"Smoke smell" in Bemidji area from leaf burning

There have been a lot of questions directed to Bemidji Fire and the Beltrami County Sheriff's Dispatch Center regarding the "smoke smell" in and around Bemidji.  This is coming from the annual "Burn the Leaves" event at the Waste Management Inc. Demolition Pit located at 2331 N Plantagenet Dr SE, located south and east of Bemidji. There is NO garbage being burned, just vegetative matter. This should last for 2-3 weeks per the Waste Management company. 

Give Locally - Over $1.8M in Matching Funds Available on Give to the Max Day - November 16

GiveMNians, Give to the Max Day returns as a day to inspire unprecedented levels of charitable giving in the state of Minnesota! Our goal is to beat our own record and get 40,000 people to give to their favorite Minnesota charity on November 16. Hundreds of nonprofits will offer the opportunity to double your dollars throughout the 24 hours. Every donation you make gives your favorite organization the chance to win even more money. Click on the video for a special Give to the Max Day message. Please mark your calendars for November 16 - donate to your favorite organizations who help contribute to the quality of life in our state.  Whether you care about children, the arts, clean water or education - you can connect with a cause and an organization that needs your support. Then share your donations with your friends and family using the easy share links on GiveMN. So click on GiveMN.org November 16th and contribute all you can. Help us reach 40,000 donors strong. You have one day to be part of history. One incredible day to Give to the Max to make our state a better place. Will you give? Sincerely, Dana Nelson GiveMN.org How to Give to the Max - Plan Your Giving! Double Your Dollars Look for the "2x" icon on select nonprofit pages. This icon means there is a dollar for dollar match available when you donate on that page. You can also search all the organizations offering matching grants using the green "2x Your Gift" button on the Give to the Max Day homepage. Win a Golden Ticket One donor will be randomly chosen every hour to have $1,000 added to their donation. This could be you! See the list of winners on the Give to the Max Day homepage. Help Your Favorite Organization Win the Grand Prize A $20,000 and $10,000 prize grant will be awarded to the top two nonprofits in the Twin Cities and the top two nonprofits in Greater Minnesota that attract the largest number of individual donors on Give to the Max Day. Happy First Birthday GiveMN! Last November, the virtual switch was flipped and GiveMN was created.  Thanks to you - and 58,000 other generous people who have made donations on GiveMN -  we have become one of the largest giving portals in the country. Minnesota has always been a  leader in philanthropy and now we are leading the way in e-philanthropy! Click here to read our one-page Happy Birthday GiveMN Annual Report.

You can find local organizations to give to by clicking the GiveMN link on your local community internet site. You can find a link to your local community internet site at http://givemn.com/story/Community-Internet-Sites.  You can donate to support the Northern Community Internet sites themselves. 

Shooting Death at Red Lake

On Wednesday, Nov3, 2010 at 3:12 PM, the Red Lake Department of Public Safety responded to a shooting incident in the community of Redbyon the Red Lake Indian Reservation. Upon arrival, officers discovered three victims suffering from gunshot wounds. The three victims were identified as JerrickDemarrias, age 19, Julian Demarrias, age 22 and Orlando Spears, age 19. Julian Demarrias died as a result of his wounds. The other two victims are in critical condition in area hospitals.

The incident involved a Dodge Durango and a black 1998 GMC Yukon bearing Red Lake license plate 19287. The vehicle is believed to have a cream colored stripe on the side. Witnesses heard 8 to 10 gun shots and saw the black Yukon speed away from the scene. The alleged shooter is identified as Donald Lee Clark Jr., AKA Don Juan. Clark is a Native American male, 5'11", 230 lbs., brown eyes and black hair. His DOB is 07/26/1988. Clark and the vehicle have not been located. Clark should be considered armed and dangerous. It is believed that Clark may be in the possession of a 12 gauge shotgun and an assault rifle. Beltrami County currently holds an active felony probation warrant on Donald Lee Clark for fleeing a peace officer. No bail was set.

The Red Lake Department of Public Safety and the FBI is also seeking information on location of Cruz White, a person of interest in this case (no furtherinformation at this time). Please contact the Red Lake DPS or the Bemidji FBI if you have contact with White.

Bemidji Resident, Leon Jenkauski, Killed in Industrial Accident

An industrial accident occurred at approximately 11:12 AM on Thursday, October 14, 2010 at Bemidji Iron and Recycling, located in the 9000 block of Bemidji Rd N, approximately 6 miles north of Bemidji. A private contractor had been hired to excavate and repair a water line that was buried very deep. Unfortunately, in the process of that excavation the trench collapsed. A friend of the private contractor was helping with the project and was pinned in the excavation. Immediate rescue attempts were taken. Found deceased at the scene was Leon Jenkauski, age 59, of Bemidji.

Responding to the scene were the Beltrami County Sheriff's Office, Bemidji Ambulance, North Country First Responders and the Bemidji Fire Department. The Bemidji Fire Department spent several hours at the scene assisting the Sheriff's Office.

Per Mr. Jenkauski's family, funeral arrangements are being handled by the Olson-Schwartz Funeral Home.

The investigation into the accident continues.

Mrs. Beryl Wernberg

911 Communications Supervisor/

Emergency Management Director

Beltrami County Sheriff's Office

613 Minnesota Ave NW

Bemidji, MN 56601

218-333-8320 or fax 218-755-9322

Pager: 218-759-7560

beryl.wernberg@co.beltrami.mn.us

DNR News: Three news releases for immediate release

Editors…please see the three attached releases…

 

 

DNR NEWS – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                            SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Media contacts: Colleen Coyne, DNR communications director, 651-259-5023; Gary Barnard, Bemidji area fisheries supervisor, 218-308-2339.

