Hear our weekly conversation with Marshall Helmberger - he fills us in on the Tower City Council , the missing EPA comments , the Boundary Waters reservation system and what the winter severity index is looking like in terms of deer for NE MN.

Alison McGhee's latest book for readers 14+ is sparse, lovely and memorable. Main character Will is a walker. He walks to deal with the troubles of life. Sometimes you got to walk the day out of you. You know? Walk it right out through the soles of your feet.

Peter Callaghan from MinnPost talked with us about current bills in the MN Legislature having to do with claiming federal money for election security.

We caught up with Kent Solberg on the road, as he was traveling to one of a series of Café Chats with farmers around the state this week and next—to prepare people for the Midwest Soil Health Summit . The summit is Tuesday March 12, 2019 at Gustavus Adolphus College in St Peter. Kent is a co-founder of the summit. His job title is Livestock and Grazing Specialist for the Sustainable Farming Association of MN. At its base, Kent says, healthy soil is “about the biology of the soil. Soil function,

“… Having people that represent you on screen is a luxury that most native people never really get…It’s typically in the 1700s and 1800s in a nondescript tribe where a lot of the time we’re background characters, not the important focus of the story… Film has a great opportunity to create a lot of empathy… If you’re a non-native person coming to this film, you get into that reality of the historical context of why native people have been disenfranchised and what’s going on in those communities

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. You get to compare two weeks' reports in today's post! So interesting to hear the subtle and not so subtle changes that happen in just one week! 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

Every week we hear from Minnesota school kids and regular listeners as they call or email us with their nature observations. skunk tracks, jumping off the roof into giant snow piles, bird songs and more are included in these phenology reports! What are you noticing outside? We would love to hear from you whether you are in a classroom or your living room! Don't hesitate to email or give us a jingle and leave a message at 218.999.9876. You might also consider joining our KAXE-KBXE Season Watch

“The stories of the Bongas, all of them, are so compelling and they’re so intertwined with early Minnesota history…at nearly every treaty that was made with both the Ojibwe and the Dakota, a Bonga served as an interpreter….My book, I think, is going to rock Minnesota history a little bit, well, maybe more than a just a little bit. ” – Barry Babcock Barry Babcock is a curious, persistent, conscientious man who cares deeply about the land and history of northern Minnesota. His interest in

Program 39: Charles Blandin Uses His New Wealth and Power as General Manager of the Dispatch Printing Company to Take control of Two St. Paul Newspapers and the Itasca Paper Company 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

Program 38: In 1903, Charles Blandin Moves to the Twin Cities. With Help from George Thompson He Rises in the Ranks of the Newspaper Business 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