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Jillian Gandsey

Multimedia Editor

Jillian Gandsey is the Multimedia Editor at the Bemidji Pioneer. She is an Iron Range native and a 2013 graduate of Bemidji State University. Follow Jillian on Twitter and Instagram @jilliangandsey. Contact her at (218) 333-9786, (218) 996-1216 or at jgandsey@bemidjipioneer.com.

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Minnesota
Former Minnesota deputy, school resource officer will serve 14 years for sexually abusing students
Dolan, 34, pleaded guilty to two felony charges on June 30 during a plea hearing. He will serve 14 years in prison for sexually abusing students while he was working at the school.
August 05, 2021 08:00 AM
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By  Jillian Gandsey
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News
Ex-Bagley school resource officer pleads guilty to sexually assaulting teens in his office
Neil Dolan, 34, pleaded guilty to two felony charges during a plea hearing: first-degree criminal sexual conduct, and second-degree criminal sexual conduct.
June 30, 2021 05:33 PM
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By  Jillian Gandsey
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Northland Outdoors
Female merganser raising 40 ducklings on Lake Bemidji
A common merganser on Lake Bemidji has taken on at least one other brood of ducklings.
June 16, 2021 10:30 AM
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By  Jillian Gandsey
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News
Minnesota teen escapes scene of Boulder shooting, returns the following day with his cello
Whoever told Louis Saxton to “run” as he was walking out of King Soopers on Monday afternoon may have saved his life. The 18-year-old Bemidji native was simply shopping for groceries on March 22, prior to what would become the scene of a mass shooting at the grocery store in Boulder, Colo.
March 25, 2021 03:38 PM
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By  Jillian Gandsey
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News
2 men from northwest Minnesota reservation face child sexual abuse charges
Keith Ehrich and Kory Lussier, both of Red Lake, made initial appearances on Friday, March 19, before Magistrate Judge David T. Schultz in U.S. District Court.
March 19, 2021 04:27 PM
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By  Pioneer Staff Report
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Health
VIDEO: Trying a COVID-19 home saliva test
Home saliva testing for COVID-19 through the Minnesota Department of Health and Vault Health is available to Minnesotans and I recently gave one a try.
November 25, 2020 08:45 AM
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By  Jillian Gandsey
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News
Murder charge dismissed for 18-year-old Minnesota man
BEMIDJI -- Murder and assault charges were dismissed for an 18-year-old Red Lake, Minn., man who was charged following a fatal shooting at a Bemidji home in February.
July 13, 2020 02:57 PM
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By  Jillian Gandsey
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News
Court documents: Former NW Minnesota school resource officer had multiple victims
BAGLEY, Minn. -- Court documents filed in May reveal that a former Bagley High School resource officer charged with two counts of criminal sexual conduct allegedly had multiple victims and that his misconduct dates to 2011.
June 18, 2020 07:44 PM
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By  Jillian Gandsey
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News
Protesters march to Bemidji Police Department
BEMIDJI -- Hundreds of people gathered in Paul Bunyan Park on Saturday afternoon and marched to the Bemidji Police Department to show solidarity with George Floyd, the man who died after a former Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee into Floyd's neck despite his repeated requests for the officer to stop.
May 30, 2020 04:11 PM
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By  Jillian Gandsey
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News
Third suspect arrested, charged in northern Minnesota homicide
The charges stem from an early Sunday, May 3, incident where a man was found dead inside a burning home and another man suffered gunshot wounds at a residence about 10 miles west of Bemidji.
May 07, 2020 02:19 PM
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By  Jillian Gandsey
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