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The Brainerd lakes area native is tasked with ramping up the community public broadcast organization’s digital presence through its website and social media while adding to its suite of community-minded original content with local news reporting.

While operating costs have risen for builders, so have rents for apartment dwellers.

Minnesota Department of Education staffers said the state is scheduled to receive $1.4 billion from the federal government in 2025, which makes up 10% of its total budget.

The Grand Rapids School Board decided to move the last day of school up for East Rapids, West Rapids and Cohasset elementaries at its Monday, April 22 meeting.

Sgt. Cody Siebert of the East Range Police Department also served in the Mesabi East School District. He died Feb. 27, 2026, less than 24 hours after being diagnosed with a brain infection.

During the week of April 29, 2025, 16 (!) classes share Earth Day messages and reports of migratory birds and budding trees. Staff phenologist John Latimer responds.

Troy DeWall, Derek Pederson, Don Raihala, Marshal Walters and Travis White are running for Proctor City Council.

During the week of Sept. 30, 2025, we enjoy reports of wandering skunks, diverse fungi, and migrating birds. Phenology Coordinator Charlie Mitchell responds.

Joseph White and Andrea Zupancich are running for Babbitt mayor. Glenn Anderson, John Fitzpatrick, Paul Hoheisel, Duane Lossing, Terrance Switajewski and Craig Warlof are running for Babbitt City Council.

The trust fund, which is partly funded by proceeds from the Minnesota State Lottery system, has provided more than $1 billion for more than 1,600 projects statewide since 1991.

The Red Lake Department of Natural Resources invited students from Blackduck, Kelliher, Ponemah and Red Lake for the Water Festival at Concordia Language Villages on Oct. 10, 2024.

The union hosted 10 town halls across the state, with three in Northern Minnesota. They noted seven themes in the new report.

Dave Nevin and Jackson M. Purfeerst are running for Crosslake mayor. Bob Heales, Jayme Knapp and Robin M. Sylvester are running for Crosslake City Council.

The Republican won all but 11 of 80 precincts in Senate District 6 in her April 29, 2025, special election victory. Seven precincts that voted red in 2022 flipped.

The Great American Think-Off hosted by the New York Mills Regional Cultural Center is an exhibition of civil disagreement between powerful ideas being explored by everyday people.

Part of the cultural event was what organizers described as impromptu tours to nearby sites, including the Talon Metals mine site and the Enbridge Line 3 pipeline corridor, pointing out nearby lakes, rivers and wetlands.

We’ve published more than 500 stories about Northern Minnesota in the Local News section of kaxe.org, including 180+ episodes of our daily newscast, the Up North Report.

Just nine days before the death of Burl Ives, his father Mike died at the age of 80 at his home on Pokegama Lake. Burl worked alongside his father in multiple family businesses.

Rep. Dave Lislegard and state Sen. Grant Hauschild also heard from EMS workers in Ely, Tower and Orr about challenges including staffing, funding and Medicare reimbursement.

The biggest disconnect between Essentia Health and the SEIU members is wages, though SEIU also points to differences in PTO or shift bonuses and holiday pay.