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During the week of May 27, 2025, we are reminded of the importance of outdoor learning and get a look at three wandering bears. Staff phenologist John Latimer responds.

First responders and public utilities workers are working to repair a gas leak reported on the 300 block of Beltrami Avenue on Wednesday.

KAXE's weekly list of concerts near you features MorningBird, LaPlant Road and Everybird, Serotiny and Doyle Turner.

Sheriffs Joe Dasovich and Bryan Welk say joining will increase safety in their Northern Minnesota communities, but the program carries profiling and liability concerns.

Thunderstorms, freezing rain, rain and snow are all possible in the forecast for March 14-16, 2025, according to National Weather Service in Grand Forks and Duluth.

With low humidity, high winds and record-breaking temperatures expected, fire danger remains high in most of the state.

The 61-year-old man reportedly had dementia and, thanks to thermal imaging, was located near where he was last seen. He was found in hypothermic conditions.

KAXE's weekly list of concerts near you features Caleigh, McKeon Hugh Roberts & Waylon Glienke, Northwind Gaels Band, The Silver Serenaders and Kelley Smith.

Author and longtime Leech Lake Tribal College instructor Bob Jourdain died March 2, 2025. Laurel Jackson, the matriarch of Leech Lake Tribal Chairman Faron Jackson's family, died March 3.

The MN bill would introduce a tiered system, with a new gross misdemeanor category for physical assaults against first responders without requiring to show bodily harm.

Proposed changes are aimed at Amara’s Law passed in 2023. The law restricted the use of PFAS in products including upholstered furniture, cleaning supplies and menstrual products.

Congressional districts in Minnesota are seeing a wave of community-level voices. Some are not happy about federal budget-cutting efforts and say their anger shouldn't be mislabeled.

The Red Lake Nation is one of the few tribes in the country that continues a tradition of hereditary chiefs. As a chief, Loud will serve in an advisory capacity to the council for life.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics says the construction industry faces a shortage of 500,000 workers, prompting calls for bigger and more accessible training programs.

District residents approved the 10-year, $9 million levy in a special election Tuesday, April 8, 2025, with 62% of voters saying yes.

Larry Hopkins attributes his victory to increased awareness of the special election. He thanked those who helped with his campaign and looks forward to serving Itasca County.

The figures come from a new Walz administration tracker of federal funding pauses and rescissions to Minnesota that officials say will be updated daily.

The most recent mass federal layoffs may include the entire staff that administers the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program.

The Minnesota Department of Health said that next steps concerning the agency's layoffs are unclear in the wake of the ruling in a suit brought by Attorney General Keith Ellison and a coalition of others.

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