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Megan Buffington/KAXESuperintendent Pat Rendle will bring the alternative schedule application to the Board on Feb. 9, 2026, for what he wants to be a final decision. -
Contributed/Minnesota Public Utilities CommissionMinnesota Power and American Transmission Co. LLC are proposing to construct approximately 67.5 miles of transmission line between Grand Rapids and Hermantown. -
Contributed/MnDOTThe meeting is scheduled for 5 p.m. Feb. 10, 2026, and is intended to create a common vision and guidance for improving safety and efficiency in the corridor. -
Photo illustration/Canva ProAlso honored Thursday was Wendell Hudspeth with the Meritorious Citizenship Award, presented to citizens who assisted the state patrol and provided a service to the public. -
Contributed/Mike Mosedale / Minnesota ReformerThe court ruled that cannabis possession by Thompson, as an enrolled member on the White Earth band living on the reservation, became a civil matter once MN legalized recreational marijuana. -
The idea was an agreement that would allow ICE up to 48 hours to pick up undocumented individuals targeted for immigration enforcement to cooperate more fully with federal authorities. -
Contributed/Pequot Lakes High School via FacebookThe Ely boys and Cook County girls will also compete Feb. 11-12, 2026, at Giants Ridge, along with individual qualifiers from Bemidji, Ely, Proctor-Hermantown, Grand Rapids, Two Harbors and Cloquet-Esko-Carlton. -
Plus: DFL, GOP host precinct caucuses across Minnesota; Bemidji State University leaders to tour Brainerd/Baxter, Grand Rapids, Iron Range; and Northland student-athletes to race at state alpine skiing tournament. -
Lorie Shaull/KAXEThe Republicans and DFLers hosted precinct caucus meetings across the region on Feb. 3, 2026. -
Contributed/Cass CountyCass County is accepting public comment on the environmental review of Waterside Estates proposed near East Gull Lake until Feb. 26, 2026.
Chelsey Perkins became the News Director in early 2023 and was tasked with building a new local newsroom at the station. She is based in Brainerd and leads a team of two reporters covering communities across Northern Minnesota from the KAXE studio in Grand Rapids and the KBXE studio in Bemidji.
Megan Buffington joined the KAXE newsroom in 2024 after graduating from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Originally from Pequot Lakes, she is passionate about educating and empowering communities through local reporting.
