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Plus: The Minnesota Attorney General's Office will take over prosecution of Crosslake woman accused of child torture; Legislature considers strengthening penalties for straw purchases of firearms; and Essentia Health unveils new tool that reads prescription labels.

Plus a fatal crash near MinnTac involves a vehicle carrying hazardous materials, rainfall improves the state's drought conditions, and Arrowhead Transit leaders lobby for changes to tax law impacting volunteer drivers.

Plus an assistant Aitkin County attorney is reprimanded by the North Dakota Supreme Court following sexual harassment complaint, Bemidji City Council makes its top pick for city manager, and the Highway 34 construction project in Akeley moves to the next phase.

Plus: authorities ID Blackduck man killed in Hwy 72 crash; the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board approves grants for several housing projects; and Soudan Underground Mine will reopen for public tours.

Plus: Supreme Court selection process begins; updates on the Ice Fishing Extravaganza; and the Milford Mine disaster is remembered 100 years later.

Plus: Largest round of child care economic development grants opens; BWCA permits now available; and a group seeks to empower Minnesotans to engage in energy policy.

And: changes at NativeCare on Red Lake Nation; record temps bring more ice warnings; and a new report card ranks Minnesota's assisted living facilities.

Plus: Low-cost insulin now available to Minnesotans because of lawsuit settlement; DFL Party is asking for the Legal Marijuana Now Party to be decertified; and recent research raises questions on whether CWD could jump to humans.

Plus: Bill to expand child care tax credit would help rural families, and local grants support job training efforts in area nonprofits.

Plus: MN's electric vehicle credit opens, and Northern Minnesota maple syrup producers mull when to tap amid an unseasonably warm winter.

In a special edition of the Up North Report, Bemidji area reporter Larissa Donovan makes the trip to Onigum for a round dance after visiting with Walker-Hackensack-Akeley Schools' American Indian Education Director Janelle Johnson.

Plus: Bemidji airport gains federal funding; the DNR lists new prohibited invasive species, including jumping worms; and a community meeting is planned on the Legionnaire's disease outbreak in Grand Rapids.

Plus: Group behind '2,000 Mules' unable to produce evidence of voter fraud in court; and Hibbing asks residents for experiences with walkability.

Plus: election results in Laporte and Aurora; impending changes to what's allowed on frozen lakes in the Voyageurs National Park; and the region celebrates Veteran's Day.

Plus: The push in Bemidji for the giant beaver to be the official state fossil; and kids of all ages compete in ski jumping in Coleraine.

And: a bill in the Minnesota Legislature would ban the sale of human bones; food shelves in the state are adapting to high demand; the DNR is seeking input on fishing on Lake of the Woods; and Chisholm plans for memorial in honor of State Sen. David Tomassoni.

Grand Rapids area reporter Megan Buffington visits with climatologist Melissa Woodhelm to discuss the impacts of the "remarkable winter" felt here in Northern Minnesota in a special edition of the Up North Report.

Plus: a bill to expand the taconite assistance area garners strong reaction, and the federal government moves to track how much energy cryptocurrency mining operations use.

Plus: The annual State of the Band address in the Red Lake Nation focuses on future goals and past triumphs, and a new bill introduced in a Minnesota House committee offers additional protections for renters.

Plus: drilling for helium is underway on the Iron Range; the state seeks comments on the future of rail infrastructure; and the Great Lakes aren't nearly as icy as they once were.