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Contributed/City of BemidjiThe hurricane-strength windstorm swept through Bemidji and surrounding areas on June 21, 2025, knocking out power for thousands and damaging hundreds of homes and businesses. -
Chelsey Perkins/KAXEVoters narrowly shot down plans for a new school, transportation center and wellness center in November 2025. The new ask is about one-third less and a bit smaller in scope.
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Contributed/Minnesota House Public Information ServicesThe filing follows several calls from Republican lawmakers urging the governor to resign from office. -
Plus: State senators Grant Hauschild and Rob Farnsworth launched reelection campaigns; the Hibbing School District named a new acting superintendent; and the Rock Ridge High School will soon host the first high school hockey game broadcast in Ojibwe. -
Contributed/Michelle Griffith / Minnesota ReformerThe exodus follows reports that the U.S. Department of Justice was scrutinizing the political activity of the woman killed last Wednesday by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. -
Lorie Shaull/KAXEThe appointment comes in the wake of two high-profile resignations in the Hibbing School District, which is looking to make around $2 million in budget cuts. -
Contributed/Minnesota SenateState Sen. Grant Hauschild announced he would run for a second term to represent District 3, which includes portions of Cook, Itasca, Lake, Koochiching and St. Louis counties. -
Megan Buffington/KAXEThe same announcers from the historic Minnesota Wild Ojibwe-language broadcast in November will announce hockey games against Cloquet-Esko-Carlton and Grand Rapids on Jan. 20 and 30, 2026. -
Plus: Mesabi Metallics is in the final steps of opening its long-planned mine in Nashwauk.
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Contributed/Minnesota SenateThe Hibbing Republican was first elected to the Minnesota Senate in 2022.
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.
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.
