BOVEY — The 112th celebration of Bovey Farmers Day will be Friday, Sept. 1, through Monday, Sept. 4.
Friday events will include a library book sale that continues all weekend, and the Taste of Bovey/Coleraine Community Picnic. People are encouraged to bring their own chairs. The event will include music by Kenny, Lenny, and Jackie.
Saturday will have a Western Mesabi model railway display that will be available the rest of the weekend starting at 10 a.m. At 8 p.m., the White Sidewalls Band Street Dance will begin, followed by fireworks at 9:30 p.m.
Sunday activities include a chalk drawing contest, and the Future Raiders Boys Basketball Shooting Experience at 2 p.m. The day concludes with Night Out activities including a fire demonstration, Touch the Truck, and a K-9 demonstration.
Monday activities include a vegetable stand, the grand parade, Gearhead Car Show, another Future Raiders Boys Basketball Shooting Experience, Shriner motorcycles, kids’ games and bingo.
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Plus: Aitkin's 68-year-old water tower is demolished; Demuth, Klobuchar will debate in the Brainerd lakes area; and we're partnered with ICTV to host school board forums. -
Stella Mayerhoff/KAXE / Report for AmericaRetired DNR forester Gary Anderson gave a walking tour of his forest property as part of a Cass Soil and Water Conservation District habitat management event. -
Contributed/Illustration by Christopher Larson / Photo by Liz Fish, Little Movie CompanyMinnesota James Beard Award-winning author and chef Amy Thielen along with KAXE Director of Content and Ham Radio sidekick Heidi Holtan divulge their mistakes in the garden and the kitchen this fall. -
Contributed/Steve Hirsh and Nathan HansonMusicians Steve Hirsh and Nathan Hanson perform on the drums and saxophone in concert 7 p.m. Sept. 25, 2026, at Headwaters School of Music and Arts in Bemidji. -
KAXE/Charlie MitchellCo-hosts Heidi Holtan and Charlie Mitchell converse about mushrooms, angry squirrels, and go off on tangents.Send us a voice memo through Speak Pipe! -
Lorie Shaull/KAXEMichael L. LaFlex was convicted of first-degree premeditated murder by a Crow Wing County jury in 2024. He shot Bryce Brogle at a Merrifield storage facility in 2022. -
Plus: Demuth-affiliated political action committee receives $10 million infusion.
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Contributed/Michelle Griffith / Minnesota ReformerThe cash infusion suggests at least some big-money Republicans see glimmers of hope here in MN, where Dems have been weighed down by embarrassing stories about social services fraud. -
Screenshot/BCA YouTube videoThe voluntary recommendations aim to help bring uniformity and consistency to sexual assault investigations and are related to victim support, evidence collection and post-conviction steps. -
Events this week include a Bemidji Symphony Orchestra concert and a school board candidate forum in Grand Rapids.
