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Contributed/St. Louis CountyThe St. Louis County Land & Minerals' forestry division oversaw the planting of red and white pine seedlings over about 48 acres of tax-forfeited land that had burned. -
Contributed/Tiger Lily via PexelsOne program will be developed by Central Lakes College for an Eagan company. The other two are for manufacturers with locations in Brainerd and Fosston. -
Contributed/Doug Kerr via FlickrThe county had worked out a unique agreement with the state Department of Transportation after the government delayed approving the county's use of project labor agreements. -
Contributed/Bemidji State UniversityThe gift will upgrade learning technology and create endowments, new student scholarship funds and an innovation fund to support regional partnerships. -
Contributed/Greater BemidjiBemidji's blighted rail corridor is slated to be the home of a future YMCA with a final $10 million fundraising push for the new facility. -
Plus: Cougar kittens are captured in footage for the first time ever in Minnesota, first evidence of breeding population in a century; and Bemidji YMCA plans gain steam. -
Contributed/Voyageur Wolf ProjectThe high-quality video shows a mother and three kittens up close and feeding south of Voyageurs National Park in Northern Minnesota. -
Lorie Shaull/KAXEThe Grand Rapids Police Department reported it was dispatched to the serious injury crash April 30, 2026, on the 1600 block of Golf Course Road. -
Lorie Shaull/KAXEThe nonprofit has been using a foster model, but those behind the group saw the need for something more, and the city of Cohasset donated land in its industrial park. -
Plus: Cloquet-Esko-Carlton sports co-op to end; state grants to fund workforce development programs with Central Lakes College, Consolidated Equipment Group and Lexington Manufacturing; and Sec. of State Steve Simon to host elections town hall.
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.
