Bemidji

No 2 seeded Bemidji defeated the No. 7 Laker tennis team for the third time this season and the Lumberjacks advanced in Section 8AA tennis Friday. The loss ends the team portion of the season for Detroit Lakes. Bemidji swept all seven matches in straight sets. ...

The Detroit Lakes tennis team suffered a pair of tough losses at a triangular in Bemidji Tuesday. The Lakers fell 7-0 to the defending subsection champions hosting the meet and 6-1 to Crookston. “This is the second time we have played Bemidji in the past eight days, losing...

BEMIDJI -- Sophomore Linaes Whiting had a hat trick to lead the Bemidji High School boys soccer team to a 7-1 win against Detroit Lakes on Monday. The Lumberjacks (5-1) got off to a slower start than they would’ve liked against the Lakers (0-6-2), but halfway through the first...

BEMIDJI, Minn. – A 65-year-old man was found dead in the Mississippi River on Saturday between Lake Irving and Lake Bemidji. According to a release from Beltrami County Sheriff Phil Hodapp, a citizen spotted clothing floating near the shoreline of the river and contacted law...

Darryl James Deane, 33, of 516 Sixth St. S.W., Bemidji has been charged in Becker County District Court with two counts of felony check forgery. According to court records, on May 19 Detroit Lakes police were informed that fraudulent checks had been passed at Murphy Oil and Walmart,...

Seth Anderson went the distance leading Bemidji to a 9-1 win against Thief River Falls Friday in the American Legion Sub-State 14 baseball tournament. Anderson gave up one run on five hits, four walks and one strikeout in the win. While Anderson was keeping the Bandits off the...

Garrison Keillor is returning to Bemidji. The Sanford Center will host Keillor’s longstanding variety show “A Prairie Home Companion” on Nov. 7. Doors will open at 4 p.m. and the show starting at 4:45 p.m. Keillor has been host and writer of “A Prairie Home Companion”...

BEMIDJI, Minn. — When Mark Church checked his Gopher 5 lottery numbers at 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, he had suddenly become $1.5 million richer. The Minnesota Lottery announced Thursday that the Bemidji man had won the $1,550,322 jackpot in the Gopher 5 drawing on Monday night. Church...