"There's just this connection with the woods and water, but then once I got up here and got to know the people here in Ely, it's really been the people that have made it feel like home." Eva Sebesta is the Executive Director of the Chamber of Commerce in Ely, MN. In this segment of Let's Visit, she talks about why she fell in love with Ely. Ely has so much to offer both residents and vacationers. From all the fantastic outdoor activities around Ely including dogsledding, ice fishing,

Steve Kohls has worked as a photojournalist for the Brainerd Dispatch for 43 years. This month, his photography will make its way from the pages of the newspaper to the walls of the Crossing Arts Alliance as his photo exhibit "You Can't Make This Stuff Up: 43 Years as a Dispatch Photographer" opens tonight and will be up thru February 23rd. We called Steve during the morning show this week and he told us about how, ultimately, it was his photographer friends who encouraged him to put together an

Friday mornings Timberjay editor Marshall Helmberger gives us the scoop on the stories they've been covering this week. This time: - Major bumps in the road causing rough rides for Hwy 169 travelers between Virginia and Tower -A new Ely community wellness center - Harvest Nation ... a new fresh and local food business venture from a mother/daughter duo from Bois Forte - Ely's 10 Day Winter Festival

Today we continued our Strong Women series on KAXE/KBXE. It's funded by the MN Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund and we talk with women with all kinds of experiences. Today it's the 3rd term mayor of Bemidji, Rita Albrech t. Let us know about a Strong Woman in your community send us an email!

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. In this week's report, among many other interesting tidbits, John tells us of the array of birds showing up at his feeder these days, and why Groundhogs Day is not a relevant means of determining the duration of winter. As always, we love to hear what our listeners are noticing

Every week we hear from Minnesota school kids and regular listeners as they call or email us with their nature observations. Crazy cold temperatures, the arrival of goldfinches, woodpeckers, shrike and even some robins are all in these 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

Program 32: Growth as a Commercial Center: A Tour of Grand Rapids in 1916, Pt. 2 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

Program 31: Growth as a Commercial Center: A Tour of 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 Itasca County in the 1870s. In

Today at noon at the Brainerd Public Library MN author and forensic psychologist Frank Weber will talk about his latest book, The I-94 Murders. A tryst of bondage. A lover's murder. Investigator Jon Frederick returns in a search to uncover the identity of a killer creeping through communities along I-94 in Minnesota, targeting couples who store their fetish photos online. The killer taunts Jon with hidden messages embedded in local media that lead him to Sonia, a young woman with a terrible

Program 30: Schools, Edna Murphy, Social Life and Civic Pride 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 Itasca County in the 1870s. In those