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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.

Plus: Without a legislative fix, Minnesota districts are facing a funding cliff.

Plus: Central Lakes College seeks community input; and 73 Northern MN wrestlers plus four teams are headed to the state tournament.

HWY35 is planning a cannabis park at a former lumber mill site in Grand Rapids. Locally-owned M.N. Technology plans to build a cultivation facility in Cohasset's industrial park.

Plus: Downtown Bemidji's Paul Bunyan Playhouse announces it is pausing its 2025 summer season amid structural and financial issues; and state tournaments for girls hockey and gymnastics wrapped this weekend with several Northland athletes placing.

Plus: the 8th annual Fat Bike Rally returns to Lake Bemidji State Park on March 1, 2025; the Northwest Minnesota Foundation is offering grant dollars to eligible applicants with proposals that foster more welcoming communities; and Second Harvest Northland is kicking off the public phase of its $20 million "Nourish the Northland" capital campaign.

Plus: Red Lake will remember victims of the state's deadliest school shooting 20 years later; and the Grand Rapids fire chief saved a woman from a house fire.

This week, News Director Chelsey Perkins talks about the latest updates on the arrest of state Sen. Justin Eichorn and discusses her story on Cass and Itasca counties' cooperation with ICE.

Plus: Attorney General Keith Ellison announced new discussions about the future of academic medicine in the state between Essentia Health, Fairview Health and the University of Minnesota; and the Bemidji High School mock trial team will be honored in a Thursday ceremony with Beltrami County judges.