Micah Friez

The heist in Deputy Hall: Investigating the ‘smoothly executed’ safecracking caper of 1955

By Micah Friez / November 22, 2023

From breaking and entering to cracking the safe to drowning evidence in a riverbed, here’s how unidentified thieves coordinated a heist in Deputy Hall – and how Bemidji State Teachers College still came out on top.

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Bemidji High, Bemidji State faced off in ‘city championship’ series 100 years ago today

By Micah Friez / November 16, 2023

On March 16, 1922, Bemidjians packed inside the town’s new armory for a battle of two fresh rivals: Bemidji High School and Bemidji State Teachers College.

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60 years after graduation, alumna Margaret Laurich makes first Homecoming return

By Micah Friez / October 6, 2023

When Margaret (Hanka) Laurich graduated from Bemidji State College in 1963, she bid farewell to Bemidji for more than half a century. But after 60 years away, Laurich made her triumphant return to campus at Homecoming this fall.

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Thousands join Bucky’s Hoedown in lively Bemidji State Homecoming week

By Micah Friez / October 3, 2023

What do you get when you combine a beaver, the Wild West and thousands of alumni and friends? One heck of a Homecoming week for Bemidji State University.

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A record-raising Howe-Welle ‘remarkable’ in the eyes of Ruth Howe

By Micah Friez / August 30, 2023

Even as someone always ahead of her time, Ruth Howe is still blown away by how far the Beavers have come.

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Gallery: Root, root, root for the Twins during BSU Night at Target Field

By Micah Friez / August 28, 2023

Bemidji State University alumni and friends were taken out to the ballgame on Friday, Aug. 25, for the always-festive BSU Night at Target Field.

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Descendants of Bemidji hero Jack McCormick reclaim lost history on campus

By Micah Friez / August 15, 2023

More than 80 years after his death, John “Jack” McCormick still stands as one of the greatest athletes Bemidji has ever seen. And on Monday, he was reunited with his family.

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Bemidji community bids farewell to Bensens in spirited send-off

By Micah Friez / August 11, 2023

In a spirited celebration of Jim and Nancy Bensen, BSU and the Bemidji community bid farewell during Thursday’s send-off reception and basked in the contagious Bensen zeal one last time.

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Beavers raise record amount at 26th annual Galen Nagle Memorial Golf Tournament

By Micah Friez / August 9, 2023

The annual Galen Nagle Memorial Golf Tournament returned to the Bemidji Town and Country Club on Friday, July 14, bringing back the Bemidji State men’s hockey alumni of yesterday and yesteryear, plus all sorts of supporters.

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Bemidji State, alums keeping MusiCamp legacy alive through 75 melodious years

By Micah Friez / July 25, 2023

The annual summertime serenades bursting from Bangsberg Hall this time of year are as much a tradition as anything else on campus. Dedicated BSU alumni have made sure to preserve that harmony.

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