Northern pike regulation change for Upper Red Lake to be discussed

A special regulation that requires anglers to release all northern pike 26- to 40-inches long from Upper Red Lake has been in place since 2006. A proposal is being considered to modify this regulation to protect larger northern pike from 26- to 44-inches long.

 

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) fisheries staff will hold a local public meeting to provide information on the proposal and to accept public comments about whether to proceed with the modification. The meeting will be Thursday, Oct. 7, at 7 p.m., at the North Beltrami Community Center, on Gould Avenue and Main Street in Kelliher.

 

For those unable to attend the local meeting, an open house will be held at the DNR Headquarters, 500 Lafayette Road in St. Paul, on Sept. 29 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Staff will be available to take comments on the proposal.

 

Written comments may also be submitted until Monday, Oct. 18, by e-mail to gary.barnard@state.mn.us, or by mail to DNR Area Fisheries, 2114 Bemidji Ave., Bemidji, MN 56601. Those who wish to provide comments by phone may call 218-308-2339.

 

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DNR NEWS – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                            sEPTEMBER 17, 2010

Media contacts: Colleen Coyne, communications director, 651-259-5023; Dean Beck, Glenwood area fisheries supervisor, 320-634-4573.

Minimum walleye length on Osakis,
Little Osakis to be discussed Sept. 30

The minimum walleye length on Osakis and Little Osakis lakes will be the focus of a Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) public meeting from 5-7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 30, at the Pollard Community Center, 18 Nokomis Street, in Osakis.

 

DNR fisheries staff will explain the existing 15-inch minimum length limit regulation and solicit public comments on whether the regulation should remain in place, be modified or dropped.

 

For those unable to attend the local meeting, there also will be an open house from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 29, at the DNR Headquarters, 500 Lafayette Road, in St. Paul.  Staff will be available to take comments on the regulation.

 

Written comments also may be submitted until Monday, Oct. 11, by e-mail to dean.beck@state.mn.us or by mail to DNR Area Fisheries Office, 23070 North Lakeshore Drive, Glenwood, MN 56334. Those who wish to provide comments by phone may call

320-634-4573.

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DNR NEWS – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                            september 17, 2010

Media contacts: Colleen Coyne, communications director, 651-259-5023; Harlan Fierstine, Walker area fisheries supervisor, 218-547-1683.

DNR seeks public input on proposals for Leech Lake walleye slot limit

Those interested in walleye regulations on Leech Lake can learn more about the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) proposals to maintain or modify existing regulations at an upcoming public meeting. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 13, from 6-9 p.m. at the Walker/Hackensack/Akeley school commons in Walker.

 

DNR fisheries staff will explain why the department is considering maintaining regulations adopted in 2005, which require Leech Lake anglers to immediately release all walleye 18-to

26-inches in length. Anglers are allowed to keep up to four walleye, only one of which can be longer than 26 inches.

 

A second proposal would require anglers to immediately release all walleye 20-to 26-inches in length. The bag limit would remain at four fish, with one of those walleye allowed to be longer than 26 inches. If DNR population surveys determine that female walleye density was negatively impacted by the reduced slot limit, DNR could revert back to the 18-to 26-inch slot limit.

 

“The ability to revert back to a more protective slot limit gives us flexibility,” said Harlan Fierstine, the DNR’s Walker area fisheries supervisor. “It allows anglers to keep larger fish while providing a useful management tool that allows us to protect younger year classes of walleye. if necessary, to meet population objectives established by Leech Lake’s citizen input committee.”

 

Those unable to attend the meeting in Walker can discuss the proposals with DNR staff from

8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 29, at DNR headquarters, 500 Lafayette Road, in St. Paul.

 

Written comments may be submitted until Monday, Oct. 25, via e-mail to harlan.fierstine@state.mn.us, or via postal mail to DNR Area Fisheries, 07316 State 371 NW, Walker, MN 56484. Telephone comments can be made by calling the Walker area fisheries office at 218-547-1683.

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Louise Like

Minnesota Dept. of Natural Resources

1201 E. Hwy 2

Grand Rapids, MN  55744

 

Email:  "louise.like@state.mn.us"

Phone:  218-327-4455

FAX:  218-327-4263

 

Bemidji's Babe City Rollers Start Season

Babe City Rollers, BabeCityRollers.com, begins the season at home on September 18th with Team Babe vs. Team Paul. This is a family oriented event. John Glas Fieldhouse. $8 adults. Students FREE! Doors open at 6pm. Sponsored by the Bemidji State University Women's Flat Track Roller Derby. 

The Babe City Rollers (BCR) is a grassroots, skater-run roller derby league affiliated with Bemidji State University\'s Women\'s Flat Track Roller Derby Club. BCR strives to provide strong, positive role models in the community through a commitment to teamwork, empowerment, athleticism, and service. As a league seeking to further the sport of roller derby, BCR adheres to the rules and regulations, and aspires to exemplify the principles of the Women's Flat Track Derby Associatio

Sheriff: SCAM involving phony emergency messages

      

Beltrami County Sheriff Phil Hodapp advises residents need to be aware of the latest scam making the rounds of communities.  According to information received from a daily debriefing sponsored by Homeland Security, senior citizens in central Minnesota have been targeted in a burglarizing scam.  Police report that victims receive a phone call to respond immediately to the local hospital emergency room where someone has allegedly been taken for serious injuries. Authorities believe that the callers are trying to lure the citizens from their homes in order to burglarize them after they have left.  Our citizens are advised to call the hospital, if they receive such a call, prior to rushing to the scene in order to assure such phone calls are real and to notify local law enforcement of any such incidents.    Information gathered from caller ID, if available, would be especially helpful to officers in tracing such calls.  Call 218-333-9111 or toll free, 1-888-449-9111 if you receive such a call. 

Sheriff Phil Hodapp