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.

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.

And: A Pine River-Backus senior died in a car crash near Crosslake; two large wildfires are burning in the Arrowhead; and Gov. Tim Walz visits Crosslake for Fishing Opener.

Fishing is a $4 billion industry in the state of Minnesota. With a good crop of minnows this spring after last year's shortage, Northern Minnesotans in the bait industry share their views and concerns with KAXE's Larissa Donovan.

And: Itasca County's early childhood program Early EDge is cutting classrooms; and a U.S. House panel scraps Boundary Waters protection from mining.

This week, News Director Chelsey Perkins talks about the controversy over the summertime closure of Bridge on 7th, a homeless shelter in Brainerd, and why community members are speaking out.

Plus: The National Association of Letter Carriers' "Stamp Out Hunger" campaign to benefit area food shelves is May 10, 2025; and 32 students from Northern Minnesota will display their art at the Minnesota State High School League's Visual Art State Festival in Golden Valley.

News Director Chelsey Perkins has one last check-in on what's happening in St. Paul with Report for Minnesota student journalists Yvette Higgins, Sam Siedow and Elias Thomas.

Plus: "Blue Dog" DFLers vote to change paid sick leave law, and the Lakes Area Music Festival is among the organizations that will not receive promised grant funds from the National Endowment of the Arts.

And: U.S. wouldn't see "bang for buck" in reviving coal; and moms fish free Mother's Day weekend.