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This week, News Director Chelsey Perkins talks about special election results, a forum featuring Republicans running for Senate District 6 and a death in Red Lake jail.

Plus: With the entire staff that administers the Low Income Heating and Energy Assistance Program laid off, state advocates are concerned what that could mean for MN utility payers; and the Brainerd Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce will host a Republican candidate forum April 8 ahead of the special Senate District 6 primary election.

Voyageurs National Park protects the lakes, forests and geology of Minnesota's border lakes region. Jesse Gates of Voyageurs Conservancy shares how the park's nonprofit partner is celebrating on the big day and beyond.

And: A Brainerd construction company settles allegations of falsified test results in government contracts; Minnesota Power acquisition public hearings take place this week; and Tuesday is Special Election Day in Minnesota.

And: Republican candidates for Senate District 6 share views at a forum in Baxter.

Plus: Spring fire restrictions in effect for Northern Minnesota, and Superior NF to begin prescribed burns; Saginaw detour begins; and a World Juniors hockey match is coming to Bemidji.

Plus: Legislature considers funding boost to rural cancer care; and migrating birds are keeping birders busy in MN.

The USDA allowed emergency actions on millions of acres of national forest land, including the Superior and Chippewa, pointing to fire risk, forest health and timber needs.

The MN Department of Agriculture is aiming to contain the spongy moth near Grand Rapids through quarantine, since federal funds did not come in time for effective treatment.

This week, Reporter Larissa Donovan talks about visiting a local farmer, a history mystery in a sunken Bemidji parking lot, and attempts to address wastewater around Lake Bemidji.

And: Social entrepreneurship fellowship applications open soon; and tuition hikes likely for MN State colleges.

Plus: Rangers will rally to keep the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame in Eveleth on Saturday.

Plus: Northern Township Administrator Chris Lahn presented on 50 years of aspirations to wrap sewer services around Lake Bemidji during a BSU Earth Day event.

Plus: U.S. Rep. Angie Craig, a possible Senate candidate, appears in Grand Rapids for a town hall event as part of GOP district tour.

News Director Chelsey Perkins catches up on what's happening in St. Paul with Report for Minnesota student journalists Yvette Higgins, Sam Siedow and Elias Thomas.

Plus: Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board of Trustees named Bemidji State's Nina Johnson as 2025 Service Faculty of the Year; United Way of 1000 Lakes announces finalists for Volunteer of the Year; dozens of Northern Minnesota students will compete at the state Speech meet this weekend; and the Bemidji Rotary Club is partnering with Sanford Health to offer comprehensive blood screenings May 14-16, 2025.

Plus: Cohasset receives community energy transition grant; Northern MN has four state speech champs; and Essentia's Detroit Lakes infant remembrance service is Sunday.

Plus: Bemidji School Board approves $1M+ in cuts; and the state's Department of Human Services is hosting in-person and virtual workshops on its second draft of proposed child care licensing standards.

As three large wildfires burn in St. Louis County, Leanne Langeberg of the Minnesota Interagency Fire Center provides insight into the work firefighters have been doing.

Plus: North Memorial Health will continue to be the ambulance service provider in the Walker area after a meeting of the newly-formed special taxing authority; Minnesota's Office of Broadband Development announces it can no longer honor $12 million in grants to local governments and small businesses after federal funding cuts; and the Minnesota DNR is accepting comment on an environmental assessment worksheet to restore habitat on the St. Louis River.