Diverse Radio for Minnesota’s Communities

17 Unique Stations from Border to Border

Minnesota Arts, Culture and History programs created from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund

Margie Coan: Goodridge Minnesota Area History

Margie Coan of the Goodridge Area Historical Society talks with Grant Nelson about the electric passenger train that served the area in the early 1900s. She also discusses the historic buildings that once stood in the communities of Erie, Highlanding, and Mavie.


First spring

“Trail Time” by Marcia Roepke highlights events and phenology on the Gunflint Trail.


Spring is coming!

“Trail Time” by Marcia Roepke highlights events and phenology on the Gunflint Trail


MN Reads: “Villa Leila” by Adam Herman

Author Adam Herman talks about his new book “Villa Leila”


Notes from Reservation River – If You See Something

Anishinaabe writer Jess Koski explains why Grand Portage and a number of other reservations are now issuing tribal license plates that raise awareness about the inordinately high percentage of missing and murdered Indigenous women in the U.S. and Canada. Jess recommends, “If you see something, say something.”


Notes from Reservation River – Making Tracks

Grand Portage writer Jess Koski follows wolf tracks along a snow-covered reservation road, and has an encounter with a mystical PistenBully.


“Freebies” Galore!

Charlotte Helgeson, Director of the Campbell Public Library of East Grand Forks, MN, is busting at the seams to share information about fun and exciting events and activities at the Campbell Library…. and they are all FREE!


Carpenter’s Corner

This Pennington County gathering place has been the site of wedding dances, baseball games, and good memories since 1936. Randy and Michael Carpenter join Grant Nelson to reminisce about Carpenter’s Corner.


Deb Zak: University of Minnesota Extension History

Grant Nelson talks with Deb Zak about the history of the University of Minnesota Extension Service, with a focus on Pennington County.


EP223 Lightnin’ Slim

Otis Hicks was a somewhat unsung Louisiana blues man who was an inspiration to another Louisianan who would one day become world famous!


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