We continue our MN Governor Candidate conversations with Congressman Tim Walz from Mankato on our Thursday morning show segment, Making Sausage.

Moon is the new billy goat at Majestic Muse Farm in Cook MN. He came to Majestic Muse from Whispering Meadows Farm, bringing "good milk lines" with him. Lauren Adamczyk, one of the owners of Majestic Muse Farm, describes him as "a character... He loves to sing! He has a high-pitched call. When we walk away from his pasture he calls to us, and he'll sing for--I don't know--about 15 minutes, wondering if maybe we'll come back to him with a treat or just give him some attention. He loves people."

Minnesota Brown's Aaron Brown and Strong Town's Chuck Marohn finish off our conversation on class today. SIGN UP FOR THE DIG DEEP PODCAST In this final installment they talk about class and how it affects urban vs. rural people and how class affected the Trump effect in the last presidential election. Here are some of the books mentioned in this month's Dig Deep: Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance White Trash: The 400 Year Untold History of Class in America

Program 33: St. Paul newspaper executive, Charles Blandin, buys the struggling Itasca Paper Company 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

On the Border News Roundup, Marshall Helmberger, Editor of the Timberjay, shared a s tory about Lamppa Manufacturing of Tower, MN - maker of an eco-friendly and efficient woodstove. Marshall told us about his trip to view the total solar eclipse with family in Nebraska . Have a story or photos you would like to share about the eclipse? Pass them along to [email protected] .

Once a month we gather together Minnesota Brown's Aaron Brown and Strong Town's Chuck Marohn. They have lots in common including their choice to work and raise their families in their hometowns on the Iron Range and in Brainerd....but they come from different philosophical backgrounds - Aaron is liberal, Chuck is conservative. SIGN UP FOR THE DIG DEEP PODCAST In our second installment on class, we look more at today. What does it mean to be working poor? What does class mean to rural areas? Here

Many of our listeners were moved by Monday's solar eclipse. We heard from Tom Salwasser who wrote about his experience in Remer Eclipse Story and our own Area Voices Producer Katie Carter jotted down some thoughts in what will become a poem as well. We hope you enjoy them. Until 2024! What did you do during the eclipse? We'd love to know about your experience! Send an email or give us a jingle and leave a message at 218-999-9876.

Every Tuesday we gather the Phenology notes, comments and questions sent our way from listeners and we share them the world. What have you noticed? Send us a note or leave a voicemail at 218.999.9876. We'd love to hear about it! Love this stuff? Check out our KAXE-KBXE Season Watch Page on Facebook.

Tuesdays are dedicated to the natural world around us here at KAXE/KBXE. The Phenology Report provides a comprehensive look at what's blooming, flying, ripening and happening in nature here in northern Minnesota. Resident phenologist John Latimer is out of town so today Harvey Tjader joins us as a guest phenologist. Harvey is a DNR forest ecologist in the Bemidji area. What have you noticed? Send us a note via email or leave a voicemail at 218.999.9876. We'd love to hear about it.

Once a month we gather together Minnesota Brown's Aaron Brown and Strong Town's Chuck Marohn. They have lots in common including their choice to work and raise their families in their hometowns on the Iron Range and in Brainerd....but they come from different philosophical backgrounds - Aaron is liberal, Chuck is conservative. SIGN UP FOR THE DIG DEEP PODCAST This month our large topic to dive into is CLASS. The first episode looks at history - why immigrants came to America and more