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BEMIDJI, Minn. (FOX 9) - On a day where two other counties held votes, Beltrami County became the first Minnesota county to vote against allowing refugees to resettle there on a 3-2 vote. According to the Associated Press, no refugees have been resettled in Beltrami County in the last five years. In September, President Donald Trump issued an executive order that required agencies to get explicit support from state and local governments in order to resettle refugees there. Earlier in the day, Hennepin County voted to support refugee resettlement there. Gov.