PassportArchive for Feb. 24 2021
Northern Minnesota Red Cross Chapter Responds to 10 House Fires for 10 Straight Days
From February 9-18, the Northern Minnesota Red Cross Chapter responded to fires from Cass Lake and Bagley to Pequot Lakes. Over that stretch, the volunteers had to battle subzero temperatures…
Read MoreLine 3 Protestors Blockade Enbridge Worksites Wednesday Morning
Line 3 oil pipeline protestors, referring to themselves as water protectors, say they blockaded over 12 active Enbridge Line 3 worksites Wednesday morning with two different blockades. One blockade involved…
Read MoreMN Supreme Court Reverses Rejection of Permit for PolyMet Mine
The Minnesota Supreme Court has reversed an appeals court’s rejection of a critical air emissions permit for the planned PolyMet copper-nickel mine and sent the case back for further proceedings.…
Read MoreFamilies Asked to Get Regular COVID-19 Tests Through End of School Year
Minnesota public health officials are asking families to get tested for COVID-19 every two weeks from now until the end of the school year in an effort to limit the…
Read MoreBemidji City Council Discussing Possibility of Reopening Neilson-Reise Arena
The Neilson-Reise Arena is typically open year-round in Bemidji, but its doors have been closed since March of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Bemidji City Council is in…
Read MoreNisswa Receives Land for New Park Following Crow Wing County Vote
It’s a story 84 years in the making – well, not necessarily. Crow Wing County has been accumulating land between Camp Lincoln Road and Hole-in-the-Day Lake due to people not…
Read MoreBemidji Middle School Students Recognized for Art
The Minnesota Scholastic Art Awards competition is the regional art event in the Lakeland viewing area and featured three Bemidji Middle School students, who were recognized recently on a state…
Read MoreBemidji Police Department Investigates Reports of Suspicious Behavior
The Bemidji Police Department has investigated reports of individuals being followed or watched at businesses or in parking lots in the area. The department has been made aware of numerous…
Read MoreCrow Wing County to Host Virtual COVID-19 Information Session
Crow Wing County Public Health will be hosting a virtual presentation to offer information on COVID-19. On Wednesday, March 3 from 12:00 to 12:30 PM, Crow Wing County Public Health…
Read MoreOver 700 New COVID-19 Cases Reported on Wednesday
The state reported 761 along with nine new deaths, one of which was in the Lakeland viewing area, a Beltrami County resident between the ages of 65 and 69. The…
Read MoreThe Colorado
March 3 at 7 pm — Tune in or stream with the PBS app and online at video.lptv.org. Narrated by Academy Award-winning actor Mark Rylance, The Colorado is an epic…
Read MoreBemidji Boys Basketball Falls to Alexandria in OT
Originally aired February 23, 2021 on Lakeland News
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