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A small male child is in the foreground with a baseball cap held upside down in one hand. He's standing in a closed street in front of a crowd of people sitting and standing, with tents visible and Bemidji Brewing in the background.

PHOTO GALLERY: Bemidji Block Party 2023

Featuring International Reggae All-Stars, Thomas X, ber and Wild Horses. Photos special to KAXE by reporter/photographer Casey Ek.

Solar panels on the roof of the Obimindwaa building, with the Red Lake Band hosting an opening ceremony on Oct. 11, 2023.

Opening celebration for Obiminwaa Giizhiibaayaakwaag's new building

Red Lake Band members and invited guests celebrated the new space geared toward accessibility, inclusion and a better quality of life with the Anishinaabe culture intertwined with all programming.

A woman demonstrating yard spinning. She is wearing dark blue sweater and sitting behind a yard spinning machine.

Laskiainen 2024

Terry Hoi holds a heart-shaped ice cream cake he ordered with his sweetheart for their 17th Valentine's Day at the Lakeside Dairy Queen in Bemidji on Feb. 14, 2024.

DQ in February

Participants in the eighth annual Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women's ceremony walk along the waterfront on Paul Bunyan State Trail. The event was held at the Bemidji Waterfront on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024.

MMIW 2-14-24

Audience members dance to Davina and the Vagabonds during the Bemidji Block Party on Saturday, June 22, 2024.

Bemidji Block Party 2024

Unicon21

The HVAC system, shown on July 12, 2024, is in two parts at the renovated Great Northern Depot — one unit in the basement and another unit in the upstairs archive area.

BCHS Archives

Republican state Rep. Matt Bliss and Bemidji Mayor Jorge Prince talk among the Bemidji Day attendees at the State Capitol in St. Paul on March 5, 2026.

Bemidji Day at the Capitol 2026

KAXE Larissa Donovan tagged along for the 19th annual Bemidji Day at the State Capitol on March 5, 2026.

A person wearing an orange beanie hat and a purple crewneck sweater. She is holding a paper plate of food.

Riverfest 2024 Atmosphere

A crowd of people facing a large stage screens to the left and right. A blonde man singing into a microphone is visible on the screens. A banner over the stage reads "Grand Rapids Riverfest."

Riverfest 2024 artists

KAXE's Larissa Donovan takes a unicycling lesson at Unicon 21 in Bemidji, Minnesota on Wednesday, July 17, 2024.

KAXE Crew Learns to Unicycle

Bemidji Area Reporter Larissa Donovan, Volunteer Coordinator Dan Gannon and Volunteer Photographer Lorie Shaull try unicycling.

at the 9th annual Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Awareness event in Bemidji on Feb. 14, 2025.

MMIW 218 March Feb 14 2025

Organizers and attendees gather for the 9th annual MMIW event in Bemidji on Feb. 14, 2025.

The chartered bus from Bemidji Bus Lines left the Historic Mayflower Building in downtown Bemidji at 6 a.m. for Bemidji Day at the State Capitol on March 5, 2025.

Bemidji Day 2025

Around two dozen Bemidji business and government leaders traveled to St. Paul for Bemidji Day at the State Capitol on March 5, 2025.

A portrait of Nevaeh Kingbird sits on an empty chair between graduating seniors at the beginning of Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig School's graduation ceremony on May 29, 2025. Nevaeh's name is heaven spelled backwards, she was a member of this year's graduating class.

Bug O Nay Ge Shig Graduation

Bug O Nay Ge Shig School commencement on May 29, 2025.

Daniel Latterell, 64, of Cloquet, was last seen on May 25, 2025.

Missing from Cloquet 2025

Daniel Latterell, 64, and Jane Korpela, 63, both of Cloquet, were last heard from on May 25, 2025.

Hundreds gather in front of Old Central School at the "Hands Off!" rally in Grand Rapid son April 5, 2025.

'Hands Off' rally Grand Rapids

Northern Minnesotans joined some of the 1,300 communities across the country holding "Hands Off" events on April 5, 2025.

Elaine Clark of Red Lake and Aldene Morrison of Cass Lake hold signs along Bemidji Avenue North at the "Hands Off!" rally in Bemidji on April 5, 2025.

'Hands Off' rally Bemidji

Northern Minnesotans joined some of the 1,300 "Hands Off" rallies held across the country on April 5, 2025.

People gather in and around the gym ahead of the events for the 20th annual Day of Remembrance at Red Lake High School on March 21, 2025. The back of the sweatshirts says "We are Remembered/ Honored/ Loved/ Not Forgotten/ Red Lake High School" printed in red and white, with red ribbons with the number "20" on them.

Red Lake High School 20th day of Remembrance

Around 60 people gathered at Red Lake High School to commemorate the 20th day of remembrance on March 21, 2025.

Protesters hold signs in Downtown Bemidji, part of the "No Kings" protest in Bemidji on Saturday, June 14, 2025.

'No Kings' rallies draw thousands in Northern MN

Despite warnings about mass gatherings in light of Rep. Melissa Hortman's assassination, thousands gathered on Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Bemidji, Grand Rapids and Brainerd.

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