Phenology is the rhythmic biological nature of events as they relate to climate. This week we've prepared a full report including a leafing and flowering trees and plant update - pincherries , red oak, choke cherries, false lily of the valley and black ash are just a few of the varieties delved into in this report. What have you noticed outside? Send an email or leave a voicemail at 218.999.9876 to add to our phenology findings! We'd love to hear from you! You can also join our KAXE-KBXE Season

Each Friday we talk with Marshall Helmberger for the Border News Roundup - the publisher and editor of the award winning newspaper The Timberjay that serves NE MN about some of the big stories they have been covering. This week - Tower's change in ambulance service, the new state campground - Lake Vermilion Soundan Underground Mine Park, and a new DFL candidate throws her hat in the ring for the 8th district congressional seat currently held by Representative Rick Nolan - Sue Hakes of Grand

Program 20: Louie Jergensen and the Paper Mill Workers in 1902 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 1870s. In those early

Are you looking for a way to get involved in your community? Sometimes that might mean being an usher at your church or working at the food shelf or hosting a program on KAXE/KBXE. If you are a scientist, there is a new program that could use your help in combating Aquatic Invasive Specie s like zebra mussels, starry stonewort and others. Workshops will be held in Grand Rapids on June 2, Bemidji on June 9, and Brainerd of June 16. The online course must be completed beforehand. A recently

"Are you a tugger or a cutter?" According to Star Tribune feature writer Kim Ode, these are the two methods people use to harvest rhubarb. Ode is a tugger, as was her mother. And even though the spring has been unusually cool, the rhubarb is thriving! Kim Ode's book, Rhubarb Renaissance , is published by MN Historical Society Press. Kim says, "Rhubarb is a vegetable. Its tartness informs whatever direction you take it. Tart is this marvelous quality...we like tart...and it's also crisp. It's

Phenology Talkback is your opportunity to connect with us about what you are noticing out in nature. Maybe you've got a question, a comment you'd like to share or an observation you had that will add to the phenological story of the week, whatever it is, we want to know about it. Each Tuesday morning we gather the talkback recordings, notes and emails from our listeners and share them with the world. We'd love to hear from you! Send an email or leave us a phone message at 218.999.9876. If you

Each week we take a close look at Phenology which is the rhythmic biological nature of events as they relate to climate on the Tuesday morning show. I gather the comments and questions from listeners and present them in the Phenology Talkback portion of the morning show and then I present my weekly findings in my Phenology Report. This week, all kinds of flowers are blooming and plant life is taking shape. What have you noticed? I'd love to hear about it. Send me an email or leave a voice mail

Rural Minnesota is facing a crisis of childcare. The problems? Availability and affordability. Tuesday May 23rd Circles of Support in Grand Rapids is holding a lunchtime conversation" Child Care in Itasca County - Needs, Options, Affordability & Resources. It's from 11-1pm at the Grand Rapids Area Library - free pizza - RSVP to 999-5883. This morning we talked with Marta Carrigan from Kootasca about childcare in Itasca County. Do you have a story to tell about childcare in your life? Share

Tammy Bobrowsky is our staff librarian who manages our fantastic facebook group of readers . In addition, she gets a chance to talk with authors about their work. This week it's young adult author Melissa de la Cruz about "Alex and Eliza" the story of how a young Alexander Hamilton met his wife Elizabeth Schuyler.

Program 19: Rev. Noah Lathrop continues his first-hand account of paper-making in the new mill in 1902 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