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COVID-19/ Coronavirus Resources & Reporting from AMPERS stations across the state of Minnesota. Additional segments and shows can be found at our Pandemic Programming page.
A collection of Ampers network stations' coverage of the COVID19 pandemic

Statewide Conversation on COVID19 – October 16th – Lt Gov Peggy Flanagan

A statewide conversation with Minnesota’s Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan. It’s your opportunity to ask questions about Minnesota’s response and plans during this COVID-19 pandemic. This week the Lt Governor answered questions about Halloween, Saliva Testing sites, and school. If you didn’t get a chance to send or call in your question this week email covid@ampers.org or call 612-562-9895.

Great Lakes shipping season underway with COVID-19 precautions

The 2020 Great Lakes commercial shipping season opened last week, and we wondered how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting it.

Will chatted with Jayson Hron, director of communication and marketing for the Duluth Seaway Port Authority, to find out more.

How a crowd-sourced supercomputing project is helping the fight against COVID-19

We might be stuck at home, but if we have a personal computer we might be able to help in the fight against the coronavirus.

NL Biidaapi – Rob Fairbanks

Hello! Today we’re catching up with our favorite Rez Reporter, Rob Fairbanks (Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe), to find out how the comedian and YouTube star is coping with the pandemic, and whether his homeschooling skills are a pass or a fail. Join us, your hosts Leah Lemm and Cole Premo, for a few minutes of conversation and laughs.

Biidaapi: s/he comes laughing. (Ojibwemowin)

COVID19 Impact in Northwest Minnesota – Education

Andrew Youngblom, Art Instructor at Lincoln High School in Thief River Falls, MN, discusses the challenges and success of teaching art classes online during the coronavirus shutdown of region schools.

Native Lights: Biidaapi – MN Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan

Biidaapi: s/he comes laughing. (Ojibwemowin)

Greetings! Today we’re honored to talk with Minnesota Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan (White Earth Nation). Peggy Flanagan speaks about her daily duties as a state leader, the challenge of helping her first-grader with distance learning, as well as the deep loss felt by many families, including her own, during these times.

Dig Deep: COVID-19

On our extended hour of the Thursday Morning Show, Heidi Holtan hosts a conversation on Dig Deep with our conservative commentator Chuck Marohn and liberal Aaron Brown. They talk about this time of pandemic and the state of the world we are in.

How you can stay mentally healthy while staying home due to COVID-19

Many of us are staying home or working from home due to coronavirus. That has a big impact on our mental health.


Gig Loss Pandemic

On Friday, March 13, 2020, Gov. Tim Walz declared a “peacetime emergency” in Minnesota, discouraging large gatherings of people in an effort to stem the spread of COVID-19. As a result, the arts industry in the Twin Cities was gutted. KFAI’s Ryan Dawes spoke with creative workers about how, or if, they could adapt to social distancing.

NL Biidaapi – Tall Paul

Hosts Leah Lemm and Cole Premo check-in with Tall Paul (Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe) an Anishinaabe and Oneida Hip-Hop artist.
Tall Paul calls in to talk about family life, staying safe and smart, and how to continue with a workout routine while in the comfort of his own home.
And, of course, we talk about creating music in times of uncertainty.

COVID-19 and 2020 Graduates: Emma Johnson from Grand Rapids High School

On weekday mornings we have added an additional hour to our Morning Show to bring you stories and connections to this new way of living with the pandemic of COVID-19. Today John Bauer talked with Grand Rapids High School senior Emma Johnson. The next few months will be very different than she expected.


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