Plus: Health coverage affordability is top of mind for many Minnesotans; new nonprofit sets sights on Grand Rapids downtown branding process; and KAXE compiled a food resources list.
Plus: A winter-hardy cover crop is being explored as a sustainable jet fuel source; and the Esko girls finished 4th place at the state soccer tournament.
And: Hotel, event center and restaurant planned for Bemidji's rail corridor; and Anishinaabe Arts Initiative Fellowship applications close Nov. 1, 2025.
Plus: Tips for supporting food shelves as SNAP benefits run out; and DNR sets Upper Red Lake winter walleye limit at four.
Plus: 13 school districts in Northern Minnesota are going to voters for financial support on Nov. 4, 2025; and scores of Northland athletes will compete at the state cross country tournament this weekend.
Seventy more stops, expanded hours and more vehicles in the fleet makes the free AV service available to more communities, including those on Leech Lake Reservation.
Plus: Gov. Tim Walz has now signed four cannabis compacts with tribal nations, the latest being the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa; and the girls' state tennis tournament wrapped up with a few Northland consolation champions.
Plus: Bipartisan legislation for a land transfer in the Chippewa National Forest cleared a key Senate committee; and the Esko girls' soccer team will advance to the state semi-finals on Oct. 29, 2025.
Plus: Petition pauses Hermantown data center decision-making; Grand Rapids girls soccer season ends; Northern MN teams see success at girls tennis state tournament.
And: MnDOT to host Bemidji Hwy. 197 open houses; comment open on State Rail Plan final draft; and Rock Ridge advances to state girls tennis semifinals.
Public officials in Hermantown and St. Louis County have recently been scrutinized for signing non-disclosure agreements for the development of a data center.
Plus: Ten Northern Minnesota communities selected for DEED grants; and MN boasts 64,000 clean energy jobs despite an uncertain future.
Plus: Carlton, Wrenshall school districts to consolidate; Walz appoints new judge to 6th Judicial District; Amazon facility opens in Baxter; and Community and Indigenous Fair planned.
And: Arrowhead Regional Development Commission hosts a Coastal and Climate Resilience Fellow; and girls soccer and tennis state tourneys start Tuesday.
Plus: the DNR is asking for the return of $2.7 million it mistakenly sent to local governments on the Iron Range.
And: Bemidji renters band together with tenants union; BCA orders inspection of breathalyzer tests; and the government shutdown looms over Minnesota workers.
With its defeat of Northern State University in its homecoming game on Oct. 4, 2025, the Bemidji State football team celebrated its homecoming win by jumping into the lake — a 30-year-old Beaver tradition.
Plus: First year of free tuition program in Minnesota exceeds enrollment expectations; and a large apartment complex is in the works in housing-starved Brainerd.
Plus: Bemidji area residents comment in the second and final hearing in the administrative trial for the boundary dispute between Bemidji and Northern Township.
Plus: The Minnesota Department of Human Rights announced it secured two settlements against northern Minnesota employers for sex discrimination; and the US Small Business Administration is operating a disaster loan outreach center through Oct. 18 in Bemidji for those impacted by the June 21 severe storms.