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Twelve new automatic license plate readers went up in Bemidji and other MN cities in May 2025. But the Flock Safety cameras raise concerns with privacy advocates.

Daniel Jourdain and Jorge Prince are running for Bemidji mayor. Gwenia Fiskevold Gould and Ron Johnson and running for Bemidji City Council Ward 1.Katie Carter and Mark Dickinson are running for Council Ward 3. Bill Batchelder and Lynn Eaton are running for Council Ward 5.

Small-town grocers feel a strong sense of responsibility to their communities, but the threat of closure often looms.

This show strives to take an in-depth look at some natural resource-based issues important to our region. We’ll not only discuss the problems, but also attempt to highlight some creative solutions. We’re starting a new series looking at the history of our local forests.

Lorrie Janatopoulos and Cal Warwas are running to represent District 7B, which includes south-central St. Louis County and the East Range, including Virginia and Chisholm.

Larry Hopkins and Pat Medure are the two remaining candidates running for Itasca County District 4. Daniel E. Chase, Robert Preble and Dick Sackett lost in the primary election.

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.

Hunters argued wolf populations have surpassed recovery goals in the Great Lakes region and populations in the West Coast are growing fast enough to merit downlisting.

Stauber-sponsored provisions were scrapped on concerns they would not pass muster under Senate parliamentary rules.

Conservationists and wildlife enthusiasts are pleading with the public to demand that protections in the BWCAW concerning mining interests stay in place, with a key vote in Congress pending.

Minnesotans will vote on renewing the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund, plus local ballot questions for some cities, townships and school districts.

Little progress has been made despite 40 years of cleanup on Leech Lake Reservation. Locals fear for the health of surrounding lakes and the Mississippi River downstream.

We've covered labor strikes, cannabis legalization, the 2023 election, issues with rural mail delivery, severe drought conditions, court proceedings and mysterious booms.

A list of candidates who filed to run for city, school board and township offices during the second filing period in Northern Minnesota in 2024.

House GOP leaders have abruptly canceled a vote on their own bill meant to address the surge of unaccompanied minors at the Mexican border. An effort to pass a pared down version of President Obama's request was blocked by a group of Tea Party conservatives. NPR's Senior Correspondent Ron Elving discusses the state of play.

the mission of Northern Waters Land Trust is to Preserve Land to Protect Water

Farm programs will likely cost the government less under any new farm bill, but the policy could be bad for the environment. Both House and Senate versions would end a big subsidy, called direct payments, that has paid money to land owners — whether they needed it or not — if they complied with certain conservation regulations. The two chambers' versions of the bill differ on how, or even if, to incent farmers to take care of their land. But both versions would stop funding to keep at least five million acres of land out of production.

As energy bills mount and electric power is no sure thing in California, businesses are looking for ways to become more energy efficient. It's a mindset that is likely to become stronger than any time since the energy crisis of the 1970s. Russell Lewis of member station KPBS reports.

Robert Siegel is at the Republican convention in Philadelphia, where he talks with Marvin Olasky, an occasional informal advisor to George W. Bush. He also coined the phrase Compassionate Conservatism, a phrase that is also the title of Olasky's new book. Olasky is a University of Texas journalism professor, and also senior fellow of the Acton Institute for the study of Religion and Liberty. He talks with Robert about how Bush's Christianity could infuse his presidency and his policies.

NPR's Andrea Seabrook interviews actor Willem Dafoe about his new movie The Clearing and his other roles on screen and stage.