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The Blackduck City Council hosted the first of two public hearings amending its cannabis ordinance after a cultivator expressed interest in the former Shade Store manufacturing plant.

According to unofficial results, Keri Heintzeman earned 46.77% of the vote among the eight candidates and will move on to the general election, facing DFLer Denise Slipy.

The move is already underway, following the announcement on Nov. 18, 2025, amid continued efforts from the Trump administration to begin to dismantle the Department of Education.

The former Nashwauk High School and Keewatin Elementary will be demolished in the coming weeks. But a few remaining treasures were saved Nov. 21, 2025.

After a lot of thought and consideration, Grand Rapids Riverfest will take a break this year. This pause reflects KAXE’s financial realities and the complexities of putting on an event of this scale.

Minnesota lawmakers set a goal to remove lead lines from the state by 2033, but time is running out in the legislative session to renew funding.

The string of incidents was an uncommon run for the Iron Range city, which features a handful of locally owned shops and an active bar scene at night.

The School Board unanimously passed its budget, leaving a little more than $136,000 of cash flow available in its general fund.

Twelve new automatic license plate readers went up in Bemidji and other MN cities in May 2025. But the Flock Safety cameras raise concerns with privacy advocates.

Brandi Lautigar and Pollyann Sorcan are running for Rock Ridge School Board.

AirCorps Aviation, founded in 2011, restores vintage airplanes and manufactures unique parts in Erik Hokuf's hometown of Bemidji.

Organized by new nonprofit Itasca Pride, the event marks the first large-scale gathering in support of the region's LGBTQIA+ community during Pride Month.

The Minnesota Wildfire Academy in Grand Rapids, hosted by the Minnesota Incident Command System, is the state’s largest interagency wildland fire training event.

The United Way of Northeastern Minnesota's Operation: Service Story collects oral histories for Iron Range and Koochiching and Lake of the Woods counties service members.

Staples-Motley is asking voters to approve $55 million in new bonds that would replace old debt, thereby not increasing taxes. The money would be used to update both schools.

Discussions around Tamarack echo themes playing out for a Twin Metals’ copper-nickel proposal near the Boundary Waters, which in April cleared a key federal hurdle in the U.S. Senate.

The charter school's students and several staffers participated in the annual event, which featured an afternoon of powwow staples in Bemidji.

Ethan Browning, David Cowan, Ashley Goodman, Thomas Gustafson, Stephanie Lipscy, Janet Awesome Miller, Larlin Neumann, Glenn J. Pearson and Brian Vroman are running for I.S.D. 318, Grand Rapids, School Board.

KAXE's weekly list of concerts near you features Erik Koskinen with Martha Scanlon and Jon Neufeld, Sam Miltich & Friends, Thomas X, Annie Humphrey and more.

The proposal creates a statewide framework to evaluate whether suicide prevention measures are necessary when new bridges are built and when existing bridges are repaired.