What was printed on this day 10, 25, 50 and 100 years ago.
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Pioneer Staff Report | 6:05 am, Jun. 9, 2021 ×
10 years ago
June 9, 2011 It took three hours, 7 minutes and 26 seconds for Bemidji High School alumna Jessica Lovering to win the Minneapolis Marathon. “I’m quite happy with how things went,” said Lovering. “It was my first marathon.” A total of 492 men and 325 women finished the 26.2-mile race. “My goal was to get under four hours and beat my sister,” she laughed.
25 years ago
June 9, 1996 Technology in the form of interactive television and access to the Internet is coming to schools in northern Minnesota. Seventeen school districts in the region will use a recently awarded $600,000 state grant to lay the groundwork for course offerings through interactive TV, and Internet access is a key part of developing the student learning centers.
Lumber had originally drawn people to the area, and sawmills continued to thrive, but the rough-and-tumble town of the late 1800s had matured to the point of being a hub for railroads, bringing freight and passengers and taking huge loads of lumber away.
For 75 years, Bemidji had grown and developed a personality of its own, but much of that was centered around downtown Bemidji. The town’s reach also expanded in the 1970s and ’80s as development moved from the city’s core.
The changing times have seen some Bemidji businesses come and go while others have risen to the occasion and persevered through a new consumer landscape.
Jun. 6—Editor's Note: This is the third chapter of five that chronicle the city of Bemidji's development since it was incorporated as a village on May 20, 1896. Each chapter covers a span of 25 years and was originally published in the Pioneer's Annual Report on May 22. Here you can find our printed section and In the aftermath of World War II, America enjoyed strong economic growth and .