Marshall from the Timberjay newspaper fills us in this Friday on a big turnout in Orr about community concerns over a recent crime spree in the region. Orr and St. Louis County residents are organizing and communicating with St. Louis County police about how to make their area safer. We also hear of a proposal to merge the 5 community colleges in northern Minnesota and (of course) deer hunting opener!

What do buildings mean to a town? What does the current model of large parking lots, big box stores, few trees and large signs mean to the residents of a town? Aaron Brown and Chuck Marohn continue the Strong Towns - the book - conversation here. What makes your town special? How do we plan growth in small towns now compared to before WWII? Do things that seem small - sidewalks, trees, parks matter to where we live? A new approach will require innovation, organic co-creation of the community,

We were honored to speak with bestselling and award winning Tim O'Brien this morning. Tim O’Brien’s novels include The Things They Carried, If I Die in a Combat Zone, In the Lake of the Woods, among others. He won the National Book Award and in 2013 he was awarded the Pritzker Military Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing. O'Brien was interviewed for Ken Burns' 2017 documentary series, "The Vietnam War" and he was a co-writer on the Vietnam episodes of the NBC

We continue our conversation with Aaron Brown and Chuck Marohn today on Dig Deep about Chuck's book that was recently released "Strong Towns - A Bottom Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity". You can meet Chuck and Aaron and ask them questions at the LIVE Dig Deep Event celebrating the publication of Strong Towns at the Reif Center in Grand Rapids December 10th at 7pm. Sign up for the Dig Deep Podcast!

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 full Phenology Report. If you appreciate this programming, become a member today or increase the contribution amount of your

Tuesdays are special at Northern Community Radio and when school is in session, we are even more jazzed than normal because young phenologists across Minnesota call in their classroom phenology reports. We received amazing reports this week with some fantastic poetry from the Pequot Lakes kids! If you are a teacher or work with kids, you are invited to join the Phenology Network on KAXE/KBXE! John has created a curriculum spanning the whole school year and will connect with you on how to get

Congratulations to the Friends of the Grand Rapids Area Library - winner of the Evy Nordley Award for innovative ideas. Their pop-up book stores have gotten noticed! Raising money for programs and books, these sales make our area libraries strong. The Holiday Book Boutique is Saturday November 9 th from 8:30-2 with special holiday items, near-new books, games, puzzles, baked goods and refreshments.

Today we were treated to a story from our friends Natasha and Nana Boozhoo and we learn the Ojibwe words Waagosh and Waabooz - the fox and the rabbit. Created by cartoonist, musician and puppeteer Michael Lyons and made possible by the MN Arts and Culture Fund.

Dig Deep is a podcast of KAXE/KBXE – with Chuck Marohn and Aaron Brown – Minnesota leaders with different perspectives digging into the way our towns and cities work and don't work. Today we’re celebrating the release of Chuck Marohn’s book. In this first part of our conversation on Dig Deep this fall, we go deep with Chuck Marohn about Strong Towns: A Bottom Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity. Strong Towns is a book of ideas - some old and some new - with a modern take on what could

This week Towergate is in the news again. Marshall fills us in on a shutdown in the city government due to the former Tower city clerk/treasurer changing the passwords from home. We also hear about the Ely Chamber of Commerce taking over the Wolf Track Classic Sled Dog Race i n February and updates on the proposal to introduce elk into NE MN.