Program 86 The Final Chapter: Assessing the Legacy of the River, the Forests, and the Paper Mill on the Town of Grand Rapids Today A radio series produced by historian Don Boese. Don is the author of eight books dealing with local history in Itasca County, including "John C. Greenway and the Opening of the Western Mesabi", and the main source for this series, "Papermakers: the Blandin Paper Company and Grand Rapids, Minnesota". The series begins with the arrival of the first Euro-Americans to

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, Nimrod native, John Magilke called from South Dakota to serve up some of the food from his ayurvedic diet. 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 takes is your membership and an email !

"Our programs are really robust ... one is supporting individual artists and helping them figure out how to make a living in a life and some of that work looks like professional development workshops that help artists do business planning . We have legal resources to help them navigate some of the copyright and contract issues they might be facing and a lot of other things j ust kind of on the individual entrepreneurial side . And then the other kind of half of our work is in involving artists

Marshall touches on some of the big regional stories this week - including proposed copper nickel mining near Hoyt Lakes, a study on forest disturbance in northern MN and the Ely Marathon. A three-judge panel of the Minnesota Court of Appeals has issued a temporary stay of two more permits for PolyMet Mining’s planned NorthMet copper-nickel mine near Hoyt Lakes. The stay, issued late last Wednesday, Sept. 18, puts PolyMet’s permit to mine and dam safety permit on hold until a three-judge panel

Sarah Smarsh believes there is "an exodus afoot that suggests a national homecoming, across generations, to less bustling spaces." Does this sound like northern Minnesota to you? In a recent New York Times Op-Ed Sarah Smarsh goes on to point out that rural folks are not just white people lamenting the loss of their family farm. Rural places have a diversity of voices - a diversity of people in places that get defined by most often by people who live in urban areas. In that same New York Times Op

Kristen Anderson is passionate about art's connection with the scientific world. On her Instagram page she says she connects environmental science and ecological wonders to people thru art. Her newest exhibit “Overstories” is on display in Aitkin at the Ripple River Gallery . She’ll be giving an artist’s talk Satrday at 1pm at the Ripple River Gallery as part of their yearly Fall Open House and Wild and Free benefit for the Wild and Free Animal Rehabilitation Center. We spoke with her on the

Phenology is the biological nature of events as they relate to climate. E very week John Latimer takes a close look at the blooms and changes happening while considering how the timing measures up to past years in his Phenology Report. He's full of clues and changing hues indicating that fall is happening in this week's report. Take a listen! School is on! We are excited to start hearing from our intrepid student reporters in classrooms around northern Minnesota! If you are a teacher or work

"Lindsey saw a racoon in her backyard. It was on her trail camera and was heading towards their garden. She also saw a buck on her trail camera. It was in her backyard and was looking straight at the camera. It was a perfect picture!" - Virginia 5th Grade School Report Tuesdays are special at Northern Community Radio and when school is in session, we are even more jazzed than normal! We hear from listeners every week who are noticing and observing interesting events in nature, but during the

John Latimer heard from Phil from Michigan who had a story of caterpillar - a saddleback - that had hairs with chemicals that caused skin irritation. Turns out there's lots of things caterpillars can do - listen to the conversation with Jim Sogaard - he's the author of Moths and Caterpillars of the Northwoods, a staple in John Latimer's library! .

MacRostie Art Center is pleased to announce in its September series of Artist Talks an evening with Minnesota poets Louis Jenkins and Connie Wanek . The September Artist Talk is co-sponsored by Northern Community Radio, and the evening will also feature readings by KAXE/KBXE poets Steve Downing and Robert Jevne. Louis Jenkins' poems have been published in a number of literary magazines and anthologies. He has published 17 collections of his poetry. Mr. Jenkins was awarded two Bush Foundation