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MN Secretary of State Steve Simon on Federal Funds for Election Security in MN

By Heidi Holtan • 3 hours ago

Today we learned about the current legislation in the MN Session having to do with federal election funding of election security with Secretary of State Steve Simon.

What's For Breakfast: Leftovers after feeding the kids

By Brett Carter • 5 hours ago

Each week John and Heidi pull up a chair to one of our member’s kitchen tables and get to know them a little bit better. This week’s caller, Anders and Kari Hedlund demonstrated the beauty of live radio by discussing sausage and biscuit leftovers and serving the kids scrambled eggs and toast.

Hear the whole conversation by clicking below.

Mamma Mia! presented by Grand Rapids Players

By Sarah Bignall • Mar 9, 2019

The latest production of the Grand Rapids Players is the ABBA inspired musical, Mamma Mia! It's a collaborative production between the Grand Rapids Players and the Grand Rapids Community Chorus.

Director MaryJo Jess, Music Director Phil Kneeland and Choral Director Sam Evans stopped by the KAXE studios to talk about the production.

Mamma Mia! Runs 2 weekends March 15-17 and 22-24 at the Reif Center in Grand Rapids.

More information and tickets.

Chisholm MN Senator David Tomassoni (DFL) with Legislative Update

By Heidi Holtan • Mar 8, 2019

The latest from MN's Legislative Session with DFL Senator from Chisholm David Tomassoni. Info on the LCCMR, transportation, the budget and more!

Go Greenway! MN High School Hockey Tournament

By Heidi Holtan • Mar 8, 2019

We talked with Dan Anderson at Hockey House in Brainerd about the great game between Greenway and Delano... they play Mahtomedi today at 1:30. Go 218 Hockey!!!!

Artist Interview: Pamela Edevold

By Katie Carter • Mar 8, 2019

“You warm up, just like you would an instrument, and then you get going... and I paint until I just can’t see anymore.” Pamela Edevold

Dig Deep's Podcast Only Conversation: The Green New Deal

By Heidi Holtan • Mar 8, 2019

Our podcast only editions of Dig Deep are a little looser, you'll want to check this one out on the Green New Deal. Listen in to Chuck Marohn our conservative commentator and Strong Towns CEO and founder - as well as liberal commentator Aaron Brown - journalist and creator of Minnesota Brown and host/producer of KAXE/KBXE's

Hanging Cukes and Sweet Romaine: Hydroponics 101 with Barry Thoele

By Maggie Montgomery • Mar 8, 2019

Barry Thoele has been growing plants hydroponically for over 20 years. “Hydroponics,” he explains, “is growing plants in water—and not necessarily food plants. We use water and a nutrient mix that, in my case, is formulated for whatever particular plant. We use plant-specific nutrients—I grow lettuce and herbs in lettuce nutrient, I grow tomatoes in tomato nutrient, cucumbers in a cucumber nutrient, and they’re all formulated for the optimum growth of the plant.

Digging Deeper into Socialism - Part 3 with Aaron and Chuck

By Heidi Holtan • Mar 8, 2019

The 3rd part of our conversation on socialism is now available with Dig Deep's liberal commentator Aaron Brown and conservative Chuck Marohn.

What's For Breakfast: The First Piece of French Toast

By Brett Carter • Mar 8, 2019

Each week John and Sarah pull up a chair to one of our member’s kitchen tables and get to know them a little bit better. This week’s caller, Charlie Hovde of Bagley stopped in to celebrate her birthday with French Toast and fresh blueberry preserves.

Hear the whole conversation by clicking below.

NPR News

Algeria's Leader Returns Home As Demonstrators Protest His Bid For A Fifth Term

By Shannon Van Sant • 12 minutes ago

An Algerian government plane believed to be returning the nation's president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, home from Switzerland has landed at Boufarik military airport, southwest of the capital Algiers, as demonstrators have turned out to protest his quest for a fifth term in office.

Bouteflika has been receiving medical treatment in Switzerland since February 24. Protests began two days earlier, demanding that the 82-year-old leader not seek re-election next month.

Exclusive: White House And Ivanka Trump Propose New Spending On Child Care

By Tamara Keith • 4 hours ago

In the midst of a presidential budget proposal destined to generate controversy for its expected drastic spending cuts, White House senior adviser and first daughter Ivanka Trump wants to have a conversation about increasing the availability and affordability of child care.

NPR has learned that the 2020 White House budget set to be released Monday will call for increased spending on child care and propose a new initiative to address shortages.

It Takes A Village To Save A British Pub

By Frank Langfitt • 5 hours ago

The Packhorse pub sits in the tiny village of South Stoke in the west of England amid rolling hills dotted with sheep. For more than a century and a half, it played a crucial role in the village and marked milestones in the lives of local families.

Gerard Coles, who was born half a mile from the pub and now brews cider nearby, started coming to the Packhorse when he was 15 and underage, sometimes with his school teacher for lunch.

How Much Difference Will Eli Lilly's Half-Price Insulin Make?

By editor • 5 hours ago

When Erin Gilmer filled her insulin prescription at a Denver-area Walgreens in January, she paid $8.50. U.S. taxpayers paid another $280.51.

She thinks the price of insulin is too high. "It eats at me to know that taxpayer money is being wasted," says Gilmer, who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes while a sophomore at the University of Colorado in 2002.

The diagnosis meant that for the rest of her life she'd require daily insulin shots to stay alive. But the price of that insulin is skyrocketing.