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Plus: Bemidji State University announces a re-envisioned computer science and design program that will launch in Fall 2025.

Minnesota is one of 22 states suing the Trump administration over the sweeping pause in federal loans and grants, while local and tribal leaders seek clarification on the impacts.

Plus: Land exchange on Lake Winnibigoshish passes U.S. House.

Plus, a report from the University of Minnesota indicates rural hospitals are overrepresented in the 500 obstetric wards closed between 2010 and 2022.

Plus, Northeastern MN farmers are encouraged to apply for climate resiliency project funding, and the Superior National Forest is seeking members for its Natural Resource Advisory Board.

Plus: Public comment being accepted on Fernberg Corridor Project to reduce wildfire risk; and Hibbing to host public hearing on its plans to issue bonds to improve its public works facility.

Plus, the Grand Rapids City Council is applying for a municipal cannabis license to explore operating a city-owned dispensary; and the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Day of Remembrance returns to Bemidji for its 9th year on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025.

Plus: Grand Rapids will host a City Government Academy; and Minnesotans can apply for grants to support pollinator habitat in their backyards.

Plus: The Department of Natural Resources must reconsider an environmental study of a tailings basin in Silver Bay; and Bagley and Hibbing will perform at the State One Act Play Festival.

Plus: Roush Enterprises — which has Bemidji operations responsible for many miles of winter test driving — joins a new national organization; and the Minnesota Discovery Center museum in Chisholm is seeking input for its strategic plan.

Julie Blaha's role is mostly focused on the local level, where she's helped officials react to the Trump administration's changes. She's also keeping tabs on bills and committees in the state Legislature.

Feb. 14 marks a national day of recognition and awareness on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives, an epidemic that impacts countless families in Northern Minnesota. MMIW 218 is a grassroots group of local organizers that began coordinating these spaces for healing and change.

Plus: Frigid temperatures are blamed for a city-wide power outage Tuesday, Feb. 18, in Ely; Bemidji State University is receiving another round of funding for its STEM-specific teaching scholarship; and Northern Minnesota high school athletes are competing in winter sports state tournaments this week.

Plus: Changes under consideration to state's cottage food regulations; MnDOT releases new snowplow names; Cook County boys ski to 2nd place at state; and Northern MN dance teams head to the MSHSL tourney.

Plus: Minnesota is considering adding nitrate standards for lakes and rivers; and St. Louis County plans to unveil two time capsules from the last century on Feb. 25, 2025.

Plus: Some Minnesotans may be experiencing symptoms of SAD, or seasonal affective disorder, a condition that affects up to 6% of Americans; and Warroad is the last rural Northland team standing in the Class A girls hockey state tournament.

Plus: Bill would help school districts with lots of vacation homes; DNR considers allowing automatic hook-setters for ice fishing; and Detroit Lakes and Bemidji athletes to compete at state gymnastics meet.

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.