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The area is located in the Rainy River Watershed, next to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, and contains deposits of copper, nickel and cobalt.

If you’re curious about how Green Cheese Trivia got it’s name almost 40 years ago, listen to or read the conversation between Heidi Holtan and Green Cheese Accidental Founder, Scott Hall. Click the "Listen" player above to enjoy this piece of KAXE history.

Every spring, on select prairies in northwestern Minnesota, Greater Prairie-Chicken males gather to put on a showy and energetic courtship display to woo females.

Joseph White and Andrea Zupancich are running for Babbitt mayor. Glenn Anderson, John Fitzpatrick, Paul Hoheisel, Duane Lossing, Terrance Switajewski and Craig Warlof are running for Babbitt City Council.

Bemidji State University and Northwest Technical College President John Hoffman discussed strategies to pull the regional campuses out of the red and increase enrollment.

The Boys and Girls Club of Greenway merged with the club in Grand Rapids in 2024 due to a lack of proper staffing.

Family and fishing are big at the Kitchi Landing Resort south of Blackduck, which was once operated by Val Engelman's great-grandfather as Hagen's Resort.

Township officials estimate more than 300 people attended the informational meeting on incorporation into a new city on May 7, 2025.

Destructive storms with wind gusts over 100 miles per hour knocked out power for tens of thousands of northwestern Minnesotans in and around Bemidji on Saturday, June 21.

The Judy Garland Museum and Mobility Mania in Grand Rapids attempted to set the world record for most people in wheelchairs dancing in one place at one time.

Events culminated in the governor launching from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Cross Lake Recreation Area, along with all four Minnesota Legislature leaders from both parties.

Dennis Anderson, Julia A. Kicker, Helen Lehto, Sara Makela and Cherie Peterson are running for I.S.D. 821, Menahga, School Board.

The House Capital Investment Committee took an infrastructure tour of Northwestern MN, hearing more about proposals for inclusion in the next bonding bill.

Three thousand immigration agents remain in Minnesota, Homan said, and a reduction in force depends on cooperation from elected officials.

District 7B could decide control of the House and define a region’s identity, as its DFL past is being confronted by a Republican future.

Bryan Ramsrud and Greg Scherzer are running for Clearwater County District 2. Bruce Emmel and Juleigh Prosser are running for District 4.

North Star Manganese CEO Rick Sandri presented the findings Nov. 12, 2025, to the Emily City Council and an overflow crowd of people at Emily City Hall.

John Latimer's official weekly assessment of nature.

As our staff takes some well-deserved time off during this holiday season, we eagerly look forward to the opportunities and successes that lie ahead in 2024.

Arnold Dahl-Wooley, 53, advocates for Two-Spirit visibility and acceptance in Northern Minnesota. He is a Leech Lake Band member who owns and operates a resort in Bena.