Bob Collins
We’re going to go out on a limb and predict that Bemidji will not be in Minnesota Monthly’s final list of best Minnesota towns, not after a request to compete has caused a kerfuffle over whether the city is ‘Minnesota nice.’ Read more →
MPR News Reflections and observations on the news
Tag: Bemidji
There are angels who walk among us, an assertion I think MPR reporter John Enger proved yesterday in his story about John and Cindy Ness, the Bemidji couple who could’ve ignored the plight of babies who are born addicted to opioids. Read more →
John Enger
Why not reconnect with nature and keep your day job? John Enger, MPR News’ reporter in Bemidji, Minn., spent the week commuting to work from a campground. Here’s what he learned. Read more →
MPR News has added John Enger to the staff as a reporter. He’ll be working for the website out of Bemidji. He comes from good North Woods stock that recognizes the value of ice out. Read more →
Bemidji can’t have nice things, apparently. Busby Big Buck has been stolen, the Bemidji Pioneer reports. Busby is the fairly iconic deer sculpture that graces the entrance to the Bemidji Woolen Mills. Bill Batchelder, the owner of the firm, says the theft of the life-sized statue probably happened overnight on Thursday. Batchelder said the nearly Read more →
A klutzy Paul Bunyan is selling insurance. Should Bemidji be worked up? Read more →