Roughly a week and a half ago, Bemidji, Minnesota, was hit with straight-line winds exceeding speeds of 100 mph in a storm the mayor says that will change the city forever. Despite this, its 81st ...

Beret Leone is a native Minnesotan who joined the WCCO team as a reporter in September 2022 - and she's thrilled be back home in the Twin Cities! Beret grew up in Chaska and graduated from Bethel ...

BEMIDJI, Minn. — Erik Flowers has frequented Bemidji a time or two. One of Brainerd’s paid on-call firefighters routinely finds himself in Beltrami County each spring for his day job. So when Flowers ...

A microburst hit the Bemidji area last week, according to the National Weather Service. A survey summary states a severe thunderstorm created a 10-mile swath of destructive straight-line winds that ...

Bemidji homeowner Lois Pfeffer said she lost between 225 and 250 trees from her backyard plantation caused by last month’s storm. In hindsight, Pfeffer said she wished her insurance coverage had ...

Crews worked around the clock over the weekend to restore power to Bemidji and surrounding areas after an intense storm Friday, but thousands of people could be without power for up to a week with ...

Overnight storms in the region left three people dead in North Dakota. Damage is also being reported in the Bemidji area. There were several tornado warnings in place for northern Minnesota, but no ...

BEMIDJI, Minn. — Bemidji State University is working to rebuild after severe storms over the weekend tore through campus, causing widespread damage. Windows were shattered, trees uprooted, and ...

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