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Another chance to hear Great Northern Radio Show
The Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank were among the highlights,performing from their new album “Number One Contender.” Last Saturday night, my Great Northern Radio Show broadcast live from Bagley High School on Northern Community Radio. The Great Northern will be rebroadcast this Saturday morning from 10 a.m. to noon on 91.7 KAXE (Grand Rapids/Iron Range),…
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The Ides of March: culture on the Iron Range
The Death of Caesar, by Jean-Léon Gérôme Friday is the Ides of March, the famous day in which Roman Emperor Julius Caesar took a little walk down to the forum in 44 B.C. and was stabbed 23 times by 60 prominent conspirators. The term comes from a warning he received on the street, “Beware the…
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Poll shows rising opposition to new mines
A poll paid for by the Minnesota Environmental Partnership shows flagging support for copper-nickel mining in northern Minnesota. For the first time in almost five years of polling, more Minnesotans say they oppose such new mining than support it. The question asked: As you may know, new mines are being proposed near the Boundary Waters…
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Radinovich named to famed ‘Range Delegation’
State. Rep. Joe Radinovich (DFL-Crosby) has been officially granted membership in the Iron Range Delegation of state lawmakers. Here he is with Reps. Jason Metsa (DFL-Virginia) and Carly Melin (DFL-Hibbing). Radinovich is already on the record making elementary teachers swoon. Though in recent decades membership has been limited to representatives and senators with active mining…
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The Beargrease is on, as are memories of Skeezer
The John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon is underway along Minnesota’s North Shore of Lake Superior this week. Making its first start in two years on Sunday, the race is expected to wrap up tomorrow, March 13. Last year’s race was cancelled because of poor snow conditions. You can follow results and see footage here. Watching…
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Nolan argues for Range taconite mines at EPA
For all the kerfuffle during the 2012 U.S. Congress election in northern Minnesota’s Eighth District, it appears that the “I’m more for mining” argument really was just posturing. As one would expect of the member of Congress from the Iron Range, newly -elected U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan (D-MN8) is arguing for Iron Range taconite mines…
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Sled by example
This is my Sunday column for the March 10, 2013 Hibbing Daily Tribune. Fitting that a sledding column would follow last week’s lamentation of the Minnesota spring. We’re still winter-bound. Sled by exampleBy Aaron J. Brown Old Hollywood movies provide show us how far we’ve come. In classic films of the early 20th Century, people…
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Great Northern Radio Show airs live in Bagley at 5
Today is the big day! The Great Northern Radio Show broadcasts live from Bagley, Minnesota tonight from 5-7 p.m. on Northern Community Radio. You can listen at 91.7 KAXE (Grand Rapids/Iron Range/Aitkin), 90.5 KBXE (Bemidji/Bagley/Walker), and translators 89.9 (Brainerd/Baxter) and 103.9 (Ely). We’re streaming live all over the world at www.kaxe.org. We still have some…
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Bagley Bound for the Great Northern Radio Show
Bagley, MN. Photo taken approx. 1902-1905 (Clearwater Co. Historical Society) I’m in Bagley today preparing for our next live broadcast of the Great Northern Radio Show, Saturday night at 5 from the Bagley High School auditorium stage. I’ve been hyping our great lineup all week, including the Hobo Nephews of Uncle Frank, Mary Bue, Sonny…
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Twin Cities, Duluth rank high among college towns
The American Institute of Economic Research places two Minnesota metro areas high on a list of best college towns. Minneapolis-St. Paul is ranked sixth among major metro areas. Duluth is ranked 14th on the small metro list, just behind Honolulu. While #6 and #14 might not be enough for a medal, it’s fun to see…
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Ze editorial! Ze editorial!
I’ma go ahead and link this Bill Hanna Mesabi Daily News editorial about the state budget forecast solely because he commits to a “Fantasy Island” motif in describing how government functions. Headline: “‘Ze Plane! Ze Plane!’ bringing money to St. Paul’s Fantasy Island“ Bill’s point is ultimately that government should focus on jobs, not government…
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Great Northern Radio Show preview: Meet the Players!
It’s coming! The spring edition of my Great Northern Radio Show hits the stage of the Bagley High School auditorium and airwaves of Northern Community Radio this upcoming Saturday, March 9. The show airs from 5-7 p.m. and free tickets are still available by calling KAXE at 800-662-5799. Find out more about the show and…
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The understated coolness of the Mesabi Trail
There was a time I had a close relationship with my bike. When I lived in town I rode it to work, to interviews, to the Rotary meetings. My last night at the paper before I went to grad school, I rode the bike round and round over the thread bare carpet of the Hibbing…
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Great Northern Radio Show preview: Sonny Johnson
It’s coming! The spring edition of my Great Northern Radio Show hits the stage of the Bagley High School auditorium and airwaves of Northern Community Radio this upcoming Saturday, March 9. The show airs from 5-7 p.m. and free tickets are still available by calling KAXE at 800-662-5799. Find out more about the show and…
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Runaway seal flops off to the sky
One of the two seals that escaped from the Lake Superior Zoo during last year’s historic flooding in Duluth has died. Here’s the teaser for the AP story at the top of yesterday’s Hibbing Daily Tribune. I share this because there’s a lot going on here. The top head is what you tell the kids.…