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In an email to KAXE, the FBI provided statements on the active investigations into recent incidents on the Red Lake Nation.

The U.S. Department of Justice sued Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon over his refusal to hand over the voter registration list, which includes voters’ names, birthdates, addresses and partial Social Security numbers.

Cryptocurrency, Big Tech and online betting corporations have collectively spent $294 million to influence federal elections in the 2026 midterms, according to Public Citizen.

Republicans will need to fend off motivated challengers in sprawling districts covering Ely and Hermantown.

Boundary Waters entry points near Big Moose Lake and Big Lake are also scheduled to reopen on Aug. 13, 2026.

Red Lake and four other Northern Minnesota counties are classified as legal deserts, with fewer than one practicing attorney per 1,000 residents.

The Bemidji Fire Department responded to the 400 block of Wood Avenue on the report of a possible garage fire.

The July 23, 2026, hearing signifies the final chapter in a year-long saga that has scarred the state and injected a new level of fear into politics.

Report for America corps member Stella Mayerhoff will cover Minnesota’s headwaters region in partnership with the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk.

Get to know the volunteers behind the mic on KAXE. This week we find out more from On the River and After Dark host and volunteer, Diane Ott.

The DNR is authorized under the Minnesota Wildfire Act to recover costs of responding to the Camp House Fire, which burned about 12,070 acres and destroyed 187 structures.

To kick off the summer member drive, KAXE Membership Coordinator Heather Johnson shares this message that real music really matters.

Lake View Silver Bay Clinic operated by Aspirus Health will close at the end of the year.

Construction on Minnesota Power’s Boswell solar energy project began following a groundbreaking ceremony Friday, July 24, 2026, near Cohasset.

In Northern Minnesota — home to all six Minnesota Chippewa Tribe bands and the sovereign Red Lake Nation — a lack of mental health services has led to jails and emergency rooms filling the gap for years.

An estimated 9 million trees around the Bemidji area were damaged or downed in the June 2025 storm. Bemidji Fire Chief Justin Sherwood said planning for spring fire danger has been ongoing since.

Three warehouses in Hibbing store core from over 20,000 holes drilled throughout Minnesota, keeping a "natural record" of the state's geology — but the DNR is running out of room.

Leanna Goose and Annie Humphrey from the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe and Emma Needham from the Red Lake Nation advocated for uncultivated wild rice beds left in the state.

Bemidji State University Alumni and Foundation launched the "Replant our Roots" campaign after 200 trees were toppled in the June 2025 windstorm.

Jack Lien has been exploring the area lakes ahead of opener on May 9, 2026, both to familiarize himself with them and to study "where the fishermen are going to get their boats and where they might find success.”