A Northern Township event gave area residents a public comment to voice questions, comments and concerns regarding incorporation, the proposed wastewater facility and Bemidji's attempt at negotiations.
After a study in 2018, Bemidji began eyeing a third final clarifier for its wastewater treatment facility. Now, the project, which officially began in January 2024, is set to conclude later this year.
Northern Township will not reenter wastewater negotiations with the city of Bemidji and will file a petition to incorporate. Bemidji plans to file a counter-petition to annex, in requisite time.
Ted Ozersky, a UMD associate biology professor and interim director of the Large Lakes Observatory, co-authored a review outlining the environmental and societal consequences of less lake ice.
Richard and Mary Gallea's work on Minnesota's Great Northern Lake resulted in the kind of transformation environmentalists say is vital to saving Minnesota鈥檚 impaired lakeshores
