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A sculpture picture featuring metal pieces to look like a scene from underwater.

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Cheryl Bannes

Art

Area Voices: Wadena artist Cheryl Bannes is ‘building pictures’

Andrew Dziengel

“From Palette to Patina: The Eclectic Art of Cheryl Bannes” is at the Armory Arts and Events Center in Park Rapids until April 25, 2026.

Eight album covers with different artwork.

Kari Hedlund

KAXE

Music

March 'Spin That Ish' features Tedeschi Trucks Band, Charlotte Cornfield

Kari Hedlund

Conversation

Events Up North April 13-19: Book sales, Iron Range Earth Fest

Downed trees in Bemidji on October 23, 2025, from an intense storm in late June that knocked down millions of trees in the area.

Lorie Shaull

KAXE

Local News

Reforest Bemidji sees 'overwhelming' response for free trees

A woman with a buzzcut died red sits in red leather car seats looking into the back seat.

Album of the Week: 'Ambiguous Desire' by Arlo Parks

After making a name for herself with tender, poetic indie-pop songs that sounded like you were sitting in the bedroom as she sang them, Parks takes her songwriting skills to the dancefloor on her third album Ambiguous Desire. Inspired by a move to NYC and her newfound love for the nightclub and dance music culture, it captures that wide-open feeling of breaking out of your shell and finding your community in your early 20s. Drawing from UK pirate radio, 2-step rhythms and the queer dance music culture of Larry Levan’s Paradise Garage, the album is a great entry point into the world of dance music. -Malachy Koons

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books and a mug with KAXE on it. Text reads "What We're Reading"

'What We're Reading' celebrates KAXE's 50 years

"What We're Reading" producer and host Tammy Bobrowsky celebrates KAXE's 50 years with a look back into the archives. Favorites include John Green, Jess Lourey, Byron Graves and more.

North Star Students: N-K's Maddy, Abby Koivisto are 'shining examples'

Their schedules are booked solid, and graduation is only a few weeks away, but seniors Maddy and Abby Koivisto are engaged in class every day and always willing to lend a hand.

Reforest Bemidji sees 'overwhelming response'; Red Lake Nation College gets $7M grant

And: Minnesota-based nonprofit says Big Tech fight reminiscent of Big Tobacco crackdown; and National Weather Service offering free weather spotter classes.

MN voice: Big Tech fight reminiscent of Big Tobacco crackdown

A Minnesota-based organization says concerned parents shouldn't settle for the status quo surrounding social media regulation.

A wooden sign reading "Camp Christopher: Grieve, Heal, Reflect, Hope" is on a birch tree with vegetation in the background.

Bright Spot: Camp Christopher provides respite for grief

Camp Christopher in Cotton offers free camping for those impacted by suicide or mental health issues.

The Greenway Mini Mites hockey team, with which 5-year-old Ashkan Thibodeaux played.

Hockey moms raising money for Greenway kindergartener who saved brother's life

Ashkan Thibodeaux, 5, rescued his younger brother from an icy creek but couldn't pull himself out. He was flown to a Twin Cities hospital, where he remains.

A prescribed fire burns through a forest, imitating natural disturbance processes.

Superior National Forest plans 18 prescribed burns this spring

The fires will help reduce overgrown vegetation and protect local communities from wildfires.

Central Lakes College President Hara Charlier is leaving the school after 10 years.

Central Lakes College President Charlier to leave school after 10 years

Hara Charlier accepted another position to be closer to family. An interim president will be appointed in May, and a national search for the next president will begin in the fall.

Hibbing School Board approves $1.5 million in staff cuts; Beltrami County seeks legislative fix to disaster aid

And: Central Lakes College President Hara Charlier is leaving the school; and a new report is concerned with the DNR's plans for electronic licenses this spring.

A tornado touches down southwest of Gull Lake on June 16, 2025.

Severe weather spotter training classes offered in Northland, online

Volunteer Skywarn spotters help the agency deliver accurate and timely severe weather warnings. Training includes thunderstorm safety, the science of storms and cloud formation.

Students had the chance to demonstrate their robotics skills by throwing balls into a goal. March 31, 2026.

Photos: Students and their robots gather at Minnesota Capitol

Students from across Minnesota gathered at the Capitol to showcase their robotics skills and promote education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Reps. Jay Xiong, DFL- St. Paul and Natalie Zeleznikar, R-Fredenberg Township took advantage of an offer from the owner of Sweeney’s Saloon in St. Paul and had a free lunch at the bar.

Cross the aisle, get a sandwich: St. Paul bar serves up bipartisan deal

Sweeney’s Saloon is offering a “Dine Across the Aisle” special to Minnesota lawmakers who grab a meal with a member of the other party.

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