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Contributed/Lorie ShaullTwo Harbors elected a new city councilor, voters approved ballot measures in the Fisher and Nett Lake school districts and International Falls residents shot down a bonding measure. -
Contributed/Commission on Judicial SelectionThe Commission is tasked with recommending candidates for judicial vacancies. One is expected in the Ninth District upon the retirement of Judge Donna K. Dixon in Roseau. -
Plus: Cass County Sheriff's Office IDs drowning victim, Diamond Point Park in Bemidji reopens; and DNR plans aerial herbicide spraying in Northern MN. -
The city formalized an agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture at its meeting Aug. 11, 2025. Mitigation activity is expected to continue through the month. -
Larissa Donovan/KAXEBemidji's Parks Superintendent Scott Schroeder said the extensive cleanup work at the park included removing 224 trees and stumps. -
Megan Buffington/KAXEThe observation is the latest in an ongoing issue related to DNR management and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service grants. -
Contributed/St. Croix Watershed Research StationToxic algae threaten protected lakes in the Superior National Forest and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in Northern Minnesota. Sediment may have the answer. -
Contributed/MPCASmoke will reach as far south as Detroit Lakes, Brainerd and Hinckley by the end of the day on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025. -
And: Federal auditors note "competing priorities" between logging and wildlife in the Department of Natural Resources.
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Charlie Mitchell/KAXEThe herbicide will prepare 15 sites across Northern Minnesota for reforestation work.
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.
