What was printed on this day 10, 25, 50 and 100 years ago.
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Pioneer Staff Report | 11:19 am, May 26, 2021 ×
10 years ago
May 26, 2011 Local potter Tom Daly spent eight weeks teaching members at the Boys and Girls Club of the Bemidji Area how to make pottery. Participants learned how to roll, form and hand-build clay pieces using a variety of tools and methods. Each member also got to glaze his or her own piece of art. The activity was funded by a Region 2 Arts Council grant.
25 years ago
May 26, 1996 With dams wide open, high water levels are beginning to taper off on the upper Mississippi lakes chain. But, saturated bogs and soils following a wet autumn and heavier than normal moisture content of the snow that has melted have created a situation where a hard rain in the Headwaters area now could mean flooding troubles.
The Bemidji Area Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual Awards of Excellence event on May 27.
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Pioneer Staff Report | 2:28 pm, May 14, 2021 ×
BEMIDJI The Bemidji community will soon honor businesses that operated with excellence over the past year.
The Bemidji Area Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual Awards of Excellence event and give out six awards in total, with one of them being the Charlie Naylor Lifetime Achievement Award. The businesses are Chamber members and have been nominated by their peers.
The winners will be announced during a luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, May 27, at the Hampton Inn and Suites, with keynote speaker Susan Jarvis, President of Sanford Health of Northern Minnesota.
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Sub-zero temps put the brrr in BRRRmidji Plunge
Over the weekend, town “celebrities” braved sub-zero temperatures for the Bemidji Jaycees’ annual BRRRmidji Plunge, leaping into the icy waters of Lake Bemidji for an honorable community cause. 5:51 pm, Feb. 8, 2021 ×
Aliza Thoring, the Bemidji Jaycees 89th Chapter President, leaps into Lake Bemidji for the BRRRmidji Plunge on Saturday, Feb. 6. Photo courtesy of myBemidji.
BEMIDJI Over the weekend, town “celebrities” braved sub zero temperatures for the Bemidji Jaycees’ annual BRRRmidji Plunge, leaping into the icy waters of Lake Bemidji for an honorable community cause.
For the past month, four famous Bemidjians competed to raise the most in donations for their local charity of choice in preparation for the event.