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Plus: The Wood Lake Fire in the Boundary Waters is 25% contained; Superior National Forest receives $10 million for wildfire prevention projects; Highway 169 in Grand Rapids will detoured next week; and seat belt use in Minnesota is at a decade-high. -
Contributed/Rock Ridge Public Schools via FacebookThe Minnesota Supreme Court will hear oral arguments at Rock Ridge High School as part of a longstanding program that teaches students about the judicial system. -
Contributed/Jack Rendulich via Boys and Girls Club Grand Rapids and GreenwayThe Boys and Girls Club of Grand Rapids and Greenway said merging its two clubs into one location is the result of funding and staffing challenges. The merger is planned to be temporary. -
Emerald ash borer is now confirmed in Jackson County and a new portion of Lake County, with 53 of Minnesota's 87 counties having known infestations. -
Lorie ShaullMore than 65,000 Minnesotans have been successfully registered to vote, and more than 25,000 16- and 17-year-olds are now preregistered. -
With a $350,000 cash shortfall through 2024 and a projected $450,000 operating deficit, Sanford Center's management company and Bemidji City Council discuss how to remedy the situation for the city-owned and privately-managed regional event center.
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Plus: a former Reed's Family Outdoor Outfitters employees faces felony theft and racketeering charges; more than 65,000 Minnesotans have been automatically registered to vote as officials work to eliminate human error in the process; and fall colors are soon to come.
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Contributed/Itasca CountyJust nine days before the death of Burl Ives, his father Mike died at the age of 80 at his home on Pokegama Lake. Burl worked alongside his father in multiple family businesses. -
Plus: A paraglider dies after crashing into a tree and falling to the ground; the Grand Rapids community mourns the death of Itasca County Commissioner Mike "Burl" Ives, and a boil water advisory is lifted in Ely after a catastrophic failure in the water system.
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The driver of the 2006 Toyota Rav4 is at Essentia Health-Duluth hospital suffering life-threatening injuries. She was identified as 19-year-old Svea Snickers of Alborn.
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.
