During our High Five Fund Drive last week, we featured a daily poet laureate. Friday, Cate Belleveau stopped by KBXE and shared several original poems including the Northern Community Radio themed "May You Dwell in the Land of Kibbix and Kayax" as well as "After Loving You," "Summer Adieu" and "Mr. Potato Head." Click on the link for the mellifluous voice and words! We are so grateful for all of the poets who shared their words and wisdom with us last week! And, we are so grateful for everyone

This Friday November 1st is the I Am Anishinaabe Fashion Show at the Black Bear Casino in Carlton, MN. Doors open at 4pm, show is at 5:30 and this alcohol-free event is free and open to the public. It also includes music by Mel Hunt and the Red Fever Band as well as comedian and Rez Reporter Rob Fairbanks . We've chosen the artist/fashion designers/model Delina White, Lavender Hunt and Snow White as part of our Strong Women series you'll hear in the next month, but take a listen here for more

Marshall talks with us this week about conversation he had with former officials in President Obama's administration about decisions by President Trump's administration regarding copper nickel mining and mineral leases near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. He also told us more about the MN Department of Administration's ruling for St. Louis County to release MN CD8 candidate Pete Stauber's emails. Marshall editorialized this issue this week, and asked that the county release the

This time Aaron and Chuck tell us about the politics of health care as it relates to one of the most watched Congressional races in the U.S. - MN's District 8. Don't miss any of our Dig Deep converstions on KAXE/KBXE - sign up for the podcast !

Chuck Marohn and Aaron Brown continue the conversation on the politics of Congressional District 8. This time they unpack the topic of immigration. What are the strategies for the candidates when it comes to the immigration debate? How is the overall philosophy on immigration between parties differ? Chuck Marohn gives us an analysis of Republican candidate Pete Stauber's approach and Aaron Brown on DFLer Joe Radinovich and Independent Skip Sandman. Don't miss any of our Dig Deep converstions on

With this year’s extra-cold Minnesota fall, many of us have already had a hankering to turn on our ovens and bake. Just in time, Lee Svitak Dean and Rick Nelson have published The Great Minnesota Cookie Book: Award-winning recipes from the Star Tribune’s holiday cookie contest . It is full of recipes to warm our kitchens and hearts. Star Tribune columnist/reporter Rick Nelson recently spoke with Northern Community Radio’s Maggie Montgomery and Katie Carter about his new book and told us about

We're featuring poets during the morning show this week as another way to celebrate our High Five Live Drive! This morning, Bemidji poets Carol Ann Russel and Marsh Muirhead stopped by KBXE to share a few poems and a lot of insight on poetry and inspiration. If you appreciate poetry and local voices, give us a high five by pledging your support to KAXE/KBXE Northern Community Radio! Five bucks a month is all it takes!

While on a vacation recently, I went to a site that promised cave drawings, even had representations on display of what I might see. I couldn't make them out. In her poem, At Royal Natal National Park, Marcia Ratliff might have an explanation, or at least, a very good metaphor.

Every week, our resident Phenologist John Latimer gathers his phenological data and reports his findings in the Tuesday morning Phenology Report. This week, among other things, John reports seeing two species of butterfly and discusses differences between native trees and those that originated in other parts of the world. He also reports on the somewhat dramatic removal of his sailboat from the lake. Take a listen to the link above to hear about it. As always, we love to hear what our listeners

Every week we hear from school kids and regular folks as they call or email us with their nature observations. We received several reports this week! We're thrilled so many people are jazzed about what is happening in the natural world! Here's a sample of today's student report from Ely: "Our days are continuing to get shorter and we are now at 11 hours and 30 minutes of daylight. The weather has been cool and rainy lately with the majority of temperatures during the last week 20s and 30s. Our