Juneteenth is this Sunday and will also be federally recognized this Monday in honor of the last slaves freed in Galveston, Tex., two years after Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation of 1863; City of Bemidji offices and services will be closed Monday with a fairly light council agenda on Tuesday; the Loop the Lake Festival is tomorrow and a temporary detour will be in place on Birchmont Beach Rd. NE; and DEED is reporting another month of more jobs and lower unemployment, but still a tight labor force for May.
