Cass County

The Cass County Sheriff’s Office received the report about 10:45 p.m. at the sawmill east of Highway 371. Deputies found the kiln drying and storage building engulfed in flames.

Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development's Youthbuild program provides construction training opportunities to 600 at-risk youths.

Little progress has been made despite 40 years of cleanup on Leech Lake Reservation. Locals fear for the health of surrounding lakes and the Mississippi River downstream.

Davis, of Crow Wing County's Mission Township, was first elected to the state Legislature in 2022.

Cass County is accepting public comment on the environmental review of Waterside Estates proposed near East Gull Lake until Feb. 26, 2026.

The fire was reported shortly after 10 p.m. on Jan. 27, 2026.

Cass and Itasca counties say a recent legal opinion nullified past agreements to work with ICE, while Crow Wing County has no current plans to change course.

KAXE covered natural disasters, federal funding chaos, Eichorn's arrest and resignation, mining permits and wild rice, library budget cuts, sheriffs teaming with ICE and more.

Kathy Wagner of Wabedo Township has done decades of conservation work, both on her own property and throughout Cass County.

The guidance says state law bars MN sheriffs, including those in Crow Wing, Cass and Itasca counties, from unilaterally entering agreements with federal immigration officials.