© 2025

For assistance accessing the Online Public File for KAXE or KBXE, please contact: Steve Neu, IT Engineer, at 800-662-5799.
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Reed Olson from Bemidji on his Consideration for Running for the Newly Drawn District of Congressional District 8

We live in divided times: politics, health... and, there's politics.

Have you ever thought of running for office? Reed Olson is a Beltrami County Commissioner and he began a campaign for Congress last summer - for the Congressional District 7.

But as of Tuesday February 15th and a final courts decision of redistricting, Bemidji is now in Congressional District 8. Olson is now considering whether he will run as a DFLer for the seat now held by Congressman Pete Stauber.

There's a town hall meeting tonight that is a listening session at Wild Hare Bistro in downtown Bemidji at 5:30pm.

Heidi Holtan has been involved with KAXE since 2002. Now as Director of Content and Public Affairs she manages and is the host of the KAXE Morning Show, including a variety of local content like Phenology, What's for Breakfast, Area Voices, The Sports Page and much more, alongside Morning Edition from NPR. Her latest project is Ham Radio: Cooking with Amy Thielen.
The Music Director since 2014, Kari (pronounced Car-ee) Hedlund oversees the music programming and content you hear each day on KAXE. She hosts Headwaters every Wednesday (9 a.m. and 10 p.m.) and is co-host to Heidi Holtan on the Thursday Morning Show.
Creative Commons License
Our stories may be republished online or in print under Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. We ask that you edit only for style or to shorten, provide proper attribution and link to our site. Please see our republishing guidelines for use of any other photos and graphics.