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Those living in the city and the annexed rural area are invited to participate in the Christmas Light Contest. Judging will be the week of Dec. 17.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation reported crews will close the highway at the Mississippi River Monday, Aug. 14, through Friday, Aug. 18, to replace the bridge approach panels.

Hwy 169 to close at Mississippi River bridge Aug. 14-18

Those who use the roadway for local access are advised to use the nearest alternative access to enter or exit the construction area.

Main entrance to Essentia Health's St. Joseph's Medical Center in Brainerd.

St. Joseph's nurses, Essentia Health reach tentative contract agreement

The new contract will cover the almost 300 nurses who work for Essentia in the Brainerd lakes area for the next three years.

A map of the Minnesota Department of Transportation's 2026 study area in Carlton.

Hwys 45/210 corridor study open house set for March 26 in Carlton

MnDOT staff will answer questions and collect feedback for an ongoing study of the high-traffic area connecting neighborhoods, recreators and businesses.

A tiny jumping spider with big eyes stands on a brick patio. It is dwarfed by a single brick.

Who's scared of a harmless spider? (Charlie is.)

Co-hosts Charlie Mitchell and Heidi Holtan discuss the harmless spiders of Minnesota, the spread of invasive yellow irises, and more.Send us a voice memo through SpeakPipe!

A tiny frog, held carefully by a person, has inflated its throat sac to call.

Can you hear the peepers sing?

Co-hosts Andrew Dziengel and Charlie Mitchell focus on frog and toad calls in this edition of the Season Watch Pod.Send us a voice memo through Speak Pipe!

A heron-like bird with hilariously wide-set eyes and an upturned bill stares around its bill down at the camera.

You bittern watch out!

Co-hosts Heidi Holtan and Charlie Mitchell wonder at dragonflies, delight in bitterns, and look forward to seeing hummingbirds.Send us a voice memo through Speak Pipe!

A small grey shrew with long whiskers and an extended snout perches on a small rock in a stream.

Minnesota's much-maligned shrews hide evolutionary superpowers

In this episode, co-hosts Charlie Mitchell and Heidi Holtan delight in a report from Northfield and discuss critter superpowers.Send us a voice memo through Speak Pipe!

A bird with a brown back, white chest, yellow throat, and strong black-and-white facial markings stands in a snowy area. It has two small black tufts of feathers on each side of its head.

Going on a lark on Valentine's Day

In this episode, co-hosts Charlie Mitchell and Heidi Holtan discuss Horned Larks and anthocyanins (new vocabulary word!).Send us a voice memo through Speak Pipe!

A large, long-necked bird with a reddish-brown back, a grey neck, a red cap, and orange eyes stands among cattails.

What did dinosaur songs sound like?

In this episode, co-hosts Malachy Koons and Charlie Mitchell anticipate the migratory marvels of March and discuss the sounds of dinosaurs.Send us a voice memo through Speak Pipe!

Alexa Troll at sunrise Washington Park in Detroit Lakes, part of the Trolls in D.L. installation by Danish artist Thomas Dambo, on Wednesday, July 3, 2024.

Sept. 30, 2024: Dambo's Trolls draw visitors near and far to Detroit Lakes

Bemidji Area Reporter Larissa Donovan and Photographer Lorie Shaull visited Thomas Dambo's Troll sculpture installation, "Alexa's Elixir," in the Detroit Lakes area. The Danish artist, commissioned by local nonprofit Project 412, uses recycled materials and has created 140 larger-than-life troll sculptures around the world.

A blue-spotted salamander poses on a mossy log near Minnetonka in June 2024.

Cryptic and captivating: The secret lives of MN salamanders

Charlie Mitchell nerds out about salamanders while Heidi Holtan exults over spotting oak apple galls. Send us a voice memo through Speak Pipe!

The unsettling sounds of porcupines lull listener to sleep

Charlie Mitchell and Heidi Holtan laugh about porcupine sounds, learn about skinks, and delve into the nesting habits of robins.Send us a voice memo through Speak Pipe!

USGS biologist Paul Cryan releases a bat carrying a miniature radio transmitter. Researchers are increasingly turning to high-tech methods to try to learn more about the mysterious lives of bats.

Bats' backs bear tiny trackers as researchers study summer movement

Charlie Mitchell enjoys interviews with Morgan Swingen (1854 Treaty Authority wildlife biologist) and phenology teacher Michelle Martin.Send us a voice memo through Speak Pipe!

Longtime KAXE members and volunteers left; Julie Legg, Tom Legg, Robert Jevne and Susan Lick enjoy the fire at Kick it with KAXE at Rapids Brewing Co. on May 16, 2024.

People-Powered Radio: Energize our Spring Member Drive!

People truly power this station. When you support KAXE, you're making sure local news, music and voices stay strong right here in Northern Minnesota.

Area Voices. Donna Salli

A lifelong and accomplished poet, Donna Salli's first novel A Notion of Pelicans hit bookstores in September. In this segment of Area Voices we learn…

Area Voices: Jim Denomie

Contemporary Ojibwe Artist Jim Denomie uses his art as a means of social and cultural commentary. In this segment of Area Voices, he discusses his craft,…

Area Voices: Voyageur Poets

Students from Voyageurs Expeditionary High School in Bemidji recently vistited the KBXE studios. After touring Northern Community Radio's vinyl and cd…

Area Voices: Ice Diving

Northern Minnesotans know how to thrive in winter. Ice fishing, snowmobiling, ice skating, snow-shoeing, cross country skiing, curling and sitting in…

Area Voices: Jessie Marianiello

Artist Jessie Marianiello talks about her path as an artist and the roads she's traveled that have taken her to the lands of wild horses and on to Africa.…

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