This week John talked about the blooming flowers and the abundance of butterflies and dragonflies. Send us your comments and phenology notes or join us on Facebook in the Season Watch Page . Here's some tweets from the program today: KAXE KBXE Radio @KAXE GR, MN # phenology curly dock blooming swamps: wild iris, blueflag, fields: hop clover (bright yellow heads) water: sweet water lily is blooming lots of dragonflies - chalk- fronted corporal still out # kaxemorning KAXE KBXE Radio KAXE Gr

We continue the story of Vic Powers.

Today on Boozhoo Nana Boozhoo we learn the Ojibwe words for Grandma "Nookomis" and Grandpa "Mishoomis". Nana Boozhoo tells a story about his grandparents who attended the Flandreau Indian Boarding School. For more Boozhoo Nana Boozhoo check out FaceBook here .

We continue the story of Hibbing's Mayor Vic Powers. Ep 6 We Should Keep That Which is Ours.

We continue the story of Vic Powers. Ep 5 The Storm Before the Storm.

Power in the Wilderness. Ep 4- Where the Mines End and the Village Begins.

We continue the story of Vic Powers. This week Episode 3 - Voters, Look!

What will Victor Power do next? Beaming, yet cautious after an “impossible” victory defending an immigrant miner against a murder charge for winning a pistol duel, Now “Fightin’ Vic” confronts the massive corporation that rules the small village of Hibbing, Minnesota. We begin this episode in an unexpected place: Mexico. We end with explosions, animals attacking humans, and the rise of Victor Power. First, we join a thrilling 1910 car chase in which Vic, his brother Walter, and a business

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, Susie from Grand Rapids shares a rainbow breakfast. Hear the whole conversation by clicking below. Thanks to our sponsor Homestead Mills for their support of this program! Let us know if you want to be our guest on What's For Breakfast . All it takes is your membership and an email !

Friday mornings during Border News Roundup we get a chance to check in with Marshall Helmberger, the editor and publisher of The Timberjay newspaper serving NE Minnesota. Today Marshall tell us that the International Falls Journal newspaper announced last week that it is shutting down its operation at the end of the month. After serving this community since 1911, losing this 110-year-old newspaper is quite a blow to the area. Marshall gives us an update on the PolyMet project . The federal