Aaron Brown joined us on the Thursday Morning show to talk about the most significant news stories in northern MN in 2018.

This weekend on The Give and Take (Saturday at 9am and Sunday at 8pm) we look back out our new series of 2018 - Strong Women. We'll hear from Lt. Governor-elect Peggy Flanagan, MN Representavive for House District 5b Sandy Layman, Daycare Provider Shannon Fitch, MN Supreme Court Justice Margaret Chutich, GR City Council member Tasha Connelly, journalist Sarah Smarsh, fashion entrepreneurs Delina White and family and Mom and Community Activist Kathleen Blake. We talk leadership, politics, grief,

Avery Merschman's web series Fallen synthesizes a deep connection to his father's heritage with an appreciation of film, love and respect of family connections, passion for story, and a creative relationship with his step-dad. The first of several installments of the journey of Scottish teenager Agan is online now and more episodes are soon to come. In this segment of Area Voices, Avery discusses his project, how it all started and the process of bringing his idea into reality.

1902: The New Mill Opens; Noah Lathrop's Firsthand Account of Turning Trees Into Paper, Pt. 1 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

Chuck talks about how the fake news DOES apply to those of us who live in rural areas....because media doesn't come from small towns, it comes from large urban areas. So the news that we see on TV, read in papers and listen to on the radio, isn't news from where we live. Sometimes it feels fake.

Hear the continuation of this Dig Deep conversation examining the rural-urban divide with conservative commentator Chuck Marohn and liberal Aaron Brown .

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, Amanda Doran, had just enough time to check in on the way to work. She was on her fifth day of her week-long basic frittata, this one with mushroom, kale, roasted turkey, tomato and goat cheese. 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

MinnPost's Washington reporter Sam Brodey was back with us today to tell us more about his recent article "Who's Afraid of Ilhan Omar? Saudi Arabia For One".

Rep. Dale Lueck was recently appointed the minority lead of the MN House Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division and he joined us on All Things Considered to tell us more. December 18, 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Lueck gains post on environment and natural resources committee ST. PAUL – State Rep. Dale Lueck, R-Aitkin, has accepted an appointment to serve as the Republican lead on the House’s Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division when the 2019 legislative session begins Jan.