Taking time to contemplate what is happening in nature is one of the many aspects of Northern Community Radio that sets us apart from any other radio station. Each day we bring you a phenology note where our resident phenologist John Latimer shares a note from his journals of more than 35 years of climate and nature data collection. Each Tuesday we dig even deeper with the weekly Phenology Report. Today, John discussed several topics including increasing hours of sunshine (yay!), snow fleas,

Tuesdays are special at Northern Community Radio because we focus on climate and nature. When school is in session, we are even more jazzed than normal because young phenologists across Minnesota when call in their classroom phenology reports.This week we heard from kids in Ely, Shevlin, Kelliher and Two Harbors! You can send along a note to report what you've observed outside by emailing us! Also, don't forget to check out the KAXE-KBXE Season Watch Facebook page! In the Ely report we learn

It was supposed to be a light, funny story, but Minnesotans didn’t see it that way. A data reporter for the Washington Post found some statistics from the USDA which ranked Red Lake County in northwest Minnesota the “worst place to live in America.” He wrote a story about it. It went viral. Minnesotans were not pleased and they let him know it. Christopher Ingraham is that reporter, and the rest of the story is told in his book If You Lived Here You'd Be Home By Now: why we traded the commuting

Bemidji Community Theater brings its second run of performances of the farce Boeing Boeing to the Chief Theater this weekend. We spoke with Derrick Houle and Julie Kaiser on the morning show about it. ...the play is about a bachelor who lives in Paris . He's from the U.S. and he has embraced the 60s movement in full swing by being engaged to three women ... All at the same time . And he has made it so that they never meet and that he can carry on what he believes is this ideal lifestyle . And so

Today we learned from Michael Lyons creator of Boozhoo Nana Boozhoo the Ojibwe words GI-AANAWENDAGOZI for "You're Fired" This week's video is a look at the Indian Boarding Schools:

Circles of Support is showing the film "The Bail Trap: American Ransom" at the Grand Rapids Area Library on Tuesday, February 4th, 2020 from 11am - 1pm. Alice Moren of Kootasca's Circle of Support stopped by the Monday Morning Show to speak with Heidi Holtan about this event. More Information and Upcoming Events Big View - The Bail Trap: American Ransom - February 4, 2020 @11am Big View - Justice in Crisis: Mass Incarceration in America - February 12, 2020 @11am Big View - Breaking the Cycle of

The Impeachment Trial continues on in our country... If you used social media as an indicator both sides are more active than ever in politics….paying attention, consuming news, tweeting and more. Is this the new activism or are we as a country actually LESS involved in politics than before we had all digital tools at hand. Eitan Hersh is a tenured associate professor of political science at Tufts. He has a new book out “ Politics is for Power – How to Move Beyond Political Hobbyism, Take Action

Marshall Helmberger was off this week at the Minnesota Newspaper Association's Annual Gathering in the Twin Cities... he also was a guest on MPR News with Angela Davis talking about the threats facing rural Minnesota's community newspapers. If you missed our conversation last week regarding the City of Tower dodging a financial bullet , border to border broadband in NE MN and the Polymet - proposed copper nickel mining near Hoyt Lakes - in court in St. Paul.

Delina White’s I Am Anishinaabe fashion designs have walked the runways of the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, the world-renowned Indian Market in Santa Fe, New Mexico . And they will soon make their way to the Northwest Indian Community Development Center in Bemidji .

Taking time to contemplate what is happening in nature is one of the many aspects of Northern Community Radio that sets us apart from any other radio station. Each day we bring you a phenology note where our resident phenologist John Latimer shares a note from his journals of more than 35 years of climate and nature data collection. Each Tuesday we dig even deeper with the weekly Phenology Report. Today, John talked of signs of spring, a mountain lion sighting and much more! What are you seeing