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Border News Roundup: Ely Blueberry Festival, Forest Fires & AIS Detected Using DNA

Timberjay Newspaper

Marshall Helmberger with Border News Roundup

Friday mornings Timberjay editor and publisher Marshall Helmberger joins Heidi to tell us about some of the stories they covered this week. Today he talks about the weather impact on the Ely Blueberry Festival, cancelled due to a storm with high winds, the concern over drought conditions and the forest fires in the area. Marshall tells us about the research being conducted on Lake Vermilion using DNA to detect aquatic invasive species.

Go to timberjay.com for these stories and more from northeastern Minnesota.

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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.