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COVID Surge in Schools, ISD 696 Controversy and Banning the Feeding of Bears: Border News Roundup

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Friday Morning Show with Marshall Helmberger and Border News Roundup

Marshall Helmberger is our regular guest on the Friday Morning Show. Marshall is editor and publisher of the Timberjay newspaper, serving northestern Minnesota.

This week Marshall talks about the surge in COVID cases in the area schools, the controversy with the Ely School District and a conservative youth outreach organization, Young America’s Foundation and the rising support in Eagles Nest Township for a proposal to ban the feeding of bears.

Marshall gives an update on grouse hunting and the peaking fall colors. More on these stories here and at timberjay.com.

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Heidi Holtan is Director of Content and Public Affairs. She manages producers/hosts 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.
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