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In the 15-county service region served by Second Harvest Northland, the organization says 1 in 6 children don’t have access to enough food to lead a healthy and active life. -
Contributed/Crow Wing CountyIt will be 6-7:30 p.m. Aug. 28, 2025, at the Crow Wing County Land Services Building in Brainerd. The plan will help the county make informed decisions for the next 10-20 years. -
Lorie Shaull/Special to KAXEFunding can be used to purchase equipment, make physical improvements and support staff time needed to deliver urban agriculture programming in Minnesota. -
Contributed/University of MinnesotaSince first found in MN in 2015, starry stonewort has been confirmed in 35 water bodies. It can form dense mats, interfering with recreational uses and competing with native plants. -
Contributed/DNR via Sammie Jo RauschThe Minnesota DNR accepted the parcel from the Trust for Public Land, which used state grants to buy the land from adjacent private property owners. -
Contributed/Ella Olsson via PexelsEssentia surveys Northland communities on their health needs every three years. The results guide the organization's community health initiatives. -
And: MN Pollution Control Agency taking comment on Itasca County's Smith Creek proposal; and Staples-Motley to start butchery program. -
Contributed/Beltrami CountyThe Beltrami County Board is considering what to do with its current jail in downtown Bemidji as progress continues on a new facility in the city’s Industrial Park. -
Minnesota Reformer/Michelle GriffithThe ruling didn’t strictly address the legality of binary triggers, but instead focused on the 1,400-page bill in which the binary trigger ban was included last year. -
Contributed/Max Nesterak / Minnesota ReformerMN and other states have brought suits against social media companies using a similar playbook that led to billions in damages levied against Big Tobacco in the 1990s.
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.
