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Contributed/Maria HilemanThe decision to permanently chlorinate the city’s water starting this month came after a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak dating back to April 2023. -
Contributed/Lorie ShaullAttorneys general in a dozen states — including North Dakota, South Dakota and Iowa — filed the lawsuit challenging the EPA rule requiring states to consider the rights of tribal members for water management decisions on ceded lands. -
Larissa Donovan/KAXEUnicon21, a two-week convention and competition for a global community of unicyclists, wraps up in Bemidji on Friday, July 26. -
Megan Buffington/KAXEThe Minnesota Pollution Control Agency stated tests show an increase of sulfate and boron in the Blackwater Creek at Minnesota Power in Cohasset. -
Contributed/IRRRThe region's new industrial space could help attract new manufacturing businesses. -
Contributed/Resource RuralInstalling a solar array didn’t just impact Stuart Lavalier's farm’s bottom line: it provided a way for his operation to be more self-reliant. -
Contributed/United Way of 1000 Lakes via FacebookThe United Way of 1000 Lakes effort runs through mid-August, with a final packing party scheduled on Aug. 15 at Klockow Brewing in Grand Rapids. -
Lorie Shaull/Special to KAXEThe tribal nation in Minnesota will use more than $3.3 million for small business capital and credit support for construction projects. -
Plus: Reminders for WE Fest attendees, flaming puck hockey on unicycles in Bemidji, Grand Rapids to host annual swap meet, and American Pickers are coming to town. -
Plus: The science behind coal ash wastewater a week after the Boswell spill; small business funding headed to Red Lake Nation; and United Way of 1000 Lakes' Stuff the Bus campaign is underway.
Chelsey Perkins spent the first 15 years of her journalism career as a print journalist, primarily as a newspaper reporter and editor. In February 2023, she accepted a role as News Director of KAXE in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, where she's building a new local newsroom at the station.
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.
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.
