Up North Report

News

Stay up to date on what's happening up north with KAXE / KBXE News, bringing you the top stories across Northern Minnesota. KAXE / KBXE is the oldest rural community radio station in the U.S. and an independent NPR affiliate.

Episodes

Motorcycle crash kills Saginaw man; Blackduck votes to disband its PD

MN resumes payments to most Medicaid providers; Online hate still swirls year after MN assassinations

ICE detains workers in Bemidji; GOP Reps. call for Walz, Ellison resignations

Families displaced by apartment fire near Bemidji; Vance Boelter pleads guilty in federal case

6 new leaders elected to MCT tribal councils; MPCA takes comment on plan for former Hibbing gas plant

Shooting death reported in Fosston; Man drowns in Aitkin County lake

Plane crashes into Coleraine lake; Enhanced severe weather risk on tap

Up North Lookback 1976: Murder suspect slashes wrists; Breezy Point supper club burns down

Paul Bunyan Playhouse returns for 75th season of summer stock theater

Charges filed in case of shot Itasca deputy; BWCAW campfire ban in effect

Red Lake returns plane to Roseau pilot; MN to disenroll 3K Medicaid providers

Local primary elections take shape; Feds issue guidelines for Medicaid work rules

Birch Bay Fire burns 30-35 acres; Lisa Demuth to run in GOP primary

Burnsville man drowns in Emily; Qualls, Schwarze endorsed by GOP; Klobuchar, Flanagan by DFL

Up North Lookback 1976: Arrest in murder of Bemidji teen; Escaped WV prisoner found in cabin

Grand Rapids aims to open municipal cannabis dispensary by July 2027

Deadline approaches for Bemidji derecho forest recovery help; State, U of M transfer Cloquet Forestry Center to Fond du Lac

Man's body recovered at Palisade Head; Brainerd graduation will include drum ceremony

Trek North hosts 3rd annual powwow; DNR electronic licensing system launch set for June 9

Near record-breaking heat expected in Northland; Kitchigami Regional Library System fires 2 managers