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The St. Louis County Sheriff's Office will host "Coffee with a Cop" at Adventures Restaurant in Virginia from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Oct. 1, 2025. -
Lorie ShaullA third-party study calculated Essentia's impact in the Brainerd lakes area and the greater Iron Range. -
Ekaterina Bolovtsova via PexelsBrian Pippitt was convicted in 2001 of the murder of 84-year-old Evelyn Malin. His sentence was commuted Sept. 24, 2025, a year after the state recommended his exoneration. -
Contributed/briandjan607 via FlickrThe St. Louis County Rescue Squad coordinated efforts to assist Christopher Banfield, who was transported to the Cook Hospital. -
Contributed/MnDOTAnyone who does winter road maintenance is invited to attend this free certification training on Oct. 8, 2025, at the Cass County Land Department in Backus. -
Simone Senogles died Sept. 20, 2025, with tributes pouring out of the Bemidji community and beyond to her legacy on environmental and social justice issues. -
Contributed/St. Louis County Sheriff's OfficeDeputies are searching for Michael Todd Hart, 40, who was thought to be heading north on foot toward the area of Independence. -
Contributed/Senate Media ServicesA jury found Mitchell guilty of first-degree burglary and possession of burglary tools in July after she broke into her stepmother’s Detroit Lakes home in April 2024. -
Plus: Essentia Health is touting an independent economic impact study of its operations around Brainerd and the Iron Range. -
Larissa Donovan/KAXEThe Blackduck City Council hosted the first of three public hearings amending its cannabis ordinance after a cultivator expressed interest in the former Shade Store manufacturing plant.
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.
