A statewide conversation with Minnesota’s Governor Tim Walz . It’s your opportunity to ask questions about Minnesota’s response and plans during this COVID-19 pandemic. This week the Governor answered questions about the recently announced guidelines for schools to reopen in the fall and more! If you didn’t get a chance to send or call in your question this week email [email protected] or call 612-562-9895.

Tessa Beck is the Gallery Director at the Nemeth Art Center in Park Rapids. She spoke on the morning show recently about the Nemeth's delayed opening due to Covid-19, the current, collaborative exhibit Of Course, Where Else , and how the Nemeth is thinking outside the box in terms of programming, artist receptions, virtual exhibits, and more.

We spoke with artist John Pearson earlier this month about his photography exhibit on display at the Watermark Art Center in Bemidji. He educated us on the photogravure process, his journey as an photographer and artist, how story is captured in each moment of photography and of course his Invisible Valley collection on display at the Watermark. Listen to the full interview here: You can view the show person at the Watermark or online via their virtual exhibit .

UPDATE: WDIO in Duluth covered this story . They report 100 supporters. It was also covered by the Mesabi Tribune. The Grand Rapids Herald Review also had an article that reported 300 supporters. The story that KAXE/KBXE produced was the experiences of two people who attended the rally on the opposite side of the street. If you attended the rally or counterprotest and would like to comment, please contact us. ******************* On Tuesday July 28th there was a rally at Old Central School in

This week we had a conversation on the Tuesday Morning Show about two recent studies from the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine,both led by Associate Professor Declan Schroeder . He has over 20 years of research experience as a molecular biologist in the areas of virology, biodiversity, pathology, and genomics – in particular, the use of genomic tools to study key biological processes. His research focusses on a diverse array of host-virus systems, however, more recently he

There's good news and there is bad news. People of Minnesota and visitors to our state are getting outside more and using public lands. But they are being jerks about it. Cutting down trees, leaving behind garbage and human waste.... The people that take care of our lands - the US Forest Service and MN DNR are dedicated to this place we live....we should be treating it better.

Everyone’s had trauma in their life. There is hope on the other side of grief. There’s opportunity when you process change. Without change you wouldn’t be alive. – Matthew Sanford Matthew Sanford was a recent, featured author at the Brainerd Public Library Brown Bag Author Series . His book Waking: a Memoir of Trauma and Transcendence won the Minnesota Book Award for Non-fiction/Memoir in 2007 and continues to inspire readers to find hope and opportunity thru trauma and loss. Sanford became

A statewide conversation with Minnesota’s Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan. It’s your opportunity to ask questions about Minnesota’s response and plans during this COVID-19 pandemic. This week the Lt Governor answered questions a bout the mask mandate , questions about this upcoming school year and more! If you didn’t get a chance to send or call in your question this week email [email protected] or call 612-562-9895. And this week we let the Lt. Governor know that she is the recipient of the

Walker Orenstein, state politics reporter for MinnPost, joins Heidi Holtan on the Thursday Morning Show to talk about t he passing of the criminal justice reform bill on Tuesday of this week. Walker talks about the origins of the bill in the past during the regular session and the first special session and the compromises made to pass it in the second session. He talks about the criticism on the passing of the bill, about the bonding bill that did not pass and the possibility of a third special

Today we welcomed back Minnesota's Attorney General Keith Ellison. He talked with us about the issues he and his staff are working on behalf of the State of MN including scams, fraud, international students, climate change and more. If you have been scammed during this pandemic call his office 800-657-3787 or email through his website.