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Dan Stark is a large carnivore specialist and the wolf plan project manager for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

Plus: unemployment benefits for striking workers considered; meeting planned on Aitkin County Hwy 169 project; and rain-collecting volunteers are needed.

Plus: Pequot's bobber tower in need of repairs, a Minnesota farmer focuses on regenerative practices with poultry, and a new dental hub comes to the region.

Plus: A bill would transfer ownership if the White Earth State Forest to the White Earth Nation, and a mistake led to the wrong siren sounding in St. Louis County.

And: Minnesota's representation in the U.S. Senate announced federal funding for Bemidji area projects, Tuesday is Township Day, and a group is seeking to end unfair labor practices like wage theft.

Plus: A missing Bigfork teenager is found safe; the Grand Rapids School Board agrees to $1.6M in budget cuts; and Rock Ridge School District cancels classes for all students in response to state tournament appearances.

Plus a bill would return the rest of Upper Red Lake to Red Lake Nation; emergency funds available for businesses impacted by warm winter; and funding supports the rural electric grid.

Plus: Drought conditions deepen in Minnesota; a planned Coleraine child care facility receives Itasca County support to expand availability; and the DNR releases fishing regulations on Upper Red, Mille Lacs lakes.

Plus, the DNR decides to stop stocking trout in three Northern Minnesota lakes because of growing northern pike populations.

And: Hubbard County residents seek abatements after property valuation program overvalues properties; a Bemidji City Council meeting was cut short after unknown online attendants began shouting profanity and slurs; the University of Minnesota will hold a listening session about the future of the Cloquet Forestry Center next week; and recent research into chronic wasting disease shows the barrier for spillover into the human population is less solid than once thought.

And: a federal jury found a 34-year-old White Earth man guilty of producing child pornography on the Red Lake Reservation; a 66-year-old man was seriously injured after being struck by a falling tree near Chisholm; Grand Rapids City Council selects Rick Blake as an appointed council member to fill the rest of now-Mayor Connelly's term; and voting law changes last session could help Minnesota's elder voters this November.

Plus: Pequot Lakes receives grant funds for robotics team, STEM education; local electric coops offer education on energy efficiency incentives; and Minnesotans are reminded of the child tax credit as the end of tax filing season nears.

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.

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.

Plus: Candidates recommended for Ninth Judicial District vacancies; and Chairman Faron Jackson Sr. delivers the Leech Lake State of the Band address.

Plus: A bill aims to provide one-time funding to struggling ambulance services, and Beltrami County seeks Legislative support for mental health and diversion programs for jail inmates.

Plus: Bemidji educators reach tentative contract agreement; wage theft policy updates look to prevent cases falling through the cracks; and Minnesota Chippewa Tribe local elections will take place Tuesday.

Brainerd Dispatch Sports Editor Jeremy Millsop reflects on how to stem the tide of negativity and bad fan behavior after Crosby-Ironton's student section made the news for the wrong reasons.

Rise and Repair organizer and Leech Lake band member Leanna Goose discusses the coalition's agenda, including supporting landback initiatives and a resolution supporting the rights of wild rice.

And: many Northern Minnesotans voice their support and opposition to the proposed transfer of state-managed forest lands to the White Earth Nation during a state senate committee meeting on Thursday, March 7.