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Residents gathered at Bemidji State University to mark the holiday.

KAXE Reporters Chelsey Perkins, Larissa Donovan and Megan Buffington share live updates from Northern Minnesota on Primary Election Day 2024.

KAXE Reporters Chelsey Perkins, Larissa Donovan and Megan Buffington and Photographer Lorie Shaull share live updates from Northern Minnesota on Election Day 2024.

Reporter Megan Buffington is attending the Grand Rapids City Government Academy this spring 2024 to help us all understand more about how our local governments function.

As your independent, people-powered, local media, KAXE presents "Unplugged," a series to share our story — why we exist, how we are funded, who makes decisions and why public radio in Northern Minnesota is essential.

Plus: a Babbitt teacher instills his love of the outdoors in his students by commuting to school in unique ways; and the DNR issues a reminder to leave fawns alone.

In Hibbing's Maple Hill Cemetery, a group of volunteers is planning to clean hundreds of veteran headstones this summer to honor the fallen.

Plus: area incumbents face primary challenges; local agencies will be reimbursed next winter for ice rescues; and hunters and anglers say private-lands conservation investments are at stake in the new Farm Bill.

Plus: a missing Bemidji man is found safe; Rep. Dave Lislegard announces his retirement; and legislation to establish Outdoor School for All fails this session.

KAXE Reporter Larissa Donovan reviews some of the background on PFAS in Bemidji with Heidi Holtan and Andrew Dziengel on the KAXE Morning Show.

Plus: a MN nonprofit helps students with FAFSA issues; DNR unveils a statewide marine unit; and the agriculture department is setting traps for the invasive spongy moth.

Plus: Itasca County Board selects new county attorney as resident raises concerns; and Bemidji's shuttered Central Elementary School building goes back on the market.

Plus: Hibbing considers converting a city park to workforce housing.

Linda Sirvio grew up in Deer River and taught primarily second grade throughout her 50 years with the district. Thursday, May 30, was her final last day of school.

Plus: Voters may see crowded county and city races on primary ballots and the White Earth Nation celebrates a new agreement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Plus: Minnesota's third tribally-operated marijuana dispensary opens in Walker; Minnesota Department of Transportation will hold an open house for a Highway 169 project in Mountain Iron; Red Lake Tribal College celebrates opening of an urban site in Minneapolis to better serve Indigenous students; Superior National Forest will hold fire communications meeting in Isabella later this month; and starry stonewort was recently confirmed in Pokegama Lake.

Plus: Lead candidate for Itasca County attorney withdraws; and a reward is offered for information on a fire in Hoyt Lakes.

Plus: an exploding electric vehicle charging station severely burns a 22-year-old man; Park Rapids School Board considers a Ten Commandments donation; and prison gerrymandering is outlawed in Minnesota.

Plus: H5N1 testing requirements placed on Minnesota dairy cows; and the sale of fluorescent light bulbs will soon be banned in the state.

John Latimer's weekly assessment of nature.