Bemidji

While all 10,000 seedlings have been reserved, organizers expect some to still be available for first-come, first-served pickup May 17, 2026.

Events this week include a poetry and printmaking program at Arrowhead libraries, Bemidji Chorale concerts and a "Brain Train" event in Cohasset.

Beltrami County and Bemidji are seeking a legislative fix to an “unintended loophole” that has local governments on the hook for $2.5 million in recovery costs from the June 2025 storm.

KAXE's weekly list of concerts near you features Between Howls, Aurora Baer, Pieta Brown, Peter Mayer and Kitchi Boogie.

MnDOT is planning major road construction in Bemidji, Brainerd, Proctor, Ely, Warroad and Wadena, plus other projects across the Northland for summer 2026.

Committee members will help develop a new plan for county parks over the next 18 months. Applications are open until April 10, 2026.

Residents can receive up to 70 free tree seedlings to reforest their properties starting May 2026, following a windstorm in June 2025 that felled an estimated 9 million trees in the area.

Klobuchar visited with Conservation Corps members, local and state fire officials and others during a follow-up on recovery from a devastating wind storm in June 2025.

Ruby's Pantry, a faith-based nonprofit coordinating monthly pop-up food events with local churches, including 11 in Northern Minnesota, closed its operations as of March 31, 2026.

Heavy and wet snow, freezing rain and mixed precipitation are possible. Highest snowfall rates of around one-quarter to a half-inch per hour are expected during the daytime April 2, 2026.