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Watermark Art Festival is July 20-21 in downtown Bemidji, featuring over 100 artists and organizations, a food court, live music and free family activities.

Karen Storkamp wants to spread the word about the artform of needle felting. She hosts a class Sept. 7, 2024, at The Crossing Arts Alliance in Brainerd.

Throughout 2025, the Beltrami County History Center had classes and exhibits featuring local women artists. A reception and sale is planned in early 2026.

Major changes include mandatory chronic wasting disease testing in the city hunt and harvest reductions in the permit area.

Thomas Barrett, executive organizer of Motherland Block Party, joins "Area Voices" to discuss what's happening at the event, how it started, and what planning goes into it.

Three men from the Grand Rapids area aim to raise money to split between eight nonprofit organizations in what they call the Great Itasca Giveback.

“Harp and Sol” will be performed at various locations in Northern Minnesota from Aug. 15-17. Geoffrey Taylor and Mary Overlie join “Area Voices” to discuss the production process.

John Taylor Ward is the artistic director of the festival in the Brainerd area. Raised in Appalachia, Ward is also a classical singer and folk music researcher/practitioner.

Crow Wing County's Eric Klang said agents worked out of the sheriff's office while temporarily stationed in the lakes area, asking him for guidance on "what's off limits."

The DNR said a closure notice because of a land dispute in the Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area was an error, but it’s unclear how access could be affected moving forward.

Crow Wing County's Eric Klang said agents worked out of the sheriff's office while temporarily stationed in the lakes area, asking him for guidance on "what's off limits."

Gallery instructor Candy Christensen discussed the newly opened gallery, a partnership with Hubbard County Developmental Achievement Center.

The Bigfork art center is one of 10 venues to host in 2025. The event will have a meal, community discussions and a sketch comedy performance from Danger Boat Productions.

And: new winter walleye regulations for Upper Red and Mille Lacs; area voices to serve on state boards; United Way of Bemidji Area launches its kids gift program; and the Indian Health Service provides a grant to get more books in the hands of Indigenous youths.

Late Wednesday, June 12, 2024, Crow Wing County Sheriff Eric Klang said responders continued to assess storm damage in a narrow swath stretching from the Pine River-Backus area through Crosslake and into Aitkin.

The U.S. Forest Service announced the emergency forest order within the Superior National Forest in a news release Thursday night. The order prohibits visitor entry at specific campsites, portages and lakes, and pristine management areas near the site of the fire.

Theater Director Jake Anderson says Grand Rapids Players' "InsomniActs 5" is a low-stakes way to try out theater and doesn't require any acting experience.

The Nemeth Art Center in Park Rapids was named as one of the recipients of the spring 2025 grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.

Loon Country Arts needed a new location as a result of this summer's devastating derecho in Bemidji. It's now located in the Carnegie Library starting Dec. 3, 2025.

Springboard for the Arts has selected 12 fellows who live or work in rural communities across the Upper Midwest. Each fellow receives flexible funds to support or expand existing work and two years of learning exchanges with fellow rural artists.