White Earth

The Department of Natural Resources confirmed the discovery of adult zebra mussels Roosevelt and Swan lakes and veligers in White Earth Lake on Monday, Sept. 8, 2025.

The Arrowhead Regional Development Commission and White Earth Land Recovery Project are part of the second round of the Empowering Small Minnesota Communities program.

The agency announced $3.6 million in funding to help businesses enter and expand into the cannabis industry and provide workforce training grants for cannabis jobs.

The electric cooperative plans to construct a 6-mile underground line connecting substations in northwestern Minnesota to improve resiliency for 1,500 square miles.

The smoke is expected to remain over the northwest part of the state through the end of Wednesday, July 23, 2025, but by Thursday morning, the smoke will reach southwest Minnesota.

The off-reservation dispensary opened in Moorhead on May 23, 2025, with another planned for St. Cloud after a first-of-its-kind compact between White Earth and Minnesota.

Plus: Megan Buffington recaps a candidate forum for the special Itasca County Board elecion.

The Northwest Minnesota Foundation has grants for eligible applicants with proposals that improve community relationships with newcomers, like immigrants and refugees.

Researchers said common barriers faced by Native American children include lack of culturally relevant curriculum in their educational settings.

President Joe Biden, in his first presidential visit to a tribal nation on Oct. 25, 2024, issued an apology on behalf of the United States for the federal Indian boarding school policy.