 on Wednesday, according to the state Health Department. There have been 18 new deaths reported since yesterday....

Sanford Health to Bring Antibody Testing to Patients Across the Upper Midwest

Sanford Health officials announced this morning that they will be bringing antibody testing to patients throughout the health system’s geographic reach. Antibody testing...

Itasca County Medical Officials, Long-Term Care Facility Reps Discuss New COVID-19 Cases

Two new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Itasca County on Monday, and both cases were in at long-term care facilities. Representatives of those facilities and medical...