05-03-2025
From the Archives: March 5 in the Pioneer
Mar. 5—March 5, 2015 — Dan Rice, owner of the Big River Scoop ice cream shop in Bemidji, recently published his second book about living in the outdoors, "The Unpeopled Season: Journal from a North Country Wilderness." Rice was inspired to publish the novel after the success of his first book, "The Side of a Wilderness," a semi-autobiographical fiction.
March 5, 2000 — The way Minnesota distributes hunting and fishing licenses has changed to electronic processing at license retailers instead of a traditional paper form. Minnesotans can swipe their driver's license, public safety or firearms card to apply. Hunters and anglers are encouraged to get their licenses early to avoid long lines.
March 5, 1975 — Local officials received word that a federal grant to further development of Bemidji's Industrial Park has been approved. Combined with $311,600 to be provided by the city of Bemidji, the $1,372,000 project will extend the city's water and sewer lines and add an overhead storage tank to the city's water system.
March 5, 1925 — P.M. Dicaire, proprietor of the Cottage Grocery Store at 1101 Irvine Avenue, will soon complete 20 years in the grocery business at that location. Barring a few short trips, he has conducted the business of his store every day since March 7, 1905. He previously owned a hardware store located next to the Elko Theater.
