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Plus: MnDOT to host meeting on 2027 plans for Highway 371 between Nisswa and Pequot Lakes; and Pequot Lakes Patriotics are state champions in robotics. -
Contributed/MnDOTThe meeting will be 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 14, 2025, at Nisswa City Hall and will be open-house style. -
Contributed/Minnesota Commission on Judicial SelectionThe vacancy will occur upon the retirement of Judge Erik J. Askegaard. This seat will be chambered in Aitkin in Aitkin County. -
Contributed/Cotton Volunteer Fire Department Facebook pageThree large fires are burning in St. Louis County amid critical fire conditions. Residents share how they've been affected and what actions they'd taken to prepare for an incident like this. -
Contributed/Jay Brittain via Minnesota News ConnectionThe Conservation Fund and Northern Waters Land Trust said the deal, years in the making, covers more 8,200 acres across nine counties between Walker and Duluth. -
Contributed/InciWebCrews are battling three large wildfires amid extreme fire weather conditions and a Red Flag Warning in Northern Minnesota. -
And: A Pine River-Backus senior died in a car crash near Crosslake; two large wildfires are burning in the Arrowhead; and Gov. Tim Walz visits Crosslake for Fishing Opener.
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Contributed/freestocks.org via PexelsThe Munger Shaw Fire was estimated at 30 acres Monday afternoon. Residents of eastern Cotton Township should evacuate. -
Lorie Shaull/KAXEEvents culminated in the governor launching from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Cross Lake Recreation Area, along with all four Minnesota Legislature leaders from both parties. -
Contributed/Pequot Lakes High School via FacebookThe Pequot Lakes robotics team won its first Minnesota State High School League robotics state tournament May 10, 2025, in St. Paul.
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.
