Rain Gardens: Using Nature to Preserve and Protect Nature
by Margaret A. Haapoja Rain gardens turn puddles into lush havens for native plants. These resourceful gardening options help to sustain our environment by decreasing water pollution. ...
Kids and Financial Woes: WHAT DO I TELL THEM?
By Mary Lou Aurell You can create your own private “Dust Bowl” when you lose your job or your house. When you take home personal anguish, it is reflected in the eyes and actions of your family. ...
Hill City PTO Meeting
It seems as though financial cuts have left our kids on the back burner for success. Realizing this, Hill City parents and teachers have recently formed a PTO that keeps growing in number. ...
Reaping What We Do Not Sow
By Barry Babcock Euell Gibbons wrote and proselytized about the joy of harvesting wild plants for both food and medicinal uses, what he called, “reaping where he did not sow.” He wrote about hundreds of edible wild plants in his books: Stalking the Wild Asparagus (1962), Stalking the Blue-Eyed Scallop (1964), and Stalking the Healthful Herbs (1966). ...
A Taxing Process
by Sheila Helmberger In less than a month area residents will be digging out their checkbooks or counting on their escrow accounts to pay for the first half of their property taxes. ...
First Friday Art Walk in Bemidji, May 1
First Friday Art Walk in Bemidji for May 1st, 2009 * Bemidji Community Art Center - Opening reception May 1st from 4 to 6pm for Annual 5th Grade Invitational. ...
Predator's Plan Thwarted by Beltrami Police
On Friday, April 24, 2009, the Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office received a runaway report regarding a fifteen year old rural Bemidji female who had disappeared from Bemidji at the end of the school day. ...
A Softer Way to Ring the Wedding Bells
By Mary Lou Aurell The culture and the cost of marriages are changing. Wedding bells sound softly now. Couples have less to jingle in their pockets and those marrying may do so without the expensive clothes, heaps of flowers and fancy receptions. ...
Help Needed for Sandbag Clean up
The Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Management, along with the City of Bemidji Public Works department, will be hosting a “clean up the sandbags” work effort on Tuesday, April 28, 2009 Therefore, we are calling for all hardy souls to respond to this plea for help. ...
Editor's Note #3
Greetings, With the exception of a few cool days and maybe a spit or two of snow that may fall on our heads, I believe it is finally safe to say that Spring has sprung in northern Minnesota. ...
Other Local News
Business pioneer Schaefer dies at 91
[John C. Schaefer of Nisswa, a pioneer in the lakes area business community, died Saturday. He was 91. ...
Business pioneer Schaefer dies at 91 - Brainerd Daily Dispatch
Brainerd Daily DispatchBusiness pioneer Schaefer dies at 91Brainerd Daily DispatchJohn C. Schaefer of Nisswa, a pioneer in the lakes area business community, died Saturday.
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'Perfect time to move on' - Brainerd Daily Dispatch
Brainerd Daily Dispatch'Perfect time to move on'Brainerd Daily DispatchIt's been 10 years since Laura Anderson graduated from Staples-Motley High School.
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DNR news release for February 4, 2010
DNR NEWS – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FEBRUARY 4, 2010 Media contacts: Colleen Coyne, DNR communications director, 651-259-5023; Patricia Arndt, Parks and Trails Division planning and public affairs manager, 651-259-5578. ...
