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Lorie Shaull/KAXEThe Republican won all but 11 of 80 precincts in Senate District 6 in her April 29, 2025, special election victory. Seven precincts that voted red in 2022 flipped. -
Plus: Bemidji School Board approves $1M+ in cuts; and the state's Department of Human Services is hosting in-person and virtual workshops on its second draft of proposed child care licensing standards.
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In its meeting on April 28, 2025, the Bemidji School Board unanimously approved $1.5 million in cuts from its budget ahead of a $2 million projected deficit starting in fiscal year 2025. -
The longstanding event in Detroit Lakes is open to the public. The service is hosted in remembrance of babies lost through miscarriage or stillbirth and dedicated to the families. -
Plus: Cohasset receives community energy transition grant; Northern MN has four state speech champs; and Essentia's Detroit Lakes infant remembrance service is Sunday. -
In a resolution passed unanimously on April 21, 2025, the Bemidji City Council also issued a notice of intent to annex Northern Township property around the lake. -
The funds will support site development for the city's Blackwater Banks project on the former Cohasset Lumber Mill site. -
Four speakers from three rural Northern Minnesota school districts took first at the state Speech meet last weekend, and 14 more finished in the top eight. -
The Initiators Fellowship supports emerging entrepreneurs in northwestern, north-central, west-central and southwest Minnesota whose business ideas include socially beneficial outcomes. -
The program, established in 2023, helped 600 families become homeowners in the first seven months of its existence, according to Rep. Esther Agbaje, DFL-Minneapolis. -
The MN Department of Agriculture is aiming to contain the spongy moth near Grand Rapids through quarantine, since federal funds did not come in time for effective treatment.
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And: Social entrepreneurship fellowship applications open soon; and tuition hikes likely for MN State colleges.
