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KAXE's weekly list of concerts near you features the Grand Rapids Community Big Band, Acoust Hicks, The Lonely Loons and Erik Koskinen, Morningbird, and Saltydog.

Students and listeners from across the state send in their nature reports. Depending on the season, reports may cover wildflowers, wildlife, weather and other wonders.

Students and listeners from across the state send in their nature reports. Depending on the season, reports may cover wildflowers, wildlife, weather and other wonders.

During the week of May 13, 2025, 17 classrooms from across MN report on their outdoor observations: tadpoles, flowers, and more. Phenology Coordinator Charlie Mitchell responds.

KAXE's weekly list of concerts near you features Ditty Wish with Studio62, Forge North, Mines & Pines Revisited Art & Music Fest, and No Rest for the Pickers.

KAXE Staff Phenologist John Latimer provides his weekly assessment of nature in Northern Minnesota. This is the week of July 4, 2023.

Heidi Holtan talks with political scholars Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum about their new book, "Ungoverning: The Attack on the Administrative State and the Politics of Chaos."

During the week of May 20, 2025, students report seeing black bear cubs, a water bug eating "the face off of a dragonfly larva," and much more. John Latimer responds.

Erin Entrada Kelly’s “The First State of Being” is an exciting and meaningful story with well-crafted twists. Staff librarian Tammy Bobrowsky and children’s librarian Tracy Kampa dive into the Newbery Award winning novel in their latest Mini Book Club conversation.

Meteorologist Bob "Tornado Bob" Conzemius joined Heidi Holtan and John Latimer to discuss historical trends in Canadian wildfires, Minnesota air quality and climate change.

"Last Leaf on the Tree" by Willie Nelson is KAXE's Album of the Week for Nov. 4-10, 2024.

In the Phenology Talkbacks for the week of June 3, 2025, we hear end-of-year messages from schools and ponder unseen pollinators. Staff phenologist John Latimer responds.

Matthew Batt’s new book “The Last Supper Club” takes us behind the scenes of restaurants and waiting tables.

The 11 a.m.-3 p.m. event hosted by the Bigfork Parent Teacher Association will have food trucks, a bouncy house, dunk tank, duck pond, face painting and more, including a silent auction.

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!

The Minnesota Senate’s Environment, Climate and Legacy Committee laid over the bill for possible inclusion in the Natural Resource omnibus

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources program provides public access to some private land from September through May with the purchase of a $3 pass.

New research shows that kids aren’t reading for fun as much as they used to. Local educators Tracy Kampa and Kathrina O’Connell talk about why and how you can motivate young readers.

Hit the brakes, friends! This month we're talking about wildlife on the road and early signs of oncoming fall.

The testing requirements come amid increased H5N1 influenza infection in dairy cows. The requirements are effective through the end of the year.