15-02-2025
From the Archives: Feb. 15 in the Pioneer
Feb. 15—February 15, 2015 — Bemidji's iconic Paul and Babe statues may soon have a rival, as officials in Bangor, Maine, plan to add a Babe the Blue Ox statue next to its existing 31-foot-tall Paul Bunyan statue. Although the Bangor statue is taller than Bemidji's 18-foot Paul, Bemidji's lumberjack is more than 20 years older, built in 1937.
February 15, 2000 — Bemidji business owners and residents may see a long-overdue increase in their utility bills, Bemidji city officials told the Bemidji City Council at a recent work session. The rates have not been adjusted since 1993 and now, councilors say, they could increase an average of 10 percent.
February 15, 1975 — John and Bob Falk, from rural Nebish, have been voted Beltrami County's Outstanding Dairymen for 1974 by the Red River Valley Dairymen's Association. The brothers operate a Class A dairy farm east of Nebish with approximately 70 head of Holstein cattle. In addition to dairying, the Falks have 150 Black Angus beef cattle.
February 15, 1925 — John Paul Kruger, a former employee of the Bemidji exchange of the Northwester Bell Telephone Co., was presented the Theodor Vail public service medal at a program by the Masonic Temple at Moose Lake. He earned the medal for successfully reviving a man who fell from a railroad trestle.
