This week Leah Lemm takes us with her to Grand Marais to meet storyteller and children's book author Rose Arrowsmith DeCoux. Northern Voices made possible in part by the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and the citizens of Minnesota.

A recent U.N. report predicted the potential for a million plant and animal species to become extinct this century. Kinda makes a person think...

On February 4th, four people affiliated with the Catholic Workers Movement broke into a site near Blackberry in Itasca County where Enbridge Energy Company operates valves that control the flow of crude oil through pipelines that follow the highway 2 corridor across northern MN. Allyson Polman and Brenna Anglada of Cuba City, Wisconsin, Michelle Naar from Duluth and Daniel Yildirim form Viroqua, Wisconsin tried to shut down tow of the pipelines carrying crude oil extracted from tar sand pits in

Andres R. Edwards joined us this morning to talk about his new book Renewal: How Nature Awakens Our Creativity, Compassion and Joy. Andrés Edwards is an educator, award-winning author, media designer, presenter and sustainability consultant. He is founder and president of EduTracks, a firm specializing in developing education programs and consulting services on sustainable practices for green building and business projects. He has worked as producer, exhibit developer and consultant for projects

MN's House, Senate and Governor's office are in a stalemate when it comes to their proposed spending budget. The Democratic House proposed spending is $49.8 billion, Democratic Governor Tim Walz is $49.35 billion and the Republican Senate is proposing $47.7 billion. On Monday a compromise was offered by the House of a reduction of $640 million, Governor Walz came down $200 million and the Senate did not change the proposed spending budget. They did offer to search for an additional $200 million

Program 56 Welfare Relief in Itasca County, pt.2: "Not a Happy Place", The County Poor Farm in the 1930s 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

This week Marshall tells us about these stories: -retired foresters written and submitted formal complaint against the Twin Metals sulfide mining proposal near the Boundary Waters. -campaign finance reporting of school referendum coming up Tuesday -a truly beautiful wooden boat called the Sunray with a story to tell...

Today on our montly home buying/selling/renovation segment On the House, realtor Jesse Davis introduced us to Sarah Justen, regional rep for Behr/Kilz . Sarah gave us the lowdown on how to preserve our decks, whether you have a brand new deck, or a weathered old one in need of help.

Suckers, shiners, wind, where to go, who to go with. It's all here in our weekly conversation with our early bird fishing guide, Jeff Sundin.

“It’s just the two of us, not anyone else. …all the scenery. It’s just kind of chill…listening to everything, the woods…I’ve never seen a bear... but I’ve seen a lot of deer swim across." – Henry Heglund, 11, on why he likes going fishing with his dad on open water. Fishing opener is this weekend and anglers across the state are prepping for the big weekend. Jon Heglund and his son Henry live in Bemidji. Like so many others, they are getting ready, too. Katie Carter stopped by their place