Every Tuesday we hear from students and listeners across Minnesota as they send in their weekly Phenology observations. Click on these links to hear the student reports and John's discussion of a couple emails that came in this week. 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 students and knowing they are passionate about the natural world we live in. What are you noticing

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, John's report includes reminders to listen for drumming of the woodpecker and the phoebe song of the chickadee. It's time! Also included this week: a lesson on identifying the speckled alder, some details on various animal tracks catching John's eye, and

Golf ... a game? In his poem "No Lie", Rob Dougherty and his pal Dave play it out on the course.

Program 52: "Minnitasca", "Itasca Rapids", "Long Rapids", "Rapid City", "Iron Rapids"? A campaign to change the town's name in the early 1930s 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

Kathy Connell remembers the first seeds she ever planted. It was a handful of corn intended as feed for pigeons. "I fell in love with the magic," she says. "I felt like Jack and the Beanstalk. I could not believe that that a corn seed I had put in the ground became an 8' tall green plant. It started something that has never failed to enthrall me with the miracle of it; that a seed--a tiny lettuce seed--becomes a head of lettuce." Kathy and her husband Steve operate Redfern Gardens in Sebeka

Every first Friday of the month, we connect with folks across northern Minnesota and find out what is happening in the arts scenes across our listening area. In this segment of Area Voices, Katie Carter chats with Lisa Jordan from the Crossing Arts Alliance in Brainerd about the happenings tonight and through the month of January in downtown Brainerd. The inaugural exhibit for 2018 at the Crossing Arts Alliance is called “See the Sounds” and melds music and visual arts throughout the experience.

John Bauer posed this to our hockey commentator from Brainerd, Dan Anderson.

Every first Friday of the month, we connect with folks across northern Minnesota and find out what is happening in the arts scenes across our listening area. Karen Goulet is the Program Director for the Miikanan Gallery inside the Watermark Art Center in Bemidji. " Miikanan" means "many paths" and the gallery is dedicated solely to indigenous art. Tonight, the gallery hosts its first artist reception for the many artists whose work was juried into the collaborate show called “Aazhooman” which

Colleen joined us on the Thursday morning show to tell us how the MN House is addressing recent sexual harassment scandals.

Every first Friday of the month, we connect with northern Minnesotans and find out what is happening in the arts scenes across our listening area. In this segment of Area Voices, Heidi Holtan chats with Katie Marshall from the MacRostie Art Center in Grand Rapids about the happenings in downtown Grand Rapids. Tonight, there are 9 stops on the Grand Rapids First Friday Art Walk, so if you’re feeling a little cabin fever, First Friday is the perfect occasion to get out of your house, connect with