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Chastity Brown returns to Northern Minnesota for Get Downtown with KBXE on Thursday, May 1, 2025.

Patty Rohde was riding her bicycle near Crosslake on Sept. 12, 2023, when she was struck head-on by a vehicle. She and her dad Frank shared their story on the "KAXE Morning Show."

The Republican won all but 11 of 80 precincts in Senate District 6 in her April 29, 2025, special election victory. Seven precincts that voted red in 2022 flipped.

Every Friday morning, we get to know one of our members on "What's for Breakfast." This week, we talked with KAXE volunteer Alyssa Ellyn from Grand Rapids.

Multi-disciplinary artist Jesse Dermody is set to open his new exhibit "The Dreams of Roots” at the Nemeth Art Center in Park Rapids May 1. He joins “Area Voices” to discuss the exhibit and finding time to create.

KAXE's weekly list of concerts near you features the Duluth Homegrown Music Festival, Chastity Brown and Dilly Dally Alley, Kathy Mattea and Sam Miltich & Friends.

During the week of April 29, 2025, 16 (!) classes share Earth Day messages and reports of migratory birds and budding trees. Staff phenologist John Latimer responds.

Plus: Bemidji School Board approves $1M+ in cuts; and the state's Department of Human Services is hosting in-person and virtual workshops on its second draft of proposed child care licensing standards.

According to unofficial results, Keri Heintzeman earned 60.27% of the vote in the race against DFLer Denise Slipy for Senate District 6.

The state Department of Human Services is accepting public feedback on its second draft to modernize child care licensing standards through June 30, 2025.