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In association with the Grand Rapids Players, Uncommon Loons is a small, experimental theater company in Grand Rapids with a focus on original productions in unorthodox spaces.

Plus: The Minnesota DNR set a five-fish bag limit for Upper Red Lake walleye this summer; and a state watchdog says bipartisan fraud control efforts at the Minnesota Capitol appear promising.

Plus: The Minnesota PCA will host an informational meeting on permitting and variance requests from US Steel's Keetac Mine in Virginia on Sept. 3; and Wadena drivers can expect major traffic changes as Highway 10 opens and work starts on Highway 71.

Top albums played at KAXE/KBXE in 2021

From Austin, Texas, the band Spoon has released ten albums including a string of five straight top 10 records: "Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga" (2007), "Transference" (2010), "They Want My Soul" (2014), "Hot Thoughts" (2017), and "Lucifer on the Sofa" (2022).Grand Rapids Riverfest is Spoon’s only Minnesota date in 2024.

Some top researchers now say that climate change has led to stronger hurricanes. Now, there's a push to expand the wind scale to include a Category 6 for winds as powerful as those seen last year.

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol issued a wave of record requests to eight federal agencies, including any communications by Rudy Giuliani and Ivanka Trump.

And: Two public meetings are planned for next week on the Boswell Solar project in Cohasset; and new family resources centers are coming to St. Louis County.

Plus: the winter sports season has come to an end, with Northland boys basketball teams having a strong finish at the weekend's state tournament.

A new NPR/Ipsos poll finds about 6 in 10 Americans are opposed to training teachers to carry guns in schools. But two-thirds of Republicans, including 71 percent of Republican men, are in favor of it.

Plus: Northern Township Administrator Chris Lahn presented on 50 years of aspirations to wrap sewer services around Lake Bemidji during a BSU Earth Day event.

This documentary by Peabody award winning producer David Isay is an oral history of Iolene Catalano, a woman who lived with drug abuse and prostitution, and who died last year of AIDS. Isay recorded more than 30 hours worth of interviews with Iolene, who wanted, before her death, to let the world know that she was something more than an addict or criminal, that she was a poet and singer. Please note the content and language advisory at the top of this DACS.

Lakeland PBS, The Bemidji Pioneer, The Brainerd Dispatch, Northern Community Radio & The Park Rapids Enterprise are joining forces to bring you Debate Night 2022. 4 nights of debates involving state lawmakers from throughout North Central Minnesota. In the third debate of Debate Night 2022, Rep. Steve Green & Alan Roy discuss their plans and ideas for Minnesota State Senate District 2.

There is a shuttle bus running from the Morrison County Fairgrounds, which is also the site of the 48th annual Lone Eagle Auto Club's Car Show & Swap Meet on Sunday only.

Six members of the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 riots on the U.S. Capitol are running for reelection in 2022.

Jurors report they are split 6-6 in the murder trial of former Ku Klux Klan leader Edgar Ray Killen. The 80-year-old defendant is accused of organizing the killing of three voting rights volunteers in Philadelphia, Miss., in 1964. It was one of the civil rights era's most notorious crimes.

The June edition of the Season Watch Podcast is here! Much like the Season Watch Newsletter, it features plants, animals, and phenomena to look for in six categories: while commuting, while walking, in watery habitats, in open areas, in the forest, and in town.

The May edition of the Season Watch Podcast is here! Much like the Season Watch Newsletter, it features plants, animals, and phenomena to look for in six categories: while commuting, while walking, in watery habitats, in open areas, in the forest, and in town. New this month is a listener Q&A section!

Motel 6 has settled a class-action lawsuit filed after it was found the hotel had given private guest information to Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. The chain agreed to pay $7.6 million.

The Itasca Economic Development Corporation seeks to grow the Itasca County economy through education, research, and outreach that creates business opportunities. To do so, the IEDC organizes events and initiatives around northern Minnesota. Joining Heidi Holtan on the KAXE Morning Show is the President and CEO of the IEDC, Tamara Lowney. Click the "Listen" player above to hear the full conversation