I can’t believe it’s been 15 years since I did my happy dance upon hearing WTIP’s broadcast signal for the first time.  At that point, I was just glad to receive repeats of KUMD

Hedstrom Lumber Company is once again offering to give away free tree seedlings.

At the latest Cook County board meeting, commissioners supported the Bill Bally Blacksmith Shop preservation effort, discussed courthouse security equipment, staffing and costs, and much more.

This has been a particularly notable winter for hoar frost. WTIP’s Jay Andersen talks with Chel Anderson about these feathery phenomena.

It's been three months since Cook County Attorney Tim Scannell became the subject of a restraining order.

A support group for family member caregivers is starting up in Grand Marais. WTIP’s Jay Andersen spoke with group facilitator Vicki Biggs Anderson.

Buck Benson & Ann Possis welcomed Duluth musicians Mary Bue (keyboard) and Kyle Maclean (guitar) to Studio A Mar. 8. They played and sang their original music, before appearing later that evening at Cascade Lodge & Pub.

Buck chatted Mar. 8 with  explorer Lonnie Dupre, recently back from his third unsuccessful attempt to summit Denali solo in January. Lonnie talks about what went wrong, what he might do differently on a fourth try, and more. His memoir, "Life on Ice," is up for a MN Book Award and a NE Minnesota Book Award.

There’s still some snow in the forecast and the temps will remain mild. WTIP’s Jay Andersen spoke with meteorologist Carol Christianson about weather par for the course in March.

Ann Possis spoke with Prof. Elaine Tyler May of the U of Minn. on International Women's Day, Mar. 8. Prof. May is a historian whose work focuses on the intersections of gender, sexuality, domestic culture and politics. She reflected on what has been accomplished by and on behalf of women, as well as what still needs to be done to bring women into full equality with men.

Deane Morrison is a science writer at the University of Minnesota, where she authors the Minnesota Starwatch column.

This week in Sawtooth Elementary School News, Youth Radio Producers Sterling Anderson and Mara MacDonell visited 3^rd grade teacher Lorelei Livingston to learn more about her class’ Oj

Local naturalist and retired teacher Larry Weber joins us each Saturday morning to share his observations on what's going on in the great outdoors.

Each weekend WTIP news produces a round up of the news stories they’ve been following this week.

We can learn to quiet our inner critic.  Dr Jill Bolte Taylor calls this "response-ability".