Up North Report
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Latest Episodes
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Plus: Essentia Health, nurses' union reach labor agreement for Deer River hospital; DNR finds "gaps" in review for Hermantown data center; and the fall color finder map is now live. -
Plus: The Mesabi Trail is complete after 30 years
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Emma Krab interviewed LiUNA Local 1097 business manager Shawn Braford about the state of labor in 2026.
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Plus: Marble getes funds to install water filters for manganese and iron; ag department accepts comments on socioeconomic impacts of large dairies, and it's a prolific pinecone season.
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Plus: District judges in Crow Wing County request deputy presence at hearings, highway construction project moves forward in Bemidji
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Plus: Wildfire-affected areas in and around the Boundary Waters continue to reopen; lake associations are seeing impacts from new boating laws; and Grand Itasca Clinic is changing its name.
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Plus: 4-H competitors show animals at Minnesota State Fair
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Plus: Sanford Health and North Memorial Health sign 10-year agreement with state AG for a merger; and the Beargrease sled dog race returns to "out-and-back" format for 2027 event.
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Endazhi-Nitaawiging, a charter school on the Red Lake Nation, partnered with the Trust for Public Land for a new natural playground as part of a revamped schoolyard.
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And: Bemidji data center moratorium clears first step; and Flock cameras coming down in St. Louis County.