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Bemidji Community Food Shelf Executive Director Mike Olson visits with Larissa Donovan at the KBXE Studio to discuss how hunger impacts a community and how potential budget cuts to SNAP and other USDA programs could further impact the emergency food shelf.

Plus: The Bois Forte Band is the latest to enter the cannabis marketplace with its Ishkode, Ojibwe for "fire," dispensary; and dozens of Northland athletes made the podium at last week's state wrestling tournament.

Plus: Mesabi Metallics, Cleveland-Cliffs antitrust suit heads to jury trial; and MnDOT will host a meeting on its proposed alternatives for the Hwys 2/169 corridor in Grand Rapids and La Prairie.

Plus: Bemidji residents, officials lobby at for the region's priorities at the state Capitol, and United Way of 1000 Lakes seeks Volunteer of the Year award nominations.

And: Medicaid cuts would likely worsen rural Minnesota health care outlook; Staples-Motley are wrestling state champs; and 3 Northern MN boys hockey teams advance to state.

Plus: Northern Minnesota student-athletes are headed to the MSHSL boys swimming and diving state tournament.

Plus: Social media post on Grand Rapids trans bathroom use prompts public comment; and family-owned Cragun's Resort to be sold to investment group.

Plus: the Minnesota Court of Appeals reversed Aitkin County's decision to convict a Minneapolis woman of unlawful assembly and trespass during the Line 3 construction; and rural Northern Minnesota athletes in three sports gave it their all in state tournaments last weekend.

Plus: The Minnesota DNR enforcement division formally recognized 18 people and 1 dog for their lifesaving actions in 2024-25; and experts are leery of the Trump administration's $1 billion new plan to combat avian flu.

Plus: Leech Lake clarifies DOGE eyes the smaller IHS office lease; Voyageurs National Park Crane Lake visitor center not impacted by lease cancellations; Turtle River student wins essay contest; and KAXE's Rock Ridge Special Election Guide helps inform voters.

Plus: Rural MN girls basketball teams head to state; and ICTV and KAXE will co-host an Itasca County Board District 4 candidate forum.

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

And: Minnesotans want more "town halls" with federal lawmakers; and three North Central MN school districts are trying to pass referendums.

Plus: 3M's Camp Wonewok on Big Mantrap Lake will remain largely undeveloped as a future wildlife management area; and Northland athletes had a good showing at the MSHSL girls basketball tournament over the weekend.

Plus: MnDOT to host open houses on planned Hwy 210 project in Brainerd; and Northland boys basketball teams head to state.

And: Bagley and Hibbing earn starred performances at State One Act Play Festival; and MN lawmakers discuss impacts of potential federal Department of Education shuttering.

Plus: Nurses call attention to growing influence of artificial intelligence.

And: Officials recommend temporary rules for gas production as helium reservoir continues promising results.

Mikaela Fisher, 38, opened a non-alcoholic bottle shop in Laporte over 2 months ago. As the 'mocktail' trend takes the U.S. by storm, the Surgeon General warns of alcohol's cancer risks.

Plus: dozens of Up North high school athletes will compete in state ski meets at Giant's Ridge; and Rep. Pete Stauber reintroduced a bill to restore mineral leases near the Boundary Waters.