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Students from RISERVA Made in Men's Brown Coat Blazer 42 Lin Bemidji recently vistited the KBXE studios.   After touring Northern Community Radio's vinyl and cd libraries, the students experienced recording in the studio when most of them shared an original poem in honor of National Poetry Month.  

On the Friday Morning Show we welcomed back Lynette Schmidt and Jollene Latvala from Pronto men 100% wool sport coat to talk about the misconceptions of mental health and tell us about Stomp on Stigma.

Stomp on Stigma is in its 7th year  at the IRA Civic Center in Grand Rapids on Saturday May 5th.

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Program 53:  The Paper Industry in Minnesota and the  United States in the 1930s.  Charles Blandin's plan to end the Depression.

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".

Grand Rapids musician, Jed LaPlant, is out with a new album now, I'll See You Again. His first release, the lyrics throughout are heartfelt, authentic and also otherworldly, the production is spare but rich, and in spite of only singing for the past 4 years, the vocals are on point. 

He sat down with us and was ready to speak candidly about creating this album, losing his father, Don LaPlant, taking a road trip out west, and finding his voice. Listen to the interview below.

Songs included: 'This Lonely Road', 'When I Was Younger'

A northern Minnesota winter can be hard on apple trees. In my case, when the snow melted it revealed that two of our trees were completely “girdled” and a third was partially eaten. Girdling kills trees. It means that something (vole? rabbit?) had gnawed off the bark around the entire trunk of two trees in a swath about 2” wide.

Opioid drug use is expanding in rural communities.  There is a series of community forums being offered in Itasca, Northern St. Louis, Aitkin and Pine Counties in Minnesota to help find community based soluitions to the problem.  Host Grant Frashier attended the first meeting held in Keewatin and tgalked with Kelly Chandler with Itasca County Public Health.

Each week Sarah 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, some guy named Johnny Bauer shared his breakfast in an Airbnb outside of Nashville.

Hear the whole conversation by clicking below.