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Contributed/City of HibbingThe event is 3 p.m. Monday, May 19, 2025, in the second-floor conference room at city hall. This event is intended for all Hibbing residents, business owners and property owners. -
Contributed/MnDOTThe 19-mile work zone is located between Johnson Road and Highway 1, starting May 19, 2025. -
Lorie ShaullAs three large wildfires burn in St. Louis County, Leanne Langeberg of the Minnesota Interagency Fire Center provides insight into the work firefighters have been doing. -
Contributed/Adobe Stock via Minnesota News ConnectionUnder a bill poised for final passage, Minnesota would join a handful of other states in creating a Consumer Fraud Restitution Fund. -
Larissa Donovan/KAXEAfter area voters approved a nearly $40 million referendum in 2022, Cass Lake-Bena community members gathered for the new school's open house on May 15, 2025. -
Plus: State officials say proposed cuts to the federal energy assistance program will disproportionately affect Northern Minnesotan families and ratepayers; residents of an unorganized St. Louis County township voted to incorporate as a new town; and construction on Highway 87 in Hubbard County begins May 19, 2025. -
Contributed/Jimmy Emerson DVM via FlickrWith cuts to federal and state funding expected, Beltrami County is starting its annual budget a few weeks early this year, as discussed in a May 6, 2025, work session. -
Contributed/MnDOTMinnesota Department of Transportation crews plan to reconstruct Highway 87 near Hubbard, with project details including culvert replacements and new curb and gutter. -
ContributedResidents of St. Louis County's Unorganized Township 63-17 petitioned the county last year to incorporate as a town and cast ballots in a special election on May 13, 2025. -
Contributed/Minnesota News ConnectionThe Minnesota Department of Commerce warns that eliminating the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP, would especially impact Northern Minnesota families and utility ratepayers.
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.
