As a sideman, Taylor James Donskey has a solid reputation in the Twin Cities, playing with bands like The Lowland Lakers, Lena Elizabeth and more. Now he has his own album, Paper Over It, his exploration of life with a strong sense of identity, powerful lyrics, and a full sound made possible by calling in friends from the bands he's played in for years. Find out more on his website or on Facebook . Hear my conversation with Taylor below. Hear Minnesota music every Friday at 2 and 10 on

Caterpillars Count! is a citizen science project for measuring the seasonal variation , also known as phenology , and abundance of arthropods like caterpillars, beetles, and spiders found on the foliage of trees and shrubs. We spoke with Dr. Allen Hurlbert about this project. You can find out more here .

Sarah Stonich originally released her book Fishing with RayAnne under the psuedonym Ava Finch. It's recently been re-released as simply Fishing! under her real name. Stonich will be the featured author at today's Brown Bag Author Series facilitated by the Brainerd Public Library. To be part of the event, go to the Brainerd Public Library Facebook page . To hear the author discuss her book, its characters, and how she ended up writing a story about a professional fisherwoman turned talkshow host,

Mark and Amanda Haugen began their second summer as owners of Fox Lake Campground near Bemidji recently. Just before Covid-19 took over our lives, Katie Carter interviewed them to find out how they got into the resort business and what life is like as resort owners. In this extended interview, Katie re-connects with Amanda to discuss how Covid-19 changed things for them and their patrons year.

On the Friday Morning Show Heidi Holtan talks with Marshall Helmberger editor and publisher of the Timberjay Newspaper . This week they talk about the latest lawsuit filed by Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness, which is the lead organization in the national Campaign to Save the Boundary Waters. The lawsuit seeks to force the state’s Department of Natural Resources to prohibit sulfide-based copper-nickel mining within the headwaters of the Rainy River watershed. Marshall also tells us about

Jeff Sundin is our Early Bird Fishing Guide. This week he joins John Bauer on the Thursday Morning Show. Jeff gives us tips on catching fish in the weeds. He tells us which type of weeds to look for when going after certain types of fish. Wild celery and coontail weeds for crappies and sunfish, eelgrass weeds for perch and walleye, and cabbage weeds for predator fish such as bass or pike. For more information visit jeffsundin.com .

KAXE/KBXE's Heidi Holtan hosts a weekly statewide conversation with Minnesota State Officials. It was an opportunity to ask questions about Minnesota’s response and plans concerning the COVID-19 pandemic. This week, the Minnesota Department of Health Director, Kris Ehresmann. For more information on the states response to COVID-19 visit the Minnesota State's Website. If you’d like to ask the Lieutenant Governor a question email [email protected] or call 612-562-9895.

Paul Thissen grew up in Bloomington MN he graduated from Harvard University and then earned his law degree from the University of Chicago Law School. In his public life Paul Thissen served in the Minnesota House of Representatives for 16 years and served as Speaker of the Minnesota House from 2013 to 2015 – he also ran for MN Governor in 2010 an d2018. In April 2018, Governor Mark Dayton appointed Paul to the Minnesota Supreme Court. Now he is announcing his reelection bid for the MN Supreme

UPDATE as of 4pm, 06/25/20: Commissioner Phillips approves $250,000 grant for Fond du Lac water tower project Iron Range Resources & Rehabilitation Commissioner Mark Phillips today approved a $250,000 grant to the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. Funds will be used toward a new water tower to serve the communities of Mahnomen and Brookston. The first phase of the project is $1.3 million and includes the construction of the water tower. The total project cost for all phases of the

Sean Dunham is Archaeologist and Heritage Program Manager for the Chippewa National Forest . This summer Sean will be assisting St Cloud State graduate student Andrew Domine in exploring and excavating a turn-of-the 20 th -century logging camp located near the Norway Beach campground. According to Sean, the site is currently being called the Wanaki (wa-NAH-key) Camp. The site first showed up on an Army Corps of Engineers map in 1900, when the Corps was looking at the lake levels. “There was just