Phil Hunsicker was our guest today from Brainerd. He's got a new book out "The Old Crocodile Man Theory - A Novel of Murder, Mysteray and Monkey Business". It's the story of Kael Husker who sees a headline involving a woman he knew in the Peace Corps it reads Crocodile Man Kills American Researcher in Central Africa.

Today we welcomed back to Tamara Lowney - Executive Director of IEDC - Itasca Economic Development Corporation. She told us about the big news of new industry in Itasca County.

Leah Lemm talks with a Visual Story-Teller, Vern Northrup on this latest episode of Northern Voices: Celebrating Ties to Minnesota's Northland. He has been sharing his photography for years now…. he’s drawn to visual patterns in nature, and has embraced photography as a way to connect with the world around us.

Each Thursday morning Fred Freidman and Kyle Erickson join John and Heidi for the Sports Page. This week they talk about the Lynx, this year’s Olympics in Japan and the Supreme Court ruling for the NCAA basketball scholarship changes. They discuss baseball, what the future holds for the Twins, Bryon Buxton’s bad luck with injuries and MLB spin rates. Trivia theme today is “cheating in sports”.

On the Thursday Morning Show Jeff Sundin joins John and Heidi for Early Bird Fishing Guide. This week they talk about how to figure out where and how to fish during the massive bug hatch. Jeff gives us some tips such as using bottom bouncers on the flats.

Art Norton joined us on the Tuesday Morning Show to tell us about the groundbreaking ceremony for the Itasca Clean Energy Solar Plus Battery Storage Facility. It is the first in the region and considered a trailblazer.

Tamara Lowney, Executive Director of Itasca Economic Development Corporation was back with us this week and introduced us to Kirstie McPherson - an entrepreneur from Colorado who consults with IEDC once a month. She talked about the mindset of entrepreneurs and what draws business people and innovators to a region.

Each week John and Heidi pull up a chair to one of our member’s kitchen tables and get to know them a little bit better. This week’s caller, Mike from Nevis served up some yogurt with pumpkin seed granola.

So the story moves around between the different perspectives of these women, and it doesn't follow a straight chronological timeline. It's more arranged thematically. So but to go furthest back in time would be Marie Blackbird, who who was 14 years old at eighteen sixty two. And she and her mother are the ones who actually sow the seeds into the hands of their skirts. So they bring that story alive. So they represent that traditional relationship with seeds and the land and gardening. - Diane Wilson

Today on Boozhoo Nana Boozhoo we learn the Ojibwe words “waabooz” for rabbit and “waagosh” for fox. Nana Boozhoo tells us the traditional story of Waabooz and Waagosh.