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Kevin Boyles, Michelle Brekken, Stephanie Etterman, Jody Kalenberg, Andrew Mendez, Michael Stromberg and John Ward are running for I.S.D. 181, Brainerd, School Board.

Sharon Ball, Wayne Hiebert, Pete Kalar and Andrew Donald "Jesus Dubs" Piekarski are running for International Falls mayor.

Trump has vowed to reverse the Superior National Forest mining moratorium as a priority after he’s sworn in, which he can do under his executive authority.

Bemidji Area Schools is considering consolidating its elementary schools by closing J.W. Smith, and community members are urging the Board to look at other options.

KAXE covered pushback on the LGBTQ+ community, changes in rural health care delivery, a coal ash spill at Boswell Energy Center, tribal land back efforts, helium mining and more.

The vote on Tuesday, Nov. 7, will ask how to fund a planned 242-bed facility: a five-eighths percent sales tax or an increase in property taxes.

For millennia, the Great Lakes Anishinaabe used traditional fire practices to manage the forests of Northeastern Minnesota. Today, science is capturing the frequency and severity of those fires to understand how communities might recreate their relationship with the land.

The Itasca County early childhood program was long supported by the Blandin Foundation. A new model may be on the horizon, but for now, cuts are needed.

The district estimates closing the school, which serves second and third grade, will save it at least $516,000 as it works to address a $2 million budget shortfall.

Jennifer Bevis is the senior rural advocacy manager at the Blandin Foundation and sat down for the Q&A session with The Daily Yonder, a nonprofit rural news organization.

Michael T. Egan, Kristine Galatz, Cassie Liubakka, Kim (Kotonias) McLaughlin and Sierra Napoli-Thein are running for I.S.D. 701, Hibbing, School Board.

Pulsar Helium discovered an unprecedented helium deposit near Babbitt, which could make Minnesota the center of the important industry.

Minnesota's wild rice sulfate standard has been in place since the 1970s but has been lightly enforced. With that changing, Rangers are worried about the potential economic consequences.

The DNR added a new rule to the city hunt requirements in 2023. All deer over a year old must be sampled for the always-fatal disease.

KAXE's weekly list of concerts near you features Mudsong and Forge North, Scott Jasmin, and Wild Horses, Cactus Blossoms, Them Coulee Boys and more at Festival Rialto.

Two projects broke ground in mid-August 2025, with another underway and at least four more in the works.

There is still plenty of time to take in Danish recycling artist Thomas Dambo's work in a troll journey around Detroit Lakes and nearby Frazee.

Maygen Lacey and Noah Neumann talked about their bold, years-long creative odyssey behind "The Americana Dream," the album’s adventurous spirit, and they debuted live versions of the new songs.

Jack Aakhus, Todd Haugen, Nicole Jaranson, Carol L. Johnson, Julie Laitala and Ann Long Voelkner are running for I.S.D. 31, Bemidji Area Schools, School Board.

Aitkin, Badger, Clearbrook-Gonvick, Cook County, Crosby-Ironton, Deer River, Hibbing, Lake of the Woods, Roseau, Wadena-Deer Creek, Walker-Hackensack-Akeley, Warroad & Win-E-Mac are the districts with special elections.