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Otter Tail Power is proposing an 18% rate increase for customers as the utility invests in infrastructure, grid resiliency and the transition to renewable energy sources.

Sophomore Violet Udovich of Ely took home two golds and a silver, setting records in the 200 and 400-meter.

The nonprofit's new food shelf location in downtown Grand Rapids is closer to other services and more walkable compared to the current location off Highway 2 in LaPrairie.

During the week of April 15, 2025, we received 10 reports detailing the swift advance of spring weather across the state. Staff phenologist John Latimer responds.

Aitkin, Badger, Clearbrook-Gonvick, Cook County, Crosby-Ironton, Deer River, Hibbing, Lake of the Woods, Roseau, Wadena-Deer Creek, Walker-Hackensack-Akeley, Warroad & Win-E-Mac are the districts with special elections.

Pulsar Helium discovered an unprecedented helium deposit near Babbitt, which could make Minnesota the center of the important industry.

Heather Hallett, Jessica Howg, Anna Kanani, Jacqueline Meyer, Larellyn Micheau, Stacie Shuster, Terry Tislund, Karen Trapier and Holly Wright are running for I.S.D. 306, Laporte, School Board.

The gift will upgrade learning technology and create endowments, new student scholarship funds and an innovation fund to support regional partnerships.

Minnesota now has just 19 electric school buses, but more than 20 districts are waiting on deliveries, some by the 2026-2027 school year.

With partners Beltrami County Health and Human Services and Bi-County Community Action Plan, or BiCAP, the new seminar seeks to eliminate barriers to housing conversations.

While the Cook Political Report has determined the district is “solidly Republican,” 538 shows that, in a generic ballot, Democratic candidates for Congress are ahead of Republicans by 1.5 percentage points.

Early voting in Minnesota for the November election opened Sept. 20. A non-partisan group seeks volunteers to help voters who might have trouble casting their ballot.

'Dog Eared' by Billie Marten is KAXE's Album of the Week for July 21-28, 2025.

In the Phenology Talkbacks for the week of June 3, 2025, we hear end-of-year messages from schools and ponder unseen pollinators. Staff phenologist John Latimer responds.

KAXE's weekly list of concerts near you features Tate McLane, Skarlett Woods and MorningBird.

Chastity Brown and Dilly Dally Alley will perform at the Loft Event Center in downtown Bemidji, Thursday, May 1, 2025.

University of Minnesota Twin Cities rising senior Dani Faher will spend two months covering Northern Minnesota with the KAXE News Team.

Residents leading the effort say they want more time to research, but the city clerk said she intends to ask the Council to make a decision at a Monday, March 11, meeting.

The KAXE Music Team wraps up their favorite music released in August on the "Monthly Music Recap," heard on "Headwaters," including The Spine Stealers and Young Dervish.

During the week of Nov. 4, 2025, we enjoy reports of Snow Buntings, busy squirrels, and overwintering insects. Staff phenologist John Latimer responds.