Program 42: Changes In Leadership at the Paper Mill, 1916 - 1918 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 those

Earlier this week we talked about the overabundance of plastic bags in the world. B arb Veit and Pat Helmberger are experts when it comes to plastic bags - they've been working for years to get people to reuse cloth bags. They came in to talk about the current legislation that would lift the ban on cities banning plastic bags on their own. From the House of Representatives site : Feb 28 2017 4:37PM ‘Ban the Bag’ ordinances could be trashed By Chris Steller Local governments would be prohibited

“As a musician, I worked a lot in wordless spaces. So, places where the literal meaning wasn’t, boom, right there on the surface. And yet, music is very “transportative.” It’s an expressive tool that sort of names something that maybe is a little bit beneath the surface, beneath words…I think because of that early experience, I’ve always felt very comfortable creating environments where I have a lot of expressive intent…I feel like working in abstract spaces, working in sound spaces without

Marshall Helmberger reports the highlights from The Timberjay newspaper serving NE MN on Friday mornings. Today we talked about the TowerGate, Frontier Communications and Moose populations.

Catch up on our series from the past, Invisible by Design.... conversations with and about domestic violence survivors.

On our Making Sausage interview this morning we met Quinn Nystrom of Baxter. She recently testified at the MN Legislature regarding the high and deadly costs of insulin.

We've been producing our Strong Women series on KAXE/KBXE for about a year now. Interviews with women who are elected officials, mothers with extraordinary stories, authors and women who work hard and are passionate about their work. Our latest story is from Brainerd. Last spring we were in Brainerd for our Community Advisory Board meeting and we asked what stories we should tell from that region. WeARE was mentioned numerous times and now, we present you this conversation from a group of

Program 41 First Impressions and Paper Mill Upgrades: Charles Blandin Arrives in Grand Rapids in 1916 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

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, Nancy Gabres, shared her healthy breakfast of a mushroom and spinach egg white omlet and a little cup of yogurt and blueberries. She's just on this little new year's thing. 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 .

Every week we hear from Minnesota school kids and regular listeners as they call or email us with their nature observations. The phenological data we gathered this week indicates that weatherwise, as Dylan says, "the times they are a'changin." We received nine school reports and four reports from adult listeners. Everyone is reporting animal activity out in nature that indicates spring is on its way. Apple Blossom Nature School in Bemidji sent their report using Haikus... you can read those