JULIE: I'M JULIE ZENNER, HERE'S WHAT'S COMING UP ON ALMANAC NORTH.

GOVERNOR TIM WALZ HAS APPOINTED RETIRED UMD PROFESSOR TADD JOHNSON TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA'S BOARD OF REGENTS.

HE IS THE FIRST NATIVE AMERICAN TO SERVE ON THE BOARD.

WE'LL MEET THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE DULUTH CITY COUNCIL.

HANNAH ALSTEAD WAS SELECTED THIS WEEK BY THE COUNCIL TO SERVE OUT THE REMAINING TERM OF RENEE VAN NETT, WHO PASSED AWAY LAST MONTH.

AND WE'LL HAVE A REPORT FROM THE TRAMPLED BY TURTLES CONCERT AT BAYFRONT PARK LAST SATURDAY.

THESE STORIES AND VOICES OF THE REGION, COMING UP ON ALMANAC NORTH.

♪ JULIE: HELLO AND WELCOME TO ALMANAC NORTH, THANKS FOR WATCHING.

DENNY IS OFF THIS WEEK.

WE WILL GET STARTED WITH THE WEEK'S HEADLINES.

THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION THIS WEEK APPROVED FEDERAL DISASTER AID TO AREAS OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA HARD HIT BY FLOODING AND SPRING STORMS.

THE AID INCLUDES STATE AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS AND KOOCHICHING, LAKE, COOK AND ST. LOUIS CONTIES, AMONG OTHERS.

FLOOD WATERS ARE FINALLY RECEDING IN THE AFFECTED AREAS, BUT PLENTY OF CLEANUP WORK WILL BE NEEDED BEFORE THINGS RETURN TO NORMAL.

THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE IS AWARDING A $1.5 MILLION GRANT TO THE CITY OF ELY TO SUPPORT TOURISM AND OUTDOOR RECREATION.

THE MONEY FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN WILL HELP CONSTRUCT THE ELY REGIONAL TRAILHEAD FACILITY.

THE TRAILHEAD WILL INCLUDE AMENITIES LIKE RESTROOMS, VENDING MACHINES AND COMMON AREAS TO WELCOME TOURISTS TO THE AREA.

AND FORMER UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA REGENT DAVID MCMILLAN WAS APPOINTED THIS WEEK AS THE INTERIM CHANCELLOR AT UMD.

MCMILLAN RESIGNED AS A REGENT TO SEEK THE INTERIM JOB, WHICH CREATED SOME CONTROVERSY AND ANIMATED DISCUSSION DURING THE BOARD MEETING WEDNESDAY.

BUT IN THE END, MCMILLAN WAS SELECTED TO REPLACE RETIRING CHANCELLOR LENDLEY BLACK.

THE INTERIM POSITION WILL RUN THROUGH THE SUMMER OF 2024.

THIS WEEK GOVERNOR TIM WALZ MADE AN HISTORIC APPOINTMENT TO THE BOARD OF REGENTS TO REPLACE MCMILLAN.

THE GOVERNOR SELECTED THE FIRST NATIVE AMERICAN TO EVER SERVE ON THE BOARD OF THE STATE'S MAJOR UNIVERSITY.

HE'S A RETIRED PROFESSOR AT UMD AND THE MAIN CAMPUS IN THE TWIN CITIES AND NO STRANGER TO WDSE, AS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF OUR NATIVE REPORT PROGRAM.

JOINING US NOW IS TADD JOHNSON, THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS REPRESENTING THE 8TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

WELCOME AND CONGRATULATIONS.

TADD: THANK YOU.

JULIE: AS WE MENTIONED IN THE INTRODUCTION THIS IS A HISTORIC MEANT, TALK ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF BRINGING A NATIVE PERSPECTIVE TO THE TABLE.

TADD: SURE.

IN 171 YEARS THAT HAS NEVER BEEN A NATIVE AMERICAN POINTED TO THE BOARD OF REGENTTS.

THE EARLY DAYS OF THE UNIVERSITY, ESPECIALLY PURSUANT TO THE 1862 MORAL ACT, A LOT OF LANDS WERE TAKEN FROM THE TRIBES OF MINNESOTA, ENOUGH SO THAT 35 UNIVERSITIES FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY INCLUDING THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND CORNELL WERE BUILT AND THEIR ENDOWMENT CAME FROM TRIBAL LANDS IN MINNESOTA.

