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Charlie Mitchell/KAXEThe herbicide will prepare 15 sites across Northern Minnesota for reforestation work. -
Larissa Donovan/KAXEDillon Kloehn of Fargo was charged with four felonies and a misdemeanor for the Aug. 8, 2025, incident. Officer Kent Cleveland was placed on leave, which is standard procedure. -
Dani Fraher/KAXEThe service will add more than 60 stops in Cohasset, Deer River and Ball Club on Sept. 2, 2025, bringing the total to more than 150 stops in Itasca County. -
And: Minnesotans to see significantly higher health insurance premiums; Leech Lake Band member leads MMIR Office; and Highway 87 construction in Hubbard County starts Monday. -
Contributed/MnDOTThe closure will last about two weeks as crews work to resurface the road and replace culverts. The project will wrap in September. -
Contributed/Department of Public SafetyGuadalupe Lopez began leading the first-of-its-kind office in late July. The Department of Public Safety highlighted her unique mix of personal and professional experience. -
Contributed/Pixabay via PexelsMore than 13,000 to be impacted in the 8th Congressional District. -
The agency said the sheriff issued an "elk possession tag" despite not having legal authority to do so. It wants the court to put a stop to it. -
Lorie Shaull/Special to KAXEJorden Borders was sentenced in Brainerd on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025. A judge found her guilty of child torture, stalking, theft by representation and attempted murder in June. -
Contributed/Minnesota Environmental Quality BoardQuarterdeck Resort on the west shore of Gull Lake used to be one of the lake's smallest, but the new owner is planning its second expansion in three years.
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.
