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Let's Visit Hibbing: Leonard Hirsch compares today to the past and considers the future

KAXE | By Katie Carter

Published December 19, 2018 at 10:34 AM CST

Katie Carter and Leonard Hirsch at the Great Northern Radio Show in Hibbing, MN

Leonard Hirsch moved to Hibbing in 1959. Always curious about history, after retiring from his job as a researcher for a mining company, he began volunteering at the Hibbing Historical Society. In this segment of Let's Visit, Leonard discusses how today's Hibbing compares to the hibbing of the late 50s and 60s. He also considers what the future might look like for Hibbing. Have you ever been to Hibbing? Send us an email and let us know your favorite thing about Hibbing, MN. We'd love to know about it!

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Katie Carter

Katie Carter started at Northern Community Radio in 2008 as Managing Editor of the station's grant-funded, online news experiment Northern Community Internet. Since 2016, she's produced Area Voices showcasing the arts, culture, and history stories of northern Minnesota. She's our local host of NPR's All Things Considered and CBC's As It Happens every weekday from 4-7pm.

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