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Lorie Shaull/KAXECommunity members will share their stories about the affordability of child care and health care during the forum at the Beltrami Electric Cooperative. -
Bryan Carl Schindel and Polina Yuryevna Donnik Schindel each face 10 felonies related to filing false or fraudulent income tax returns and failing to file sales tax returns. -
Five Northern Minnesota soil and water conservation districts were awarded funds to help prevent and clean up garbage and other waste left on the ice. -
Contributed/MnDOTThe agency has been studying a 1-mile stretch starting from Highway 169 and will share its findings and suggestions. -
Lorie Shaull/KAXEThe land in St. Louis, Clearwater, Carlton and Wadena counties has limited opportunities to generate income, prompting the DNR to sell it. -
Chelsey Perkins/KAXEProceeds from the Nov. 30, 2025, event will support hospice care services at Essentia Health-Fosston. -
The move is already underway, following the announcement on Nov. 18, 2025, amid continued efforts from the Trump administration to begin to dismantle the Department of Education. -
Plus: the first snowstorm of the season is expected to fall on the Northland on key Thanksgiving travel dates; and the United Way of Bemidji Area is coordinating two toy drives this holiday season. -
A weather system moving west to east could bring heavy, blowing snow beginning Tuesday morning, Nov. 25, 2025, to much of the state, with more expected on the North Shore. -
Megan Buffington/KAXEBudget cuts are forcing the library to be open just Monday through Wednesday. But a new fundraising effort aims to offset the cuts in the future.
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.
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.
