BEMIDJI — While it’s been estimated that approximately 9 million trees were lost in the June 21 storm that swept through Bemidji, thanks to Heim Log Homes, 122 of those trees are living on.

Kendra Heim and her husband, Nate, own and operate the Kelliher-based log home company, which started in 1980 and specializes in restoring and building handcrafted log homes all over the country.

Due to the Heim family’s deep ties to the area, along with Kendra running Heim Realty in Bemidji, the morning after the storm hit, they started receiving dozens of calls from folks with downed trees — primarily red and white pines — they thought could be worth salvaging.

“Right away, Nate went and got his loader truck and crane, with our big focus being on helping people get these trees off their roofs,” Ken

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