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Larissa Donovan/KAXETownship officials estimate more than 300 people attended the informational meeting on incorporation into a new city on May 7, 2025. -
Plus: The National Association of Letter Carriers' "Stamp Out Hunger" campaign to benefit area food shelves is May 10, 2025; and 32 students from Northern Minnesota will display their art at the Minnesota State High School League's Visual Art State Festival in Golden Valley. -
Contributed/Bemidji Community Food ShelfThe National Association of Letter Carriers sponsors the one-day food drive, and postal carriers across Northern Minnesota will participate on May 10. -
Contributed/Lakes Area Music Festival Facebook pageThe Brainerd-based organization already budgeted the $20,000 to support its summer opera production, and it will need to make up the funding elsewhere. -
News Director Chelsey Perkins has one last check-in on what's happening in St. Paul with Report for Minnesota student journalists Yvette Higgins, Sam Siedow and Elias Thomas.
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Plus: "Blue Dog" DFLers vote to change paid sick leave law, and the Lakes Area Music Festival is among the organizations that will not receive promised grant funds from the National Endowment of the Arts.
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Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesThe state originally enacted the $75 annual surcharge in 2021 to replace the money electric vehicle owners would normally pay in gas taxes, which contribute to road and bridge construction and maintenance. -
As of April, there have been 70 confirmed human cases in the U.S., with the first reported death in January of this year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. -
Lorie ShaullThe Student-Parent Support Initiative, or SPSI, passed in the 2023 legislative session and gives money to programs that help students with children succeed in higher education. -
And: U.S. wouldn't see "bang for buck" in reviving coal; and moms fish free Mother's Day weekend.
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.
