Between You & Me

The Grand Rapids Chapter of NAMI - the National Alliance on Mental Illness is bringing TV and Movie actress Mary Pat Gleason to Grand Rapids (Thursday May 25 at the Reif Center) for her one-woman show about living with bi-polar disorder called "Stopping Traffic" . The New York Times wrote: It's not nice to laugh at mental illness, but Mary Pat Gleason's impersonation of Glasson, a deep-voiced healing being into which she transformed during her stay at U.C.L.A. Neuropsychiatric Hospital, is

Each Friday morning at 7:20 we check in with Marshall Helmberger to find out about the stories that he and his team of reporters have been covering in northeastern MN. This week the top story is Congressman Rick Nolan's continued support of the Twin Metals Copper Nickel mining project . Marshall explains the complications of this story and what he thinks are the far reaching implications. Also Ely's take on the lifting of the Sunday liquor laws and opening fishing on Lake Vermilion.

We continued our Making Sausage conversation today to try to make sense of what is happening at the MN Legislature at the end of session. Briana Bierschbach covers politics and policy for Minn Post and recently wrote "With an Eye Toward His Legacy, Dayton Digs in on the budget" . She gave us a feel for how Governor Dayton is different this budget year than at the beginning of his time as governor. Briana also has an update on the Governor's signing of the Real ID bill - MN is the last state to

Freshman Republican Representative Sandy Layman (Cohasset) from District 5B talked with us at the beginning of the session, and she checks back in to talk about this session having to do with changes in the IRRRB . Rep. Layman was the IRRRB director during Governor Tim Pawlenty's two terms in office.

Agriculture is not an easy line of business . Lucie Amundson blames her husband Jason for their leap into poultry. How did a freelance writer and a grant writer start Locally Laid ? It was what Lucie calls a "farmgument". This week's Local Food segment on the Wednesday morning show is a delightful conversation about how a crazy idea can become real and sustainable. Lucie Amundson will be speaking at the Grand Rapids Area Library next Thursday May 25th at 6pm. “As a ‘remedial adult’ with chickens

Each week we hear from young phenology reporters across northern Minnesota (and a few not-so-young phenologists, too). John Latimer puts those reports together and share them with out listeners every Tuesday during the morning show and it's one of our favorite things. This week, students and adults alike noticed so many exciting things outside including, but definitely not limited to: dragonflies, frogs, a blue spotted salamander, diving beetles,turkey vultures,blooming shrubs, a rose breasted

Each week ,our resident phenologist John Latimer compiles a full report of the subtle changes taking place in the natural environment and shares his findings with our radio listeners. Flowering shrubs, trillium,star flowers, anemone,edible ferns, and a variety of returning birds all make their way into this week's report. It's spring! Don't hesitate to connect with us and share what you've noticed outside. Send John an email , leave a message on our talkback line at 218-999-9876,or join our

Program 18: The new paper mill opens in 1902: Rev. Noah Lathrop's first-hand account 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

One sure sign of spring is the opening of farmers' markets around northern Minnesota. The Grand Rapids Farmers' Market opened on May 10th for its 31st season. It is one of the earliest markets to open in the area, and 12 member/vendors were present. The morning was sunny and cool, but temperatures were supposed to hit 60 degrees--great weather for a market that sometimes sees snow in May! We caught up with Market Manager Bill Boutang. On market days Bill gets up at 4:15 am and is on the road by

Gary Charwood is the Cultural Coordinator for the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe. 12 years ago, The Spiritual Run was created in honor of the school shooting tragedy that occurred on the Red Lake Reservation in 2005. Since then, the Leech Lake Band has continued this Spiritual Run for wellness every year. Throughout the two day run, runners take time to honor and recognize communities and individuals along their 140 mile route. Charwood discussed the two day schedule, the history of running in the