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Contributed/Sora Shimazaki via PexelsNinth Judicial District Judge Eric Schieferdecker admonished Bidal Duran Jr. in a memo, where he accused Duran of lying and referred to his conduct as "insidious." -
Contributed/Essentia HealthThe Duluth campus, which focuses on rural and Native health care, will expand to a full-term program amid plans for a new campus in the medical district near downtown. -
The Duluth campus, which focuses on rural and Native health care, will expand to a full-term program amid plans for a new campus in the medical district near downtown. -
Plus: Whooping cough cases reach 10-year high in Minnesota; and bear researchers are asking outdoorsy folks to report dens in the Brainerd, Duluth areas.
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Lorie Shaull/KAXEThe recent discovery near Babbitt of the richest deposit of helium ever found in the world is one thing prompting officials to begin establishing a framework for these new industries. -
Plus: State committee seeks input on temporary gas production regulations as helium exploration is underway.
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Plus: a new bridge near Finland allows fish passage, connects a trail and improves public safety.
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Contributed/Minnesota Department of TransportationThe Bemidji City Council approved a final layout for Highway 197 in October, with a condition that the two parties enter into a memorandum of understanding, or MOU. -
Contributed/10Power via Energy News NetworkA pair of developers are working to build a microgrid at an elementary school and community center on the White Earth Reservation in Northern Minnesota. -
Contributed/Rock RidgeThe Board first discussed the topic at its Nov. 25, 2024, meeting. It will hear public comments on the potential renewal at its meeting Dec. 9.
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.
