And: American Hockey player and Hibbing Native Adam Johnson dies in "freak accident" while playing in England, a moose is believed the cause of a three-vehicle crash near Eveleth, the Brainerd School Board is creating a new policy for challenging school library materials, climate change experts say cities in Minnesota aren't immune to fall warming trends, and construction on Highway 34 in Akeley is expected to wrap up this week.
Chelsey Perkins became the News Director in early 2023 and was tasked with building a new local newsroom at the station. She is based in Brainerd and leads a team of two reporters covering communities across Northern Minnesota from the KAXE studio in Grand Rapids and the KBXE studio in Bemidji.
Larissa Donovan has been in the Bemidji area's local news scene since 2016, joining the KAXE newsroom in 2023 after several years as the News Director for the stations of Paul Bunyan Broadcasting.