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The Stromberg family of Pine River, Minnesota, has been in the bird business since 1921. Laura and Eric Stromberg will lead a workshop on "The Basics of Keeping Chickens" at the Back to Basics workshop in the Pine River/Backus School on Feb. 11. Laura and Eric talked with Morningshow hosts Brett Carter and Katie Carter about the workshop and the fun of raising chickens. Hear the interview by clicking the link below. See the website for more information. http://www.strombergschickens.com/

February can be a long cold month to get through in northern Minnesota. We think the best way we can get through it is to band together as a community and....READ! How many books do you think we can read? 100? 500? How many books do you read in a month? Here's the deal - let us know you are joining us by posting on What We're Reading or send us an email . Send us your numbers during the month or take a photo of your stack of books. We'll do our best to compile a list and keep track and keep each

Women's Marches took place across the world Saturday. Australia, Qatar, France, Calgary, and Guatemala are just a few places around the globe that people marched. Across the United States, people marched. in Minnesota, people marched in solidarity in communities across the state including Bemidji, Mankato, Duluth and Longville. A bus load of women and girls left Bemidji at 5:00 Saturday morning and headed south to March in St. Paul Women's March. In this Area Voices segment, find out why they

In this conversation Aaron Brown and Chuck Marohn talk about where rural towns are right now, and where they think they are going. And yes, they have hope.

Each week we hear from listeners around the region as they connect with us to share their observations, questions and comments about what they are noticing out in the natural world. It was an interesting week! We learned about a young girl who tried to capture a mouse in her bedroom only to discover it was a vole, a rare siting of a curved billed thrasher which is a bird normally residing in the southwest United States, chipmunks filling their cheeks, and a whole bunch of other things going on

John Latimer, our resident phenologist, is passionate about nature. He's been documenting the subtle biological events of nature as they relate to climate for more than 30 years. Click on the link to hear his full phenology report for this week! Pussy willows, barred owls eating voles, and scat trails are just a few of the highlights of this full report! KAXE-KBXE hosts a dynamic Facebook group page called KAXE-KBXE Season Watch. It's a great group to join if you are interested in seasonal

Part 2 of our Dig Deep conversation this week gets into how the presidential campaigns of 2016 spoke to people in rural areas and also asks the question "does anybody outside of here really care?"

There are over 3,000 archaeological sites in northern Minnesota’s Chippewa National Forest, covering a range of time from just after the Ice Age (10,000 years ago) to the early 20 th century. The sites include early logging camp sites, fur trade sites, recreational sites, and sites reflecting Ojibwe and Dakota heritage. Sean Dunham is Heritage Program Manager for the Chippewa National Forest. As an archaeologist, his job is to dig into the history and culture of the forest and make sure

This morning we introduced our new morning show segment and podcast, Dig Deep. Our commentators - Aaron Brown and Chuck Marohn began the conversation about the State of Rural by telling us about their upbringing, political beginnings and why they choose to live in rural Minnesota. Tune in Wednesday at 8:10am for our next installment where we delve a little more into the 2016 election season and the idea of a rural voter. Got an idea for Aaron and Chuck to tackle? Send it our way!