Two Arrested in Red Lake Fentanyl Drug Bust

A woman suspected of selling fentanyl on the Red Lake Reservation has been arrested by the Red Lake Police Department. According to a press release, Katrina Oakgrove is...

Minnesota House Backs Extended Jobless Pay for Mine Workers

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A bill to extend unemployment benefits for laid-off workers at Northshore Mining is on its way to Gov. Tim Walz for his signature. The Minnesota...

Walz Proposes Tax Credit Checks for 2.5M Minnesota Families

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Millions of Minnesota families would get checks totaling as much as $2,600 from the state’s huge surplus under the budget plan that Gov. Tim...

Lakewood Health System’s New Robot Helping Deliver Medications & Specimens

Lakewood Health System in Staples has recently expanded their laboratory and added some very helpful technology to aid staff in the form of a new robot. Lakewood’s...

Brainerd High School Alumna Wins Award for Female Sports Media Coverage

A Brainerd High School alumna recently won a national award for her coverage of female sports in Minnesota. Sherece “Shari” Lamke was named a 2023 National...

Bemidji School Board Votes on Proposed Pledge of Allegiance Recitation at Meetings

Monday, January 23rd marked the first official session of the year for the Bemidji Area Schools Board of Education, and while most of the night’s agenda focused on...

MnDOT Adopts 20-Year Statewide Multimodal Transportation Plan

Transportation in Minnesota may look different over the next 20 years. The Minnesota Department of Transportation today announced the adoption of the Statewide Multimodal...

Brainerd Jaycees Given the Green Light to Host Annual Ice Fishing Extravaganza

With 15 inches of ice measured at Hole-in-the-Day Bay on Gull Lake this past Saturday, the Brainerd Jaycees were given the green light to host their 33rd annual Ice...

Bemidji Community Comes Together to Support Eric “Big E” Nelson

Eric Nelson, better known as “Big E,” has been a figurehead of Bemidji High School athletics for decades. The long-time custodian at BHS has been one of the...