Cass Lake, MN

AKELEY, Minn. – A Minnesota woman recently captured an incredible cloud formation that appeared to look like an ocean in the sky in a now-viral photo. Theresa Birgin Lucus of Bemidji was driving home on Highway 64 after a long week in Rochester when storm clouds began rolling in. In a Facebook post, she explained that her daughter was at home and worried about her mother. “She was freaking out and wanted to know how much longer it was before I got home, so I seriously snapped that photo and said ‘I’m close to Akeley,’” she wrote.  According to KVRR, she didn’t even look at the photo...

I have to admit, when I saw this photo, I was shocked. If it is REAL, it's one of the most amazing photos I've ever seen in my life. The photo looks like the earth is going to be swallowed up by an ocean from another world. It is really quite impressive, and it's hard to believe that Theresa Lucas didn't even notice how amazing the sky was when she was getting ready to take the photo, but that's what happened.

Sanford Health in Bemidji hosted its 17th annual Health and Healing Powwow yesterday. With the three major tribes of Red Lake, Leech Lake and White Earth in attendance, spectators and participants experienced the importance of a celebratory powwow. In the early 2000s, Sanford Health in Bemidji started an annual powwow,...

The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe’s 4th Annual ‘Leech Lake Days’ kicked off today, with a variety of activities for families to celebrate culture, and the Leech Lake community. There were many smiling faces out at Cass Lakes Veterans Memorial Pow Wow grounds this afternoon, as many...

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s Minnesota Grown Program, along with Minnesotas Grocer Association has recently awarded Lueken’s Village Foods North in Bemidji as one of their ‘Northwest Retailers for 2022.’. Every year, the statewide Minnesota Grown Program partners with the MDA and Minnesota producers of specialty crops...

August 12, 1968 ~ June 22, 2022 (age 53) Rhonda "Hondo" Sharon Burnette, age 53, of the Turtle Clan of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe and of Bemidji, MN, started her spiritual journey Wednesday, June 22, 2022, from the Sanford Medical Center in Fargo, ND. She was born in Minneapolis, MN on August 12, 1968, the daughter of Ronald Burnette and Anna May (Whipple).

Update: At 6:45 PM, the Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office reported that Gary Schyma was located by a logger near Waubun and has been reunited with family. Original Story: The Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing man. 77-year-old Gary Schyma,...

On the latest LIVING UNITED PODCAST, Denae Alamano and Kev Jackson talk with Andrea Kent, the Executive Director of the Boys & Girls Club of the Bemidji Area. The Club is wrapping up its annual June fundraiser and has kicked off its first full service summer since 2019. They also...

Akeley, Minn. - A Minnesota woman recently captured an incredible cloud formation that appeared to look like an ocean in the sky in a now-viral photo. Theresa Birgin Lucus of Bemidji was driving home on Highway 64 after a long week in Rochester when storm clouds began rolling in. In a Facebook post, Theresa explained that her daughter was at home and worried about her mother.

Bemidji State psychology senior Donna Velishek first developed a passion for helping those struggling with addiction and recovery when she started working as an intake coordinator at Pear Lake Women’s Program, a women’s rehab center in Grand Rapods, Minnesota. Hailing from Deer River, Minnesota, Velishek quickly learned that...

I have to admit, when I saw this photo, I was shocked. If it is REAL, it's one of the most amazing photos I've ever seen in my life. The photo looks like the earth is going to be swallowed up by an ocean from another world. It is really quite impressive, and it's hard to believe that Theresa Lucas didn't even notice how amazing the sky was when she was getting ready to take the photo, but that's what happened.