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Chelsey Perkins/KAXEThe Bridge offers guests who are 18 or older a place to sleep, personal necessities provided by donors and support from trained staff. -
Megan Buffington/KAXEThe 2025 festivities spanned four days and included four street dances, food and craft vendors, fireworks, a parade, a cornhole tournament, kid's activities, a car show and more. -
Contributed/Leech Lake Band of OjibweThe Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe said it will provide updates as housing staff work to set up temporary operations. The cause of the fire is under investigation. -
Contributed/Canva Pro graphicJames Johnson was ejected from his vehicle Sept. 1, 2025, after apparently losing control on a curve and driving off the road, the Clearwater County Sheriff's Office reported. -
Access to obstetric care is eroding in both rural and urban communities, which is occurring alongside a maternal health crisis as state health policies are changing rapidly. -
Contributed/Ely Area Community FoundationSt. Louis County announced the first-ever "Community Connect" event for the Ely area will be on Sept. 9, 2025. The event is designed to connect people struggling economically with support and resources. -
Contributed/Michelle Griffith / Minnesota ReformerThe special session will force Republicans to vote on gun control a little more than a year from a crucial midterm election when all 201 seats will be on the ballot. -
Dr. Kawsar Talaat is an associate professor of global disease epidemiology and control at Johns Hopkins University, an infectious disease doctor and a vaccine scientist. -
The Paul Bunyan Drug Task Force is implementing automatic license plate readers, or ALPRs, in its jurisdictional boundaries. Civil liberties groups join those concerned with the lack of public knowledge and oversight into how this data is used.
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Plus: The Minnesota PCA will host an informational meeting on permitting and variance requests from US Steel's Keetac Mine in Virginia on Sept. 3; and Wadena drivers can expect major traffic changes as Highway 10 opens and work starts on Highway 71.
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.
