Episodes

  • Attack, containment, mopping up: How wildland firefighters do their jobs

    Attack, containment, mopping up: How wildland firefighters do their jobs
    May 19 2025
    As three large wildfires burn in St. Louis County, Leanne Langeberg of the Minnesota Interagency Fire Center provides insight into the work firefighters have been doing.
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    5 mins
  • Evacuation orders lifted for Munger Shaw Fire; Cass Lake-Bena unveils new elementary

    Evacuation orders lifted for Munger Shaw Fire; Cass Lake-Bena unveils new elementary
    May 17 2025
    And: Plans advance for fraud restitution fund in Minnesota; and Highway 73 pavement resurfacing in Chisholm starts Monday.
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    5 mins
  • Slowing fire activity in St. Louis County Thursday; Gov. Walz announces tentative budget deal

    Slowing fire activity in St. Louis County Thursday; Gov. Walz announces tentative budget deal
    May 16 2025
    Plus: State officials say proposed cuts to the federal energy assistance program will disproportionately affect Northern Minnesotan families and ratepayers; residents of an unorganized St. Louis County township voted to incorporate as a new town; and construction on Highway 87 in Hubbard County begins May 19, 2025.
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    5 mins
  • Nearly 40K acres burned in 3 St. Louis County wildfires; Federal and state funding cuts jumpstart Beltrami County's 2026 budget

    Nearly 40K acres burned in 3 St. Louis County wildfires; Federal and state funding cuts jumpstart Beltrami County's 2026 budget
    May 15 2025
    Plus: the state Commission on Judicial Selection has put forward three candidates to fill the bench vacated by the upcoming retirement of an Aitkin County judge; and the Beltrami County Historical Society will present "Women of Law and Order" for a special panel discussion on May 15, 2025.
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    5 mins
  • Wildfires grow exponentially; Mississippi River gains land protection

    Wildfires grow exponentially; Mississippi River gains land protection
    May 14 2025
    Plus: MnDOT to host meeting on 2027 plans for Highway 371 between Nisswa and Pequot Lakes; and Pequot Lakes Patriotics are state champions in robotics.
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    5 mins