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Lorie ShaullWith many campaign signs decorating lawns already, candidates are reminded to keep signs out of driving lanes, shoulders and ditches around Minnesota's highways. -
Contributed/Riess Photography via FlickrThe Sioux Falls-based rural healthcare provider cites coverage denials and delays in accessing care. -
Plus: Red Lake Band and Region Five Development Commission receive millions for energy projects; MnDOT reminds campaigners that signs are not allowed on right-of-ways; and the clean energy transition has sparked conversations about agricultural land use. -
Contributed/Lane Johnson, University of Minnesota Cloquet Forestry CenterFor millennia, the Great Lakes Anishinaabe used traditional fire practices to manage the forests of Northeastern Minnesota. Today, science is capturing the frequency and severity of those fires to understand how communities might recreate their relationship with the land. -
Plus: Bemidji mayoral race thins out as challenger announces intent to quit the campaign trail; Sioux Falls-based Sanford Health announces plan to drop Humana Medicare Advantage; Lakeland is gearing up for Debate Night 2024 premiering Oct. 7, and the Superior National Forest added 5,500 acres of natural research area.
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Megan Buffington/KAXEThe company is expanding its recruitment efforts ahead of the planned opening of its pellet plant in early 2026. -
Contributed/Dan Jourdain for Bemidji Mayor Facebook pageFormer at-large council member Dan Jourdain said on social media that he intends to no longer campaign in his challenge to incumbent Mayor Jorge Prince, elected in 2020. -
Contributed/JohnPickenPhoto via FlickrThe driver was booked into St. Louis County Jail after deputies pulled him over in rural Saginaw. He had previously told law enforcement he was not working that day. -
Plus: Centuries-old human remains found on the shore of Leech Lake; Mesabi Metallics to triple its number of employees; and a Minnesota food shelf coordinator doesn't see increased demand going down anytime soon.
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Larissa Donovan/KAXEBemidji State University and Northwest Technical College President John Hoffman discussed strategies to pull the regional campuses out of the red and increase enrollment.
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.
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.
