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Contributed/St. Louis County Sheriff's Office Facebook pageThe Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension identified the man killed in a July 15, 2025, use-of-force incident in Normanna Township and the deputies involved. -
Contributed/NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research LaboratoryA Beltrami Lake property owner made the initial call to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources after finding zebra mussels attached to rocks in the lake. -
Contributed/Senate Media ServicesThe unusual resignation announcement means Mitchell will continue to represent her constituents for up to two weeks as a convicted felon. -
Maxim Tajer/UnsplashTwo people were found dead in a house fire in Beatty Township in St. Louis County on July 17. First responders were dispatched at 9:20 p.m. -
Megan Buffington/KAXEDr. Hilary Seligman from the University of California, San Francisco, explains how the recent cuts to SNAP will impact the physical and economic health of rural communities. -
Dr. Hilary Seligman, a University of California, San Francisco professor of medicine, discusses the "triple loss" of SNAP, Medicaid and strong food banks and pantries. -
Contributed/MPCAThis smoke will initially impact far Northern Minnesota early Saturday afternoon, July 19, 2025, and then spread south and east through the rest of the day and into the evening. -
Thomas Enright/Roseau River Wildlife Management AreaThe DNR still welcomes and encourages people to walk and bike through the area, which is part of the Pine to Prairie Birding Trail and home to roughly 150 bird species. -
Scam Jam will include speakers on topics such as the tactics criminals use to commit fraud. It will also have a mini-expo for resources as well as a talk about Medicare fraud. -
Contributed/Tom Olmscheid / MinnPostThe verdict will almost certainly change the makeup of the state Senate, where Democrats currently hold a 34-33 majority.
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.
