As a nation, we've grieved together in the wake of the most recent school shooting rampage at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. As a news source, Northern Community Radio has delivered NPR reporting of the aftermath to our listeners every day since. In northern Minnesota, events such as these hit home in a particularly unsettling way. It happened here, too. Monday, March 21, 2005 a troubled teen entered Red Lake High School with a darkness in his heart, permanently

In this podcast only edition of Dig Deep for February Aaron and Chuck get into the nuts and bolts and the fascinating, now wide-open race for MN District 8. Send us your feedback ! Read Aaron Brown's interview with Congressman Rick Nolan about his decision to not seek reelection . Sign up for the podcast!

In the second installment of our February Dig Deep Chuck begins the conversation talking about regulation - and Aaron continues talking about the regulatory process now, when it comes to things like pipelines and copper nickel mining. Take a listen! Sign up for the podcast!

Every Tuesday we hear from students and listeners as they send in their weekly Phenology observations. This week, o bservations include snowy owls, the days getting longer, mouse prints in the snow, and clarification on exactly how many times the temperature has gone below -30. Listen to the links for all the fantastic reports! If you are a teacher wanting to get involved in our Phenology program, send John Latimer an email and he'll get you set in the right direction. We love hearing from

We care deeply about the natural world around us here at KAXE-KBXE . Each week, our resident phenologist John Latimer's Phenology Report provides a comprehensive look at what's happening in nature here in northern Minnesota. This week, signs of Spring! Woohoo! The trembling aspen and pussy willows have some buds popping, cardinals are starting to sing, and eagles are setting up their nests. Also included in this week's report is a discussion of shrew varieties. Did you know some shrews are

"Gitigaanike" is an Ojibwe word that means "to make a garden." It is also the name of the Red Lake Nation Local Food Initiative . On February 26th Gitigaanike is teaming up with the Land Stewardship Project to hold a Farm Dreams workshop at Seven Clans Casino in Red Lake MN. Foods Initiative Coordinator David Manuel stopped by our studios to tell us about it, with Farm Dreams Director Amy Bacigalupo from the Land Stewardship Project on the phone. Farm Dreams workshops were created for people

The 2018 Itasca Area Business Water Summit is Wednesday March 14th from 11-1pm. Bill Grantges the AIS coordinator of Itasca County and John Davis from the Deer Lake Association joined us on the Morning Show today. Itasca Area Business Water Summit to be held at the Timberlake Lodge from 11am - 1pm on Wed Mar 14. The idea is to bring together representatives from area resorts, campgrounds, lake service providers, marine dealers, sporting goods and bait shops, fishing guides, and other similar

In her poem "A Man in an Illinois Tollbooth Called Me a 'Beautiful Woman' as I was Driving Away", Brett Elizabeth Jenkins makes a split second decision and lives the dream.

Has the land we live on always been seen as a "resource center" as Aaron Brown puts it? Where do our thoughts about environmental concerns come from, historically? Listen to this month's Dig Deep with Chuck Marohn and Aaron Brown . Sign up for the podcast!

Program 58: David Joyce's Secret Collection; Judy Garland Remembers Grand Rapids 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