Cook MN

KAXE covered pushback on the LGBTQ+ community, changes in rural health care delivery, a coal ash spill at Boswell Energy Center, tribal land back efforts, helium mining and more.

Events this week include a puzzle swap, a concert for veterans, a comedian/hypnotist and more.

Jarrett Bundy and Kim Jirik are running for I.S.D. 2142, St. Louis County, School Board District 1.Leigh Backe and Chris Koivisto are running for Board District 4.Jessica Reinhardt and Kristin Zorn and running for Board District 6.

Erin "Ernie Nurmi" Danielson, Harold Johnston and Daniel Manick are running for Cook mayor.Ron Bushbaum, Memory Malone, Ivette Reing, Liza Root and Jesse Scofield are running for Cook City Council.

The center is intended to assist victims of flooding and severe storms June 16-July 4, 2024. The U.S. Small Business Administration also opened a business recovery center in Cook.

From Bagley, Bemidji, Brainerd, Coleraine, Embarrass, Cook and Grand Rapids, small towns across Northern Minnesota are chock-full of events.

"The Felt Here pop up is really... asking how the places we live connect to our family histories, the histories of industry and work in a community, and…

On Making Sausage Thursday mornings we talk about the messy business of politics. This week DFL commentator Colleen Nardone was in - and we talked insulin…

Today Timberjay editor and publisher Marshall Helmberger told us about the request by U.S. Steel to weaken water quality standards at the Dark River near…

We checked in with House Minority Leader Tom Bakk today about this year's session and the Governor's State of the State address.Watch Governor Tim Walz…