Florida sprinter Joseph Fahnbulleh, a redshirt freshman from Hopkins, won the 200-meter dash in 19.91 seconds on Friday in the NCAA track and field meet in Eugene, Ore.
Beltrami County's new Veteran Services Officer, Shane Gustafson, is gaining experience as he works alongside Scotty Allison, who's planning to leave the office next year when he retires.
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.