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Plus: Health professionals and air quality forecasters are predicting a heavy season of Canadian wildfire smoke this summer, and students learn a little about life with Trout in the Classroom projects.

Plus: Superior National Forest to host meeting in Isabella; Legislature passes permitting reforms for energy projects; and a new women's shelter in Bemidji breaks ground.

Plus: Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan visits Bemidji; messy spring storm expected; and EPA sets new PFAS standards.

Plus: the Minnesota House reaches unanimous agreement on public safety; International Falls community mourns burned band shell; and volunteers are sought for water quality monitoring.

Plus: St. Louis County debuts wildfire planning website; new Minnesota health insurance data has mixed results; and changes are coming to the Minnesota Indian Area Agency on Aging.

Plus: the third legislative committee deadline approaches; Highway 169 to close for construction soon; Crow Wing County administrator retires; and the falcons of the FalconCam have eggs.

Plus: National Forest officials issue food storage orders to prevent bear encounters in the BWCA, Grace House in Itasca County is expanding its homeless shelter, Ely's police recruitment incentive of free canoes appears to be working, and Beltrami & Cass County's Bi-CAP was recently awarded a $1.2 million grant.

Plus: Residents speak in support of a Ten Commandments display in Itasca County Jail; and Duluth-based ALLETE announces a merger deal.

Plus: Brainerd School Board rejects both superintendent finalists; Stauber, Schultz headed to rematch; and Minnesota prepares for fishing opener.

Niganawenimaanaanig was piloted at Bemidji State 7 years ago, with financial, academic, social and cultural support to recruit and retain Indigenous nursing students.

Bemidji is home to a unique industry in restoring historic aircraft. AirCorps Aviation's general manager Erik Hokuf shares his passion for the blend of technology and art that goes into the profession.

Plus: A man is found dead after a rural Staples house fire; administration of native vegetation buffers discussed in Minnesota Legislature; and Outdoor School for All legislation advances.

Plus: DFL state senator is arrested on suspicion of burglary; MPCA announces testing of full length of Mississippi River; and a new roundabout will be constructed at a major rural intersection.

Kelly Applegate, the Commissioner of Natural Resources for the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, discusses his efforts to restore declining purple martin populations in Minnesota. This segment is a follow-up to "Bird Declines" — a series produced by Mark Jacobs, that investigates the causes and complexities of bird population decreases in Minnesota.

Plus: an audit shows several problems led to mail delivery delays in Northern Minnesota this winter; and Attorney General Keith Ellison visits Bemidji for a listening session and expungement clinics.

Plus: Crow Wing County selects a new administrator; BI-CAP receives $1.4 million grant for workforce development; and a Brainerd teacher receives a statewide award for agriculture in the classroom.

Plus: Grand Rapids' locally owned ambulance service is sold to a large health care organization; and a Hibbing soldier receives a proper veterans headstone, more than a century after his death.

And: a new bill in the Legislature would prohibit employers from misclassifying workers, the University of Minnesota is working with the White Earth Nation to provide support to families caring for people with dementia, and the Minnesota Department of Transportation is seeking more groups to 'Adopt a Highway.'

Plus: the Minnesota House sends its elections bill to the Senate; and legislation would put more pressure on corporations to reduce packaging in the recycling waste stream.

And: The Becker County Board of Commissioners held a special meeting to discuss the proposed White Earth State Forest transfer with the White Earth Nation, the Grand Rapids Police Department will receive grant funding for a new vehicle for traffic enforcement, and a new organization is offering grants to rural communities to enhance civic engagement.