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Contributed/Ely Wolves Track & Field via FacebookIn total, Northlanders earned 47 medals in Class 1A at the 2025 state track and field meet. -
Contributed/Detroit Lakes Public Schools via FacebookThe Detroit Lakes boys and girls teams won the Class 2A state golf tournaments. The Walker-Hackensack Akeley boys won the 1A title, and Pequot Lakes' Genevieve Birkeland is the girls 2A champ. -
Plus: Essentia Health will soon take full ownership of its facility in Virginia; and Bemidji Heritage Preservation Committee hosts a sidewalk celebration on historic Third Street. -
Contributed/Frazee Hornet Baseball via FacebookGrand Rapids makes its fifth-straight tourney appearance, while Frazee makes its first since 1999. Red Lake County and South Ridge will also compete. -
Megan Buffington/KAXEEssentia Health bought the hospital on its Virginia campus from the city in 2022. The city will transfer ownership of the clinic after it pays off its bond obligations. -
Contributed/State of MinnesotaDaniel Hawley will replace the retiring Judge Erik J. Askegaard in Minnesota's 9th Judicial District. -
And: Itasca County cannabis company not selected in license lottery; Hawley appointed in 9th Judicial District.
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Lorie Shaull/Special to KAXEThe Minnesota Department of Transportation is seeking comments on how people use bicycles, e-bikes and electric scooters at events in Hackensack and Bemidji. -
Contributed/Keri HeintzemanMinnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced Sen. Keri Heintzeman as one of his appointments to the Advisory Task Force on Future of Minnesota’s Water. -
Megan Buffington/KAXEM.N. Technology was planning a cultivation facility for Cohasset and did not win a license in last week's lottery. But they had contingency plans.
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.
Megan Buffington joined the KAXE newsroom in 2024 after graduating from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Originally from Pequot Lakes, she is passionate about educating and empowering communities through local reporting.
