The well- respected published author Jim Northrup died on August first from complications of cancer. He was 73 years old.
Born in Fond Du Lac, Jim spent much of his boyhood in Indian boarding schools and then served in Viet Nam as a Marine. As an adult he found joy in his family and his work.
In 2015 he and his wife Pat talked with Shirly Nordrum and Nicole Buckanaga , the hosts of a radio program on K-K-W-E, Niijii Radio on White Earth.