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During the week of Aug. 19, we enjoy written reports from a few listeners as we await another school year.

During the Phenology Report for the week of Aug. 19, Staff Phenologist John Latimer discusses acorns, the start of leaf change and other harbingers of fall.

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.

The city is exploring its options after a fire destroyed the park's bandshell.

The projects are among 15 in Northern Minnesota included in Senate appropriations legislation that now goes to the House of Representatives for a vote.

The authorization allows Beltrami County to access the state's disaster assistance contingency account, which reimburses the county 75% of the costs to repair public infrastructure.

Austin Claseman, 30, is charged in Beltrami County. He was a teacher and board member at the charter high school, Voyageurs Expeditionary School.

Assistant County Attorney Kelsey Hopps will replace County Attorney Don Ryan when he retires in mid-September 2025, after nearly 31 years in the office.

The Itasca County Sheriff's Office said the crash was on Prairie Lake Road on Aug. 17, 2025.

The closure in McDavitt Township begins Monday, Aug. 25, and is expected to end Aug. 29.

Agricultural heritage was on full display near the Itasca State Park Aug. 15-17, 2025.

"Now Would Be A Good Time" by Folk Bitch Trio is KAXE's Album of the Week for Aug. 18-24, 2025.

Pending approval from regulatory agencies, the two solar projects will be online in mid-2027.

The Public Utilities Commission, which must approve the sale, is taking comment on a judge's recommendation to block the sale and a settlement between the investors and the Department of Commerce.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency stated tests show an increase of sulfate and boron in the Blackwater Creek at Minnesota Power in Cohasset.

Minnesota was the first state to spend money on a media campaign to discourage smoking. And in the 1990s, it was early to sue tobacco companies and conduct sting operations against retailers.

MN and other states have brought suits against social media companies using a similar playbook that led to billions in damages levied against Big Tobacco in the 1990s.

The ruling didn’t strictly address the legality of binary triggers, but instead focused on the 1,400-page bill in which the binary trigger ban was included last year.

A boulder riffle and new culverts would allow fish passage upstream and allow for sediments to more naturally flow downstream.

The funding comes from a Minnesota Department of Agriculture grant that helps schools establish or maintain meat cutting and butchery training programs.