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Jennifer Bonner, Katherine Disterhaft, Mark Forte, Troy Loisel, Tim Riordan, Alan Sherek and Jodi Westby are running for I.S.D. 2909, Rock Ridge, School Board.

Kimberly Bolz-Andolshek, Mariah Hines, Curt Johnson, Susan Mathison-Young and Amy Sjoblad are running for I.S.D. 186, Pequot Lakes, School Board.

To fill some empty positions, the industry has recruited nurses from other countries to live and work in Minnesota on employment-based visas.

Fifteen people are charged with targeting over $90M across Medicaid programs aimed at helping the most vulnerable, including homeless people, children with autism and disabled people.

Councilor proposing RFPs said Virginia needed to explore all options to address its budget. A standing-room crowd supported the departments’ current makeup.

Schiltz said the incursion of 3,000 federal agents and the Trump administration’s statements show the subpoenas were issued for harassing political opponents and coercing them into action.

A lifelong Crane Laker shows off the area and reflects on the community's history with Voyageurs National Park on the day the Crane Lake Visitor Center opens.

During the week of July 8, 2025, we enjoy reports of snapping turtles, abnormally large squirrels, and oddly-named mushrooms. Staff phenologist John Latimer responds.

Minnesota DNR foresters have begun taking stock of the conditions of the forests and the nearby waters after the Brimson Complex fires burned thousands of acres.

The appointment comes in the wake of two high-profile resignations in the Hibbing School District, which is looking to make around $2 million in budget cuts.

These services have been diverted to St. Mary’s Regional Health Center, an Essentia facility in Detroit Lakes. A public hearing on the change will be 6 p.m. Jan. 30.

Hibbing School District Superintendent Rick Aldrich resigned Jan. 7, 2025, due to a health condition. The district is also set to lose its business manager Jan. 15.

The business would grow, manufacture and sell cannabis out of the building off Highway 2, though there are still moving parts as far as the sale of the warehouse.

The North Star Promise will assist eligible students with covering their tuition and fees starting this fall.

Jerome J. Debeltz, Paul Kess, John Lahtonen, Frederica Musgrave and Emily Roose are running for Ely City Council.

The Northern Waters Land Trust and Minnesota Land Trust say nearly 500 acres will be protected from development in perpetuity at 3M's 680-acre Camp Wonewok in Hubbard County.

A special election this November 2025 will decide whether to build a new school to replace Rippleside, which has several issues from space to health risks.

A citizen group challenged the closure of the South Koochiching-Rainy River school near the Canadian border. This leaves only the Northome School to serve the 1,500-square-mile district.

"Dialed In" is dedicated to informed civic dialogue on the political and social issues that matter to Northern Minnesota. Our debut episode focused on the 2024 election.

More than 200 days into the 2023-24 school year, school districts and local bargaining units meet at the mediator's table to finalize contracts for teachers and support staff.