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StoryCorps reception tonight
A reminder, tonight is the community reception for the StoryCorps project in Grand Rapids at 91.7 KAXE, a really cool studio and radio organization next to the Grand Rapids Public Library on the Mississippi River. There will be appetizers, wine and probably stories. My Saturday radio essay and Sunday column both highlight the StoryCorps project…
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Range education hearing draws crowd, little media
Well, the big education hearing in Nashwauk that I talked about was apparently a success. I was assuming that a daily newspaper would cover it so I could share a round-up with you, but the only media was the local TV repeater on Range 11 and the Scenic Range News-Forum, a weekly that doesn’t publish…
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Obama’s Hibbing office opens today
In about 90 minutes (sorry, late on this one) Barack Obama opens its Hibbing office and hosts its first Veterans for Obama meeting on the Iron Range. The meeting is at noon today at the Obama/DFL headquarters at 107 E. Howard Street. The HQ is somewhat symbolic in nature as the 5th SD DFL has…
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Range faces strike vote at taconite mine
One of the taconite operations on the Iron Range may face a strike vote soon. Earlier, I had said that U.S. Steel’s pending settlement with the Steelworkers might blunt strikes on the Range. This negotiation with Minorca by Virginia, Minn., is vital to keeping that peace. Related posts: No related posts.
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Klobuchar’s Range/Biden comment
Here’s a line from a recent AP story on Joe Biden’s selection as Barack Obama’s running mate: “Minnesota will love Joe Biden when they get to know him. I can just see him up on the Iron Range right now. He has blue collar roots, he’s a very warm person,” Klobuchar told The Associated Press…
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Range community journalism club to meet tonight
For those interested, a meeting of the Iron Range Community Journalism Club will be held tonight: August topics: Tips and technologies for conducting interviews. Scott Hall of 91.7 KAXE community radio will provide interviewing tips. Shelly Ceglar, Mountain Iron-Buhl technology and media specialist,will provide information on interviewing technologies and uploadinginterview files (audio/video) to the Web.…
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Education lawmakers to converge on the Range Tuesday for crucial hearing
This is a reminder that the Minnesota House of Representatives committees on K-12 finance and policy will be holding a session to discuss the state of education at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 26 in the Nashwauk-Keewatin High School gym. Local State Rep. Tom Anzelc (DFL-Balsam Township) is on the committee and helped organize the…
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Sportsmen for the Issues That Matter
The more things change the more they stay the same. As with the past several elections, the GOP has determined that its best move is to use “Sportsmen” as their primary outreach group on the Iron Range. (The surprisingly balanced story is in Sunday’s Mesabi Daily News). I get the political strategy. Fleck off working…
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It’s Biden Time
I should have put the cellphone on the night stand, but we’ve all got our text messages now and have seen that Joe Biden is Barack Obama’s running mate. A long time ago, when I was analyzing the primary candidates from an “Iron Range” perspective, I commented that Joe Biden seemed like a guy who…
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Cornival is here
For a guy who loves puns, I can’t go wrong with today’s Cornival at the Lawron Presbyterian Church along Scenic Highway 7 in Itasca County. They’ve got silent auctions, flea markets, giant gorilla bouncy things for the kids, and … corn. Oh, lordy, the corn. As you walk up from the parking lot you see…
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Women’s leadership initiative continues on the Range
Earlier in the year, a Go Run Iron Range conference was held to gather and encourage women interested in political leadership and gave them basic training on how to conduct local and broader campaigns. The effort was an extension of the White House Project. Efforts to expand female leadership on the Iron Range continue and…
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Mud, destruction, fun at Embarrass Fair
The Embarrass Fair starts today. I’m posting this in honor of Roland Fowler, the unofficial spokesman for the town, who manages to sneak references to the fair every time he is interviewed about Embarrass being the coldest place in the Lower 48 in the national media each winter. He grabbed about 30 seconds of CNN…
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Workshopping
Today I am presenting at a workshop for Iron Range community colleges on the topic of blogging. I’ll use this as a general reminder that just 10 years ago I was learning what the Internet was for the first time. What a world, what a world! Related posts: No related posts.
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Campaigns traverse Iron Range; more to come
Two statewide campaign updates from the Iron Range: Obama’s campaign opened the first of two Iron Range headquarters. As many as 100 people were there for at least part of the ceremonies, according to the Mesabi Daily News. The accounts I’ve heard indicates that the event went well. Norm Coleman made a campaign swing through…
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Pathos alert!
An interesting story on the status of Polymet on the East Range from today’s Mesabi Daily News. Here’s the rather literary opening graphs from the Bill Hanna piece: HOYT LAKES — The former LTV worker looked around the vastness of the crusher building, stunned by the eerie silence of a facility that she knew by…