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  • Bemidji mayor honors Muppet in front of Paul Bunyan

    Bemidji mayor honors Muppet in front of Paul Bunyan

    Video presented without commentary. Bemidji Mayor Rita Albright awards the key to the city to Sesame Street’s Grover in front of giant statues of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox. The video heats up just after two minutes. Related posts: No related posts.

  • Bemidji Axemen cometh

    Bemidji Axemen cometh

    Last week we learned that a northern Minnesota city has attracted its first professional sports franchise: the Bemidji Axemen of the Indoor Football League. The Axemen will play a 14-game schedule that begins in February. The league consists of upper Midwest franchises and Bemidji’s central location was a key reason for the city’s selection. Twin…

  • Water skiing to school in Bemidji

    Water skiing to school in Bemidji

    I’ve mentioned the Saxton family from the Bemidji area before. They wrote and prepared a very amusing sketch for our Bagley show last March on just a few hours notice. They also ice skated across a lake to school a couple years ago. With a very warm week in northern Minnesota, last week the kids…

  • Rare wolf attack near Lake Winnibigoshish

    Rare wolf attack near Lake Winnibigoshish

    Wolves don’t normally do this, but a wolf emerged from the woods at the West Winnie Campground in northern Minnesota over the weekend and attacked a human, latching on to a boy’s head and causing lacerations. The 16-year-old was laying on the ground near a tent and was taken by surprise in a 4 a.m.…

  • Paul Bunyan horror flick on tap for summer showings

    Paul Bunyan horror flick on tap for summer showings

    A few weeks ago I wrote about “Axe Giant: The Wrath of Paul Bunyan.” I found the concept of a Paul Bunyan horror film to be quite divisive among my readers. For some, the trailer evoked the kind of excitement seldom seen for a movie that proudly bills itself as a latter-day B-movie. For others,…

  • COLUMN: New book helps close old cultural gap

    COLUMN: New book helps close old cultural gap

    This is my Sunday column for the May 27, 2012 edition of the Hibbing Daily Tribune. Anton Treuer appeared as a guest in the April 7 Bemidji edition of the Great Northern Radio Show. New book helps close old cultural gapBy Aaron J. Brown When I was preparing to do my radio show in Bemidji…

  • Download the Great Northern Radio Show podcast

    Download the Great Northern Radio Show podcast

    Finally, you can download the entire broadcast of the Great Northern Radio Show recorded live from the Chief Theatre in Bemidji on April 7. Right click HERE to download the file directly to your computer. You can then load it onto iTunes or the program of your choice for use on your digital device. It’s…

  • Another chance to hear the Great Northern Radio Show

    Another chance to hear the Great Northern Radio Show

    The Great Northern Radio Show aired Saturday, April 7, live from the Chief Theatre in Bemidji, Minnesota. We had a blast and I think the show turned out well. Northern Community Radio will rebroadcast the show from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 21 on 91.7 KAXE (Grand Rapids, Aitkin and the Iron Range),…