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Bella Oscarson lived in Floodwood until recently moving to Idaho. Flags in Minnesota will fly at half-staff in her honor Oct. 4, 2025.

The Minnesota Attorney General's Office conceded to misconduct in the case against Mylene Vialard, who protested in 2021 at an Enbridge pumping station in Aitkin County.

And: Former Sen. Nicole Mitchell sentenced to six months in jail; Appeals court reinstates Line 3 protestor's excessive force case.

The 180-mile electrical transmission line from Grand Rapids to St. Cloud will reportedly boost grid reliability and resilience in Northern and central Minnesota.

The electric cooperative plans to construct a 6-mile underground line connecting substations in northwestern Minnesota to improve resiliency for 1,500 square miles.

The Bottom Line -- the Greenwich Village cabaret where Bruce Springsteen got his start, and where musicians from Miles Davis to Dolly Parton and Aaron Copland have performed -- faces financial problems and could be shut down. NPR's Jennifer Ludden speaks with Bottom Line co-founder Allan Pepper.

Terrifying mascots, drive-up service, wooden porches, smoky smells, long meat counter lines ... this week, KAXE is looking back at grocery stores of the past.

Judge James E. LaFave says the company’s solution for storing waste at the site by lining a tailings pond with bentonite clay is not a “practicable or workable reclamation technique.”

Repairing or replacing aging facilities, modernizing technology or simply adding more operating dollars to the bottom line were among the asks school districts put forth.

Installing a solar array didn’t just impact Stuart Lavalier's farm’s bottom line: it provided a way for his operation to be more self-reliant.

The appellant successfully argued the state failed to provide sufficient evidence. The state did not file a brief or otherwise participate in the appeal to defend its position.

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission and state Commerce Department will host the meetings to discuss the scope of the environmental assessments to be conducted as part of the Northland Reliability Project.

The approximately 180-mile transmission line will primarily follow existing transmission corridors, from Northern Minnesota to central Minnesota, to better serve the region in the transition to renewable energies.

Heavy ground-level smoke from wildfires in central Canada moved into Minnesota behind a line of thunderstorms on Friday, July 11, 2025, prompting an air quality alert.

KAXE / KBXE News Director Chelsey Perkins looks back on UPM Blandin strike coverage, a potential manganese mine in Emily, and the continuing story of Enbridge's Line 3 pipeline.

Signs emerged by Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, that at least some elected Republicans and gun rights groups were uncomfortable with the official line that Pretti posed a clear and present danger.

Also covered are free student meals for Minnesota students and the expected Labor Day heat wave across Northern Minnesota.

The agreement with the Department of Natural Resources ends the agency's enforcement action for that site, though monitoring will continue.

Plus: the Minnesota Legislature fails to get its job done before the session's end; Minnesota Power hosts open houses on proposed transmission line; and May is Maternal Mental Health Month.

About 80 students walked three blocks to the Crow Wing County Judicial Center in downtown Brainerd to line both sides of Laurel Street. Many carried anti-ICE signs and chanted together.