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Contributed/Beltrami CountyThe Beltrami County Board of Commissioners voted 4-0 in favor of demolishing the current jail after construction on the new facility on the south side of Bemidji is complete. -
Contributed/Minnesota State Patrol via FacebookToward Zero Deaths aims to reduce the number of deaths on MN roadways. The Hwy 169 Task Force formed in response to 10 fatal crashes between Grand Rapids and Keewatin since 2019. -
Contributed/Madison McVan / Minnesota ReformerThe 440,000 Minnesotans who typically rely on SNAP for food are likely to seek help from food shelves instead. Most SNAP recipients are children, seniors and people with disabilities. -
Contributed/East Grand Forks Senior High SchoolEast Grand Forks' Ruby Leach and Thief River Falls' Piper Greene and Braylee Wienen are 2025 consolation champions. -
Contributed/Adobe Stock via Minnesota News ConnectionHundreds of thousands of Minnesotans are about to lose their food and heating assistance, and it’s unclear how much the state can help backfill services. -
Seventy more stops, expanded hours and more vehicles in the fleet makes the free AV service available to more communities, including those on Leech Lake Reservation. -
Plus: Gov. Tim Walz has now signed four cannabis compacts with tribal nations, the latest being the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa; and the girls' state tennis tournament wrapped up with a few Northland consolation champions.
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Contributed/Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior ChippewaThe Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa is the fourth tribal nation to sign the intergovernmental contract that allows tribal cannabis businesses to operate off tribally regulated land. -
Larissa Donovan/KAXEMnDOT's plans for Highway 197, or Paul Bunyan Drive, in Bemidji include replacing three signalized intersections with roundabouts between 2026 and 2027. -
Contributed/Crosby-Ironton Rangers Facebook pageFifteen individual athletes from Northern Minnesota competed in the girls tennis singles and doubles state tournament Thursday and Friday in the Twin Cities.
