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Megan Buffington/KAXEHarper is accused of resisting arrest by Deputy Michael Cowan on May 4, 2026 as deputies attempted to serve an arrest warrant in Max, in rural northwestern Itasca County. -
Contributed/Rock Ridge Public Schools via FacebookIt was the team's sixth-straight state tournament. Singles and duos from Rock Ridge and other rural Northland schools also hit the courts in tourney action. -
Contributed/PexelsSix rural Northland teams competed in state softball tournament in Mankato on June 2-5, 2026. The Barnum girls were consolation runners-up. -
Contributed/Kirk Erickson via Darrin SmedsmoThe dispute drew the attention of international media and pilots' associations, raising concerns about the rights of distressed pilots while making emergency landings. -
Plus: the Rock Ridge boys' tennis team took fourth at state and many Northland golfers will head to state next week after qualifying. -
Contributed/Nicole Neri | Minnesota ReformerA Detroit Lakes food co-op and independent food stores like it show a resilient rural Minnesota. -
Contributed/briandjan607 via FlickrThe Emergency Forest Order will be in effect in all areas of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness beginning at midnight on June 6, 2026. -
Lorie ShaullThe five-month process reviewed Medicaid providers in 13 service areas in all 87 counties, with more than 3,400 providers disenrolled by the state's Department of Human Services. -
Contributed/Adobe Stock via Minnesota News ConnectionFollowing high-profile fraud cases, Minnesota will join other states in overhauling systems to comply with stricter Medicaid work requirements. -
Contributed/Wolverines Boys and Girls GolfSeven rural Northern Minnesota teams and nearly 90 student-athletes in total will compete Tuesday-Wednesday, June 9-10, 2026, on courses in and around the Twin Cities.
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.
