On Close to Home host Grant Frashier visited the Greyhound Bus Museum in Hibbing, Minnesota, and discovered the amazing story of how a Swedish immigrant turned his failure as an automobile salesman into a successful new business.

Every Friday morning publisher and editor of the Timberjay Marshall Helmberger tells us about the stories they've been covering. This week a continuation of the contentious copper nickel mining issues on the Iron Range. The deadline for public testimony to the US Forest Service is August 17th. Here is a link for you to submit your public testimony. We'll also find out more about the new musical about the Boundary Waters Rootbeer Lady Dorothy Molter.

We spoke with Ellen Cashman from the Ely Chamber of Commerce about the upcoming Blueberry & Art Festival in Ely! It's going on this weekend - Friday afternoon and all day Saturday and Sunday. There seems to be something for everyone, so if you're out and about, check it out.

This morning Briana Bierschbach talked with us about her latest MinnPost article where she looks at the legacy of Governor Mark Dayton's judicial appointments . Our DFL commentator Colleen Nardone also joined us.

Matt Ratliff uses his horticulture background to help manage his family farm, Fruits, Nuts and Vegetable Farms LLC in Fort Ripley MN, where he and his wife Chrissy raise non-GMO heirloom produce and fruit trees. Mostly, however, the garden business has been taken over by demand for their gourmet mushrooms which they grow in about 6,000 square feet of enclosed space that includes a high tunnel and a passive solar, custom-engineered, bermed greenhouse. Matt says, "[The greenhouse] was originally

The Big Winnie Store and RV Park along Highway 2 at Bena is a place you can't miss. Its Bavarian style architecture combined with the pagoda style gas pumps are architectural elements you won't soon forget if you've ever driven past. We spoke with Arnold J. Dahl-Wooley on the morning show today. The Big Winnie Store and RV Campground has been in his family for 5 generations. He shared some fascinating history about the place that includes Frank Lloyd Wright, ghosthunters , and German prisoners..

The woods and waters around us are dynamic right now! Click on the link to hear the full phenology talkback report for this week to hear what people around the area have been noticing. What have you been noticing? Call us and leave a message at 218.999.9876 or send an email or connect with us on our KAXE-KBXE Season Watch Page on Facebook. We want to hear from you!

We reported live from the rain garden outside the KAXE studios this morning. We also live-fed the video to Facebook.. here's how it went... Did you catch the livefeed on Facebook ? Questions or comments? Give us a jingle at 218.999.9876 or email us or connect with us on Facebook . We'd love to hear from you!

Bonfires and stringed instruments go hand in hand... there's something familiar about that combination of a camp fire and a guitar or ukelele . A group in Grand Rapids, MN is taking this notion to the next level adding chamber music to the mix with the first ever Bonfire Chamber Music Festival. We spoke with Mary Ellen Haupert , Heidi Wick, Nancy Oliveros , and David Marty on the morning show about this unique, intimate and cultural phenomenon taking place in Grand Rapids July 27th and 28th at

Each week Marshall Helmberger fills us in on the news from NE Minnesota. This week he filled us in on a new study commissioned by the Save the Boundary Waters campaign . It takes a look at the economic costs of copper nickel mining. There is a public meeting on Tuesday July 25th at the Virginia High School from 5-7pm. Marshall also talked about a possible conflict of interest by St. Louis County commissioner Keith Nelson about a Lake Vermilion homeowner's lack of permitting for a change in