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Rick Blake returns to the council after leaving last year to pursue a run as a DFLer in House District 6A. He replaces Tasha Connelly, who was appointed to mayor last month.

Megan Buffington will be based in Grand Rapids and cover northeastern Minnesota.

"The world’s largest charitable ice fishing contest" will be Saturday, Feb. 3, as a hybrid event due to varying ice conditions.

Several area residents gathered in City Hall on Jan. 30 to share passionate testimony on the loss of labor and delivery services at Essentia Health’s Fosston hospital.

The settlement follows an investigation focused on former Executive Director Winona LaDuke's mishandling of finances and sexual harassment claims.

We’ve published more than 500 stories about Northern Minnesota in the Local News section of kaxe.org, including 180+ episodes of our daily newscast, the Up North Report.

KAXE's weekly live music spotlight features Davina & The Vagabonds, Bruce Archer, John Gorka, and The International Treasures with Nikki Lemire.

To be eligible for these new grants, mental health professionals would be required to choose to serve in a rural part of the state.

The legislation authored by state Sen. Justin Eichorn made it into the Minnesota Legislature's Legacy finance bill.

A bill would make workers involved in a walkout of at least one week eligible for jobless benefits. Backers of the plan point to major gaps between corporate profits and workers' pay.

Work planned this year is expected to begin in late April and will occur between the Ripple River and the Highway 210 intersection.

The Warba project is planned for 2027 and includes new pavement through town, accessibility improvements, bike and pedestrian improvements and traffic calming.

The plan is the seventh in the past three years by Talon, which last year submitted a plan for an underground nickel and copper mine in Tamarack, Minnesota.

Volunteers are particularly needed outside the Twin Cities metro area, the Minnesota Climatology Office states.

When an electronic tag is scanned by a smartphone app or set on an accompanying device, the prescription is read aloud.

Two other adults were treated for smoke inhalation after the Tuesday morning blaze in Byron Township.

KAXE's weekly live music spotlight features The 48 Hour Band Contest, Kelley Smith, Monroe Crossing and Mennesota Fest.

The Minnesota Senate’s Environment, Climate and Legacy Committee laid over the bill for possible inclusion in the Natural Resource omnibus

Gov. Tim Walz appointed Itasca County Attorney Matti Adam and Pennington County Attorney Seamus Duffy out of five recommended candidates.

Under the proposed amendment, once Legislatures convene in January of odd-numbered years, there would be no constitutional end date until the next Legislature convenes two years later.