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Beltrami County graduation rate declines amidst historic statewide increase

2 days ago | bemidjipioneer.com | Daltyn Lofstrom

BEMIDJI — The class of 2024 has earned bragging rights for having the highest graduation rate in recorded Minnesota history. Based on results released by the Minnesota Department of Education on May 7, a total of 59,720 students — 84.2% of the 2024 graduating class overall — earned their diplomas across the state and marked a nearly 1% increase from the 2023 class rate of 83.3%.
Bemidji anglers reel in another Minnesota fishing opener

4 days ago | bemidjipioneer.com | Annalise Braught

BEMIDJI — Fishing piers and boat ramps were buzzing with excitement at the crack of dawn on Saturday as Bemidji-area anglers got out on the water to participate in the Minnesota fishing opener. Ahead of the opener —referring to the start of fishing for walleye, northern pike, bass and trout in lakes on inland waters of Minnesota — the Department of Natural Resources expected around 500,000 anglers to fish on May 10.
Blane Klemek Outdoors: The cottontail is Minnesota's only true rabbit

5 days ago | bemidjipioneer.com | Blane Klemek

Twenty-something odd years ago, observing a cottontail rabbit here in the Northland was an oddity, especially in the countryside and forest. It seems there were always cottontail rabbits in towns, but I’d be hard pressed to remember noticing them inhabiting northern Minnesota’s vast forests. Not so, today.
Bemidji State, Northwest Tech students leave a legacy upon graduation

5 days ago | bemidjipioneer.com | Daltyn Lofstrom

BEMIDJI — In the words of 2025 Distinguished Minnesotan Robert Anderson, one doesn’t need a perfect plan to lead a meaningful life. What they need is purpose. Such a message expanded beyond the walls of the Sanford Center on Friday as the Class of 2025 was celebrated from Bemidji State University and Northwest Technical College.
Residents provide input on incorporation during Northern Township event

5 days ago | bemidjipioneer.com | TJ Rhodes

BEMIDJI — On Wednesday, Northern Township hosted its second town hall in the last month and a crowd of roughly 300 filled the Beltrami County 4-H building with curiosity about the proposed wastewater treatment facility, the incorporation process and neighboring Bemidji's involvement. Northern Township Attorney Mike Couri and Administrator Chris Lahn presented before welcoming attendees to a microphone for a public comment period.
Landon Knott picked in WHL draft; Dom Arndt signs tender with Gillette

5 days ago | bemidjipioneer.com | Jared Rubado

BEMIDJI – Two days after Noah Mannausau and Joey Fankhanel were selected in the USHL draft, another Bemidji-grown player was drafted to a different junior hockey league. Landon Knott was selected in the eighth round of the Western Hockey League Draft with the 162nd pick by the Penticton Vees on Thursday afternoon. Knott is a 2010-born, left-shot defenseman. He played in 22 games for the MN Blue Ox 14U AAA team this spring, scoring four goals and 18 assists.
Economic pressure prompts early FY26 budget process for Beltrami County

1 week ago | bemidjipioneer.com | TJ Rhodes

BEMIDJI — Beltrami County staff deemed it necessary to begin working on the upcoming fiscal year budget sooner than usual because of unprecedented economic pressure. Beltrami County Administrator Tom Barry provided a financial overview during Tuesday's County Board of Commissioners meeting to detail this pressure, which includes cut and altered funding streams, unfunded mandates, tariffs, inflation and uncontrollable increases to utilities and insurances.
Bemidji’s Joey Fankhanel, Noah Mannausau selected in USHL Draft

1 week ago | bemidjipioneer.com | Jared Rubado

BEMIDJI – Bemidji High School seniors Joey Fankhanel and Noah Mannausau waited with anticipation for their phones to ring on Tuesday. In Phase II of the United States Hockey League Draft, Mannausau was selected in the third round with the 40th overall pick by the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders. Fankhanel went 14 picks later in the fourth round to the Waterloo Black Hawks. “It was super exciting,” Fankhanel said. “I kind of froze when I saw my phone ringing. I didn’t know it was going to be that early.
Brandi Ochoa to follow in father's footsteps, graduate from Bemidji State

1 week ago | bemidjipioneer.com | Daltyn Lofstrom

BEMIDJI — On Sept. 9, 1979, Brandi Schiefert appeared on the front page of the Bemidji Pioneer newspaper. At 18 months old, she waited patiently for her dad, Marlin, to come out of class at Bemidji State University. Fast forward nearly 50 years and she would soon become a BSU alum herself. Majoring in elementary education with a minor in child psychology, now-Brandi Ochoa looks back fondly at the past four years as graduation quickly approaches.
Bemidji State stakeholders express frustration over budget, shared governance

1 week ago | bemidjipioneer.com | Daltyn Lofstrom

BEMIDJI — The financial picture of Bemidji State University has garnered some negative attention in the past couple of years. Among revenue loss fueled by decreased overall enrollment since 2017, efforts to balance its budget and address an ongoing budget deficit have been continual.