SO, IT IS I'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF NOTES FROM A LOT OF NATIVE AMERICAN FOLKS SAYING IT IS ABOUT TIME AND WISHING ME WELL WHICH IS VERY NICE.

JULIE: AS WE ALSO MENTIONED, HE RECENTLY RETIRED, AS A PROFESSOR.

SPEAK TO YOUR EXPERIENCE AND YOUR HISTORY WITH THE UNIVERSITY AND MAYBE HOW THAT SHAPES WHAT YOU SEE YOUR ROLE IS AS A REGENT.

TADD: I THINK I CAN BRING A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE, HAVING SERVED AS A PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT HEAD AND DIRECTOR OF GRADUATE STUDIES IN THE MARKET INDIAN STUDIES AT UMD.

ALSO, SERVE THE WHOLE SYSTEM SENIOR DIRECTOR OF AMERICAN INDIAN TRIBAL NATION RELATIONS.

I HAVE TAUGHT UNDERGRADS, GRADUATE STUDENTS, AND I -- ON THE PRESIDENT HAD ME REACH OUT TO ALL OF THE TRIBES IN MINNESOTA.

WE GOT AMERICAN INDIAN ADVISORY BOARDS GOING ON ALL THE CAMPUSES.

MY MAIN ACCOMPLISHMENT WAS GETTING KAREN DIVER IN THE DOOR AND ADVISING THE PRESIDENTS.

SHE IS A SENIOR ADVISOR TO THE PRESIDENT.

I THOUGHT IT WAS DONE IN THIS OPPORTUNITY CAME UP.

IT COINCIDED WITH MY RETIREMENT.

SO I THOUGHT I WOULD STICK MY HEAD IN THE RING ND -- AND LO AND BEHOLD THE GOVERNOR APPOINTED ME.

JULIE: I HEAR THE RETIREMENT DOESN'T LAST LONG FOR GOOD PEOPLE.

[LAUGHTER] TADD: IT WAS ABOUT 10 DAYS.

YEAH.

I WILL BE DOING SOME STUFF IN ADDITION TO SERVING THIS ROLE.

BUT THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.

IT IS AN IMPORTANT PUBLIC SERVICE THAT I'M HOPING TO PERFORM FOR BOTH THE EIGHTH DISTRICT AND THE REST OF MINNESOTA.

SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT AND TO DOING GOOD THINGS THAT THE DIVERSITY.

JULIE: SOMEONE WHO DOES HAVE THOSE CLOSE TIES TO THE UNIVERSITY FOR MANY YEARS, DO YOU FEEL THAT THE DISTRICT AND UMD HAVE BEEN PRETTY WELL REPRESENTED WITH THE POWERS?

TADD: WE HAD DAVE MCMILLAN, WHO WAS JUST A REAL GENTLEMAN AND AN EXCELLENT REGENT, AND REPRESENTED THE AREA AND WHOLE STATE.

UMD IS VERY LIKELY TO GET HIM -- LUCKY TO GET HIM AS THE INTERIM CHANCELLOR.

HE WILL DO AN EXCELLENT JOB.

THOSE ARE BIG SHOES TO FILL.

ANYWAY, I THINK HE WILL BE GREAT IN THAT.

I'M HOPING TO EMULATE THEM AS MUCH AS I CAN.

JULIE: THIS WILL BE FILLING OUT HIS TERM, WHICH ENDS NEXT YEAR.

DO YOU SEE YOURSELF GOING FOR A FULL TERM AFTER THAT?

TADD: I WILL TRY.

HIS TERM ENDS IN FEBRUARY OF 2023.

THERE'S QUITE AN ARDUOUS PROCESS TO GET THROUGH, WHICH INCLUDES, GETTING ALL TO A ONE STATE LEGISLATORS TO VOTE -- 201 STATE LEGISLATORS TO VOTE.

YOU HAVE TO GET THE MAJORITY.

BUT I JUST TURNED 65.

SO, FIVE JUST -- SO IF I DID A STINT IT WOULD JUST BE ONE AND DONE.

BUT ANYWAY, I THOUGHT IT MIGHT STICK MY HEAD IN THE RING AT THAT POINT.

WE WILL PROBABLY KNOW MORE BY THE END OF THE FALL.

JULIE: ARE THERE CLEAR PRIORITIES THAT YOU HAVE GOING INTO THIS POSITION THAT YOU WANT TO SEE MOVED FORWARD OR HAVE AN INFLUENCE ON?

TADD: WELL, THE OVERALL JOB OF A REGENT IS TO BE TRUSTEE FOR THE ENTIRE