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, Maureen Morrow of Grand Rapids made John's day by describing a breakfast of graham crackers and whole milk. 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 !

Program 59 Late 1930s: Moving Away From Newsprint Toward New Kinds of Paper 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 the forested wilderness of Itasca County in the 1870s. In

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, Meadow Kouffeld bonded with John over a frozen fruit smoothie complete with greek yogurt, spinach, egg whites and orange juice. 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

“It really opens your mind, it gets you exposed to a bigger world. It triggers a whole different part of our brain…It’s actually been proven that it boosts cognitive abilities and it’s something that absolutely everyone can enjoy.” Nicolle LaFleur on the importance of accessible arts experiences. The Nemeth Art Center in downtown Park Rapids is open for the season and has a new person at the helm. Nicolle LaFleur brings vast experiences of working in the arts to her role of Executive Director of

Phenology is the biological nature of events as they relate to climate. Every Tuesday morning, our resident Phenologist John Latimer gathers his phenological data and reports his findings in the weekly Phenology Report. As always, we love to hear what our listeners are noticing out in nature. Give us a call at 218.999.9876 and let us know what is happening around your place. You can also send an email directly to John . Either way, we want to hear from you! If you love this stuff, please

Non-Game specialist, Gaea Crozier from the DNR joined us this morning to tell us more about why they need volunteers for a loon study coming up at the end of June/beginning of July. The Minnesota Loon Monitoring Program is a great way to get involved with wildlife on lakes near you. The Minnesota Loon Monitoring Program is a long-term project of the Nongame Wildlife Program of the DNR. Hundreds of volunteers collect information about common loon numbers on more than 600 lakes. Loons are good

We hear from school kids across our listening area every week when they submit their phenology observations and we look forward to airing their findings every Tuesday. The school year is winding down and we're already lamenting the upcoming loss of our weekly classroom reports. The students have done a stellar job of documenting and reporting their nature observations this year. We've loved all of it! Hopefully some of the kids will continue to connect with us over the summer. What are you

Jennifer Gorman joined us to today to tell us about an Itasca County non-profit that has been around for over 50 years - Itasca Life Options. We are dedicated to providing opportunity, experiences, and employment for individuals that live with disabilities. They also operate CRAFTED by Itasca Life Options in the Central Square Mall A community art space for artists of all abilities. Person-centered and strengths-based program.

Program 58: David Joyce's Literary Collection; Judy Garland's Memories 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 the forested wilderness of Itasca County in the 1870s. In

Program 42: Changes at the top, 1917 - 18: Charles Blandin takes charge; Anselm Bossard's diminished legacy; we meet C. K. Andrews 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