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There's plenty to do throughout Northern Minnesota this week, including a harvest fair in Bemidji and a mental health conference in Grand Rapids.

This week in Northern Minnesota there's an electric vehicle demonstration in Bemidji, Native American dance performance in Brainerd and an open house with pizza in Pine River.

KAXE Staff Phenologist John Latimer provides his weekly assessment of nature in Northern Minnesota. This is the week of Oct. 15, 2024.

Bemidji Downtown Alliance members Gina Grinde of Four Pines Bookstore and Molly Miller of Patterson’s Clothing join the KAXE Morning Show to talk about Sip, Shop, and Stroll going on Saturday, Nov. 9.

We're rounding up events going on now through New Year's Day.

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.

Author Phyllis Root and photographer Kelly Povo have a new book, “Chasing Wildflowers,” highlighting wildflower treasures in out-of-the-way places. They joined the “KAXE Morning Show” to talk about the project.

Events this week include theater auditions in Pequot Lakes, a game afternoon in Hibbing and a story slam at Lake Bemidji State Park.

June 28 is Paul Bunyan Day. The lumberjack evokes romanticism about the state's logging past, which had lasting impacts on the state's environment and Indigenous people.

John Latimer's weekly assessment of nature.

KAXE Staff Phenologist John Latimer provides his weekly assessment of nature in Northern Minnesota. This is the week of Dec. 5, 2023.

Minnesota musicians Chan Poling and Lucy Michell team up on a children’s picture book, "The Moons," about coping with loneliness and making new friends.

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

During the week of April 1, 2025, we received 6 reports sharing observations of migrating birds, aquatic insects and more. Staff phenologist John Latimer responds.

"Table for Two" is the latest book from New York Times bestselling writer Amor Towles—a fantastic collection of stories, each told with Towles’ signature wit and sophisticated writing.

See Mack at 6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. Friday at Rapids Brewing in Grand Rapids or at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Rail River Folk School in Bemidji.

KAXE Staff Phenologist John Latimer provides his weekly assessment of nature in Northern Minnesota. This is the week of June 4, 2024.

KAXE Staff Phenologist John Latimer provides his weekly assessment of nature in Northern Minnesota. This is the week of June 11, 2024.

Featuring a huge cast including local church choirs and actors of all ages, the Pulitzer Prize winning Thornton Wilder play is a dramatic telling of life in the mythical village of Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire — first appearing on Broadway in 1938.

KAXE Staff Phenologist John Latimer provides his weekly assessment of nature in Northern Minnesota. This is the week of April 23, 2024.