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A collage of artwork for 5 albums and 4 singles over a blue hazy background. The middle artwork is the largest, a woman wearing a blue dress. In each corner are four smaller artworks: top left is two chairs in a field, top right is a woman and man with sunglasses and a pink background, bottom left is a person in a red dress swinging on a swingset, bottom right is a loon with a white star. There are four more even smaller artworks: top middle is a blue sky and sign that says "Peaches," middle left is three people running on a running track, middle right is a red, purple, maroon and orange pattern, bottom middle is a black and white photo of four people biking towards the camera.

Fresh Picks: Black country soul, indie rock therapy, music for good, surprises around every corner

The KAXE Music Team highlights new releases including The Black Keys, Ratboys, Kalyn Fay, Amadou & Mariam, Queen Esther, Michelle Blades, Friko and Automatic.

Nine different album covers are spread across the rectangle.

Fresh Picks: Western swing, Nu Zamrock, head bobbin' trip-hop and an indie troubadour

The KAXE Music Team highlights recent singles and albums you should listen to, including releases from Joshua Hedley, Nightmares on Wax, Sampa The Great, Bill Callahan and more.

Investing in Higher Ed, Jobs & The Future of NE MN: Blandin Announces Grant to Support MN North

$3 Million Dollars Over the Next 3 Years To Build Regional Skills, Resources and Capacity

District 4B 2024 Election Guide

Jim Joy and Thaddeus Laugisch are running to represent District 4B, which includes most of Clay County and part of Becker County, including Detroit Lakes.

Mountain Iron-Buhl School Board 2024 Election Guide

Charles Bainter, Karisa Johnson, Lisa Kvas and Ann Marie Lubovich are running for I.S.D. 712, Mountain Iron-Buhl, School Board.

Aurora's new water treatment plant, shown here in early June, is on track to be completed in 2026. Part of a $33 million project, the plant received funding from the state's Water Infrastructure Fund grant program. Without state and federal dollars, projects like this wouldn't be feasible for many Greater Minnesota communities.

Greater MN water projects will flow from Legislature’s bonding package

Out of all the Legislature did this year, getting this funding will make the most impact around the state, said Bradley Peterson of Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities.

Murals line the hallways at Challenger Elementary School in Thief River Falls, Minnesota.

Elementary students fundraise to save classroom after voters reject levies

The budget crunch in Thief River Falls underscores the challenges facing districts throughout greater Minnesota: They need increasingly skeptical, aging residents to vote for higher taxes in an era of rising attacks on public schooling in the national media.

A collage of nine squares with artwork for new music in each of them, set over a blurry blue and brown background. In the middle is the biggest square, inside is an old sign that says "peaches." Other squares have a woman in a white coat and cowboy hat holding red roses, a woman and a bull standing against a white wall, a painting of a green face and blue sky, a man in a red shirt leaning on a white staircase, a black and white photo of a bearded man over a white pickup truck, a painting of a fox in a tophat, a brown sepia photo of a woman and treeline, and a yellow and red outline of a group of of people.

Fresh Picks: Raw blues return, posthumous 'Scratch' Perry, roots reggae

New music from The Black Keys, Kacey Musgraves, Mikaela Davis, Lee "Scratch" Perry & Mouse on Mars, White Fence, jeremy messersmith and Satya and a lookback at Burning Spear in '76.

water covers a roadway in the springtime, blocking passage

Flooding prompts St. Louis County Board to declare state of local disaster

County staff are working with local jurisdictions to gather and submit damage assessment estimates to the State of Minnesota Homeland Security Emergency Management Division.

Book cover of the children's novel "Windswept" featuring an illustration of a large tree with children hiding inside, atop a one-eyed troll's head, with whisps of wind sweeping about; also an image of the author, Margi Preus.

Minn. children's author Margi Preus on fairy tale influences in her new novel 'Windswept'

Margi Preus' new middle-grade novel is an enchanting adventure, recommended for all ages.

A rendering of the roundabout design for Paul Bunyan Drive/Highway 197 and Hannah Avenue planned for 2026.

Bemidji Council mulls consent for 3 roundabouts in 2026 road project

This is the second time MnDOT has requested consent for the project transforming one of Bemidji's main corridors. The new plan replaces three signals with roundabouts.

The Prairie River near Taconite is about 4 feet higher Wednesday night, July 23, 2025, than it was that morning after heavy rainfall in the region.

Above-average rainfall quells drought, swells rivers in Northern MN

Several Northern Minnesota communities saw 3 or more inches of rainfall over two days this week as severe weather and showers crossed the region.

Starry stonewort is a bushy, bright green algae that produces star-shaped bulbils.

Crow Wing County seeks public comments on AIS prevention plan

The county was allocated $472,193 by the Minnesota Legislature to assist in the prevention and spread of aquatic invasive species within county lakes and rivers in 2025.

MN Sen. Eichorn arrested on suspicion of soliciting a minor for sex

The MN Republican was arrested March 17, 2025, in Bloomington after allegedly showing up to meet police after communicating with who he believed was a 17-year-old girl.

Three people laying on a couch. Two are on the seats and one is laying on the back. All three are dressed in black.

Album of the Week: 'Now Would Be A Good Time' by Folk Bitch Trio

"Now Would Be A Good Time" by Folk Bitch Trio is KAXE's Album of the Week for Aug. 18-24, 2025.

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture proposed spongy moth, formerly known as gypsy moth, management in northeastern Minnesota is canceled due to a lack of federal funding.

Low-flying planes will soon spray to disrupt invasive spongy moth mating

The MN Department of Agriculture will treat 24 sites in Aitkin, Carlton, Itasca, Pine and St. Louis counties with nontoxic spray to slow the spread of the destructive pest.

Mahnomen County vacates office of county attorney after license suspension

The Minnesota Supreme Court suspended Mahnomen County Attorney Julie Bruggeman's license to practice law after a petition citing numerous instances of unethical misconduct.

Keri Heintzeman, political organizer and wife of Rep. Josh Heintzeman, announced her campaign for Senate District 6 on March 20, 2025.

Keri Heintzeman denies wrongdoing after DFL campaign finance complaint

The DFL said Heintzeman violated individual contribution limits. Heintzeman said she confirmed the legality of her donations with the state campaign finance board.

The Hibbing Municipal Golf Course closed on July 23, 2025, due to flooded greenways.

50+ power outages impact thousands after storms move through Northern MN

The powerful line of thunderstorms is also prompting flood warnings in areas of northeastern Minnesota.

Hibbing School Board moves forward with Greenhaven Elementary closure

PreK-first students will attend Washington Elementary, while Lincoln Elementary will transition to second-fifth grades. Sixth graders will move up to Hibbing High School.

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