Up North Report

KAXE / KBXE 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 · 21

Crashes claim Northland lives; Judge quashes subpoenas in immigration probe

Jun 23, 2026 · 5m

North Star Student: Win-E-Mac's Paige Breitbach is 'easy to cheer for'

Jun 22, 2026 · 5m

Tracking 2026 women gubernatorial candidates; Authentic rural connections aim of concert tour

Jun 20, 2026 · 5m

Nevis man sentenced for allowing unregistered voters to vote; Rep. Stauber visits Hibbing

Jun 19, 2026 · 5m

Gilbert seeks solutions for crime spike; MN farmers lobby for Farm Bill provisions

Jun 18, 2026 · 5m

Feds charge 15 anti-ICE activists; ICE activity reported in Park Rapids

Jun 17, 2026 · 5m

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

Jun 16, 2026 · 5m

Up North Lookback 1976: Ford declares crop emergency; Aitkin school wall collapses

Jun 15, 2026 · 5m

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

Jun 15, 2026 · 5m

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

Jun 13, 2026 · 5m

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

Jun 12, 2026 · 5m

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

Jun 11, 2026 · 5m

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

Jun 10, 2026 · 5m

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

Jun 9, 2026 · 5m

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

Jun 8, 2026 · 5m

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

Jun 8, 2026 · 5m

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

Jun 6, 2026 · 5m

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

Jun 5, 2026 · 5m

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

Jun 4, 2026 · 5m

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

Jun 3, 2026 · 5m

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

Jun 2, 2026 · 5m