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Honoring Grandmothers: Strong Women Storytelling

KAXE | By Heidi Holtan
Published June 10, 2020 at 4:19 PM CDT
Heidi and her grandma Ina

In May we celebrated Mother's Day with stories of the impact of grandmothers on our lives for our Strong Women series.  Originally a public event, COVID-19 had us come up with a new way of  presenting these stories with hopes of reviving it in the next year or so, when we can all safely come together. 
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Snowy White

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Delina White

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Tasha Connelly

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Laura Connelly

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Heidi Holtan
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Heidi Holtan
Heidi Holtan has been involved with KAXE since 2002. Now as Director of Content and Public Affairs she manages and is the host of the KAXE Morning Show, including a variety of local content like Phenology, What's for Breakfast, Area Voices, The Sports Page and much more, alongside Morning Edition from NPR. Her latest project is Ham Radio: Cooking with Amy Thielen.
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