Winter Sports

The Cook County Alpine Ski Team won the Section 7 Boys Alpine Championships at Giant’s Ridge on Feb. 4.

Cook County boys take 2nd at State Alpine Ski Championship

Megan Buffington

Cook County is the only rural Northern Minnesota school to qualify as a team; they were also the only team to have an individual athlete place in the top 10.

A yellow caution sign says "Caution 'Flying' Children in the foreground. In the background, a young skier jumps on the 8-meter hill.

Local News

Listen to ski jumpers compete at Mount Itasca's weekend championship

Megan Buffington

A unique winter sport, ski jumping has a long history in Coleraine, and jumpers continued its legacy this weekend in the Central Division Championship.

Local News

Organizers cancel annual Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon

This Iditarod-qualifying race will be postponed until January 2025.

Sports

Sports Page: From Cass-Lake-Bena vs Red Lake in High School Basketball to a 500th Game Winning Coach of Girls Basketball in Bigfork to the MN Vikings to Trivia

Heidi Holtan

thoughtful sports conversation weekly on KAXE - Fridays after 8am with John Bauer, Fred Friedman and Kyle Erickson

After installing a new sled rack at the top of the hill, Troy Harris, Brainerd park maintenance foreman, left, and Dave Badeaux, Brainerd mayor, race down Big Sev at Hitch-Wayne Park Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021, in Brainerd.

Sliding Hills and Local Government: Meet Brainerd Mayor Dave Badeaux

Heidi Holtan

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News

Bemidji Skater Wren Warne-Jacobsen Wins 1st Junior Ladies division -Midwestern Sectional

Heidi Holtan

This video is from the Upper Great Lakes Regional Figure Skating Championships in Peoria, IL in October. We talked with Wren on the Thursday Morning Show.…

PastEvents

Area Voices: MN Finlandia Ski Marathon

Katie Carter

Northern Minnesotans know how to have a good time in the cold. For 36 years, one group of Bemidji area skiers have pulled off a unique celebration of both…