On the Friday Morning Show Heidi Holtan talks with Marshall Helmberger editor and publisher of the Timberjay Newspaper. They give us updates on the COVID-19 pandemic and the effects it has on Northern Minnesota. Marshall comments on what a good job Minnesotans are doing with social distancing. Life as we know it has turned upside down. KAXE/KBXE is here for you, bringing you important information and local stories, as well as entertaining music and Green Cheese Trivia. This service is only

During these times of social distancing people are being reminded to get outside and enjoy the outdoors. Kristian Jankofsky, a volunteer with the St.Louis County Rescue Team, joins John and Heidi on the Friday Morning Show. Kristain talks about the importance of wearing your PFD during this time of thin ice and cold water. Listen here for more safety tips.

Each week John and Heidi pull up a chair to one of our member’s kitchen tables and get to know them a little bit better. This week’s caller, Therese from Bemidji serves up a breakfast of oatmeal with fresh strawberries and skim milk and cinnamon sugar. Unfortunately she also has decaf, but that's okay. Hear the whole conversation by clicking below. Thanks to our sponsor Homestead Mills for their support of this program! Let us know if you want to be our guest on What's For Breakfast . All it

On our latest On the House conversation area real estate agent Jesse Davis talks about the precautions being taken while selling and buying a home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Life as we know it has turned upside down. KAXE/KBXE is here for you, bringing you important information and local stories, as well as entertaining music and Green Cheese Trivia. This service is only possible because of your support. You can keep vital, trustworthy information flowing to our communities by making a

During the COVID-19 pandemic only essential workers are staying on the job. On the extra hour of the Thursday Morning Show, Heidi Holtan talks with local paramedic Simon Gretton. Simon talks about what it's like to be on the front lines and of the importance of community response in these trying times. Life as we know it has turned upside down. KAXE/KBXE is here for you, bringing you important information and local stories, as well as entertaining music and Green Cheese Trivia. This service is

KAXE/KBXE's Heidi Holtan hosted a statewide conversation with Minnesota’s Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan. It was an opportunity to ask questions about Minnesota’s response and plans concerning the COVID-19 pandemic. For more information on the states response to COVID-19 visit the Minnesota State's Website. Do you have questions facing you or your small business as a result of COVID-19, email KAXE/KBXE - Northern Community Radio.

Tamara Lowney from the Itasca Economic Development Corporation talks with Heidi and John on the Thursday Morning Show. Tamara talks about the new loan program available to local businesses in the Grand Rapids area during the COVID-19 pandemic. She reveals that the IEDC survey responses of over 100 local businesses showed that about half of those businesses could not last four weeks without being open. Heidi gives contact information on other organizations helping businesses in other areas of

...the first language speakers are the ones that are elderly and they're passing on to the next world, s o it's a scary time for a lot of a lot of tribal nations to try to scramble to figure out what to do . So there's a lot of amazing work going on right now in language revitalization . You'll see it more and more in schools . - Erika Bailey-Johnson Erika Bailey- Johnson is committed to sustainability, honoring Mother Earth, and exposing children to Ojibwe language. A newly enrolled member of

Our Early Bird Fishing Guide, Jeff Sundin, says on good authority, the Minnesota fishing opener, without a doubt, will happen! Hear the whole conversation here. Listen every week on Thursday mornings about 6:20 for tips and suggestions from Jeff Sundin on the KAXE/KBXE Thursday Morning Show on Northern Community Radio.

If you live in northern Minnesota, you know that April is generally way too early to get out in the garden. Nevertheless, Beltrami County Master Gardener Becky Livermore offers some things we can do right now – while sheltering in place - to get ready for the upcoming garden season. She visited with Maggie Montgomery and Katie Carter on KAXE/KBXE’s Wednesday Morning Show, and offered advice on planning, seed starting, finding poles for pole beans, raking, and lifting up the mulch to look for