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And: Bemidji data center moratorium clears first step; and Flock cameras coming down in St. Louis County.
Plus: Wild rice season shows promise despite shaky start
Plus: A paved trail wrapping Gull Lake is one small section away from completion; and Leech Lake celebrates a new family-oriented homeless shelter in Bena.
Plus: Lindell files recount lawsuit against secretary of state's office; United Taconite received emission testing fine; Detroit Lakes sticker policy in limbo following split vote
Plus: High fish kills were reported this summer after prolonged heat and drought; and an iron reclamation project is underway at an abandoned Calumet mine.
A new state aid covers part of the operating levy for school districts that have lots of cabins. Some districts say they'll offset the levy if voters approve it, meaning more money for the school, while taxes stay the same or go down.
Plus: Bemidji is closer to being the next home of a YMCA after a ceremonial groundbreaking; and local governments receive assistance to replace emerald ash borer-damaged trees.
Plus: Changes to 'roadless rule' could open areas of Superior National Forest to logging; and researchers consider climate change's impacts on pathogen spread.
Plus: The FBI launches a new "Voices Not Forgotten" initiative to raise awareness of cold cases in tribal nations.
Plus: Meat processing facility in Staples opens
And: Glen's Army Navy in Grand Rapids to close after 80 years.
Red Lake and four other Northern Minnesota counties are classified as legal deserts, with fewer than one practicing attorney per 1,000 residents.
And: The DNR confirmed zebra mussels in LaRue Mine Pit and Kabekona Lake; and Fulton Brewing will acquire Bemidji Brewing.
Plus: Itasca County Board results; Bemidji contemplating data center moratorium
Plus: Wiener overtakes Utke in Senate District 5 race, public hearings on property tax
And: DFLer Trina Swanson to face Republican Rep. Stauber; a multigenerational election duo in Wadena; a Bagley pollworker's thoughts on election security; and who to vote for in 2046.
Plus: More than 200 million early ballots for the primary have been received by local election officials; and the DNR reminds harvesters about the state's green rice law.
This is the final part of KAXE's "Overrepresented, undercounted" series exploring the impacts of incarceration for Indigenous Minnesotans.
Plus: Minnesota faces storage drought; Forest tent caterpillars cause tree damage
Plus: MN DNR took comments on Tamarack Mining Project; and proposed lodging denied by Nashwauk City Council
