Northern Minnesota

Programming at KAXE is focused on Northern Minnesota with a mix of local content, NPR and more. Whether arts, events, music, news, personal stories or breakfast, our programming keeps you company throughout the day.

As your independent, people-powered, local media, KAXE is launching "Unplugged," a series to share our story — why we exist, how we are funded, who makes decisions and why public radio in Northern Minnesota is essential.

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Aaron Brown is a writer, columnist and teacher who spends each deer hunting season in Minnesota with generations of his family.

With berries scarce in the forest, opportunistic bears will seek alternative food sources like garbage and bird feeders.

Minnesota DNR bear researcher Andy Tri says bear complaints are the highest since the agency began recording them in 1980, and a bad berry year usually leads to additional human-bear conflicts.

U.S. Sen. Tina Smith visited with farmers in Blackduck about the soggy start to the planting season. Congress still has far to go on the already-delayed 2022 Farm Bill.

A list of candidates in contested primaries in Northern Minnesota in 2024. Primary election day is Aug. 13, though voting opens June 28.

A list of candidates in contested races in Northern Minnesota in 2024, as of the May candidate filings in districts in which a primary election is possible.

There wasn't enough moisture last winter to extinguish Canadian wildfires that are blazing again, leading to an early start to smoky skies above Minnesota.