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Just nine days before the death of Burl Ives, his father Mike died at the age of 80 at his home on Pokegama Lake. Burl worked alongside his father in multiple family businesses.

Brian Hobson and Krista Knudsen are running to represent District 5A, which includes parts of Cass, Hubbard, Wadena and Becker counties.

The St. Louis County landfill in Virginia will use heat generated by garbage to heat a future wastewater treatment plant that will treat contaminants like PFAS.

As Congress eyes around $2.3 trillion in cuts to the Medicaid program, a new study from Georgetown University underscores the critical need it fills in rural America.

With funding for the long-planned Highway 197/Paul Bunyan Drive project now in question, the city plans to use $5M in state grants to proceed with detour work this year.

With cuts to federal and state funding expected, Beltrami County is starting its annual budget a few weeks early this year, as discussed in a May 6, 2025, work session.

The MN bill would introduce a tiered system, with a new gross misdemeanor category for physical assaults against first responders without requiring to show bodily harm.

Rallies in Bemidji, Grand Rapids, Brainerd and elsewhere drew thousands of sign-carrying Northern Minnesotans who want the feds' "Hands Off" of them.

The program offers STEM education kits and access to free resources and programs. One of its offerings is a 5-day field trip for fifth-grade students to learn about STEM careers.

The $3.66 billion budget bill the House passed on April 25, 2025, increases state spending for the next two years by $50M for public safety and $30M for courts.

The bill would spend $250,000 in each of the next two fiscal years on the project, which is meant to create a repository for a variety of seeds grown in MN before 1970.

The bill would have prohibited eligible centers from encouraging or providing abortions to pregnant women.

The Student-Parent Support Initiative, or SPSI, passed in the 2023 legislative session and gives money to programs that help students with children succeed in higher education.

Lots of parks and little housing have the city and Housing and Redevelopment Authority of Hibbing planning a new purpose for Cobb Cook Park — if funding comes through.

A bill in the Minnesota Legislature would extend the deadline for schools to comply with the American Indian mascot prohibition from 2025 to 2026.

Six rural Northern Minnesota teams advanced to the 2025 girls basketball state tournament, which begins Wednesday, March 12, 2025, on the University of Minnesota campus.

The locally organized race returns for its 30th year on Sept. 6, 2025, billing itself as a celebration of the famous runner turned fishing guide in his home state.

Paul Arens and Tami Schumacher are running for East Grand Forks City Council Ward 1.

A similar hearing for Bemidji residents will be hosted at the Sanford Event Center on Oct. 8, 2025.

During the week of Sept. 9, 2025, we enjoy reports of Broadwing Hawks, migrating insects, and vibrant sumacs. Staff phenologist John Latimer responds.