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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.

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.

Plus: 3M's Camp Wonewok on Big Mantrap Lake will remain largely undeveloped as a future wildlife management area; and Northland athletes had a good showing at the MSHSL girls basketball tournament over the weekend.

Our No. 1 and No. 2 stories of year follow the wide-ranging local impacts of sometimes swift and surprising decisions in Washington, D.C., and a severe natural disaster changes the landscape in the Bemidji area.

And: Ely leads the pack of Iron Range towns for new business startups, the Superior National Forest is seeking input as it plans to update the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness management plan; and as Minnesota's carbon-free standard for 2040 nears, clean energy voices say legislation is needed to speed up the permitting process.

Inspired by the library's summer reading theme, “Find Your Voice,” Hautala will lead a workshop for adults that encourages storytellers of all skill levels and abilities to consider how we use our “voices” to tell stories.

And: Itasca, Beltrami county residents voice budget thoughts at Truth in Taxation meetings.

AI can now be trained to realistically imitate the voices of celebrities. The Planet Money podcast explore this new world of synthetic voices.

Business leaders say this digital infrastructure is badly needed, but environmental voices are urging a cautious approach.

In this special edition of the Up North Report, Bemidji area reporter Larissa Donovan explores the issue around the symbolism of pride flags and their removal from classrooms at Bemidji Area Schools.

More than half of the project area falls within the boundary of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Reservation. The Cut Foot Experimental Forest and Lost Forty Research Natural Area lie within the project area, with Highway 46 serving as a main access corridor to several national forest recreational destinations.

Bemidji area reporter Larissa Donovan discusses her recent article about the removal of pride flags from Bemidji Area Schools on the KAXE Morning Show on Thursday, March 28.

KAXE/KBXE Reporter Larissa Donovan reflects on some of her favorite stories she covered outside of her usual territory. Highlights include the Highway 35, LLC project plans in Grand Rapids, challenged library books at Brainerd Public Schools, assisting with KAXE coverage of the Blandin Paper Mill strike and IM Care/Lakeview Behavioral Health contract, and the Energy News Network series on the Iron Range.

Gifts are only available for children who are pre-registered and meet the program’s guidelines, which are detailed on the registration form.

Those who sign up for the tour will trek the forest and tap a maple tree, learn how sap is boiled down and taste test syrup from the farm with pancakes.

State Sen. Jason Rarick's proposal to add some Carlton County school districts to the TAA was strongly rebuked by Iron Range legislators.

Dee Furfaro, Lenore Siems and April Larson make up the celtic, folk, bluegrass band Caleigh. They've been making sweet, soulful music together for 20…

"All human beings have an intrinsic desire to be accepted, to know it's ok to be me and someone's got my back...if the existing choices for having that,…