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As Congress weighs enacting Medicaid reforms to reduce spending, the research community has new findings looking at how the public health insurance program props up maternal care in rural communities.

Supporters said the color does not have other symbolic meanings and color-blind people can generally recognize it. Twenty-two states have similar purple paint laws.

Spencer Igo and Aron Schnaser are running to represent District 7A, which includes southeastern Itasca County, western St. Louis County and northern Aitkin County.

Proposed legislation would allow counties to collect reimbursement for ice rescue missions.

After authorizing a strike last week, north-central and northeastern APPs with the Minnesota Nurses Association filed a 10-day strike notice Monday, June 30, 2025.

Events at local libraries and green tags on items at local Ace Hardware stores will help residents prepare emergency kits before disaster strikes.

In a Friday afternoon news release, UPM Blandin reported with the ratification of the three-year contract, the return-to-work process will begin.

The expansion of the park memorializing those lost in the Milford Mine disaster in 1924 will add 1.55 miles of walking trails, more interpretive signs and new boardwalks.

KAXE's weekly list of concerts near you features The Mark Petersen Band, Aaron Tank & Friends, Indecent Proposal and Sugar on the Roof.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics says the construction industry faces a shortage of 500,000 workers, prompting calls for bigger and more accessible training programs.

The emergency declaration follows a severe windstorm on June 21, 2025, that downed thousands of trees and caused widespread power outages.

Essentia Health advanced practice practitioners in northeastern and north-central Minnesota voted to unionize last year. They say Essentia has refused to bargain.

KAXE's weekly list of concerts near you features Walking Phoenix, Forge North, Ditty Wish and the Oxbows.

Like all of Minnesota, Leech Lake is vulnerable to a variety of natural hazards such as tornadoes, windstorms, severe winter storms, flooding, drought and extreme temperatures.

Dr. Joseph Corser, a medical director at Sanford Bemidji, and Nicole Kiesow, physician assistant from the Headwaters Health Clinic in Fosston, were recognized for their contributions to rural health.

Planning for natural disasters minimizes the impact of events that can cause vast economic loss and personal hardship, and plan updates make the county eligible for FEMA funding.

Crews are battling three large wildfires amid extreme fire weather conditions and a Red Flag Warning in Northern Minnesota.

After receiving private grant funding for a new permanent exhibit, the Beltrami County Historical Society is seeking a diverse group of people to serve on an Exhibit Advisory Committee.

Scott Brenny, David Bruns, Eric F. Crist, Tom Martire, Jared Morse, Riley Allen Savolainen and Terry Sullivan are running for Nashwauk City Council.

The work on the Minnesota highway will begin Sept. 16, 2024.