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High levels of the invasive insect prompted the quarantine from the state Department of Agriculture. There will be an informational meeting April 29, 2025.

"Spring Board: The Early Unrecorded Songs" by The Chills is KAXE's Album of the Week for April 28-May 4, 2025.

About 235 employees will be laid off as a result, starting Sept. 25, 2025, and Super One will offer employees an opportunity to interview for positions, according to DEED.

The MN Department of Agriculture will treat 24 sites in Aitkin, Carlton, Itasca, Pine and St. Louis counties with nontoxic spray to slow the spread of the destructive pest.

The center welcomed its first patient on Monday, July 14, 2025. The stated goal of the center is to provide rural Minnesotans cancer treatment with a shorter drive.

The stopgap funding ranges from the tens of thousands to the hundreds of thousands. Chisholm Ambulance will use the aid to help replace an aging ambulance.

In spring, eggs have been collected at Cut Foot Sioux walleye spawning site in Deer River, MN, since the 1920s. Fertilized eggs are transported throughout the state.

Heavy ground-level smoke from wildfires in the Northwest Territories of Canada was moving south across central Canada and toward Minnesota on Wednesday. A strong cold front will bring the smoke across the entire state Thursday.

Jarrett Bundy and Kim Jirik are running for I.S.D. 2142, St. Louis County, School Board District 1.Leigh Backe and Chris Koivisto are running for Board District 4.Jessica Reinhardt and Kristin Zorn and running for Board District 6.

An upcoming "Starry Trek" event enlists citizen scientists to search for the invasive macroalgae, which creates dense mats and is confirmed in 30 Minnesota water bodies.

'With Trampled By Turtles' by Alan Sparhawk is KAXE's Album of the Week for June 2-8, 2025.

Operations by fire crews will reduce the potential for wildfires by reducing hazardous fuel loads, a news release stated. In addition, prescribed fire restores a once occurring natural process for which ecosystems rely on for plants, such as blueberries.

Megan Buffington will be based in Grand Rapids and cover northeastern Minnesota.

Multiple callers reported the animal coming too close for comfort on the trails north of the school, with a runner being nipped on Thursday, July 25, 2025.

NWS has forecast multiple rounds of showers and storms Tuesday, July 15, 2025, in north-central and northeastern MN, with rainfall potential through 7 a.m. Wednesday.

Essentia Health is expanding its mobile mammography services to rural communities in Norman, St. Louis, Itasca, Crow Wing, Cass and Wadena counties.

Emerald ash borer is now confirmed in Jackson County and a new portion of Lake County, with 53 of Minnesota's 87 counties having known infestations.

Candidate forums for the Legislature, city council, mayor, school board and other local offices are taking place in communities around Northern Minnesota.

Two of the tornadoes measured at EF-2, with winds reaching 120 mph. One traveled 13 miles on the ground, from north of Crosby to south of Aitkin. Crow Wing County declared a local emergency.

Now through April 30, the organization is calling on the region to help stock local food pantries for families experiencing food insecurity. The Flavors of Our Community drive is a statewide food initiative focused on increasing access to culturally specific food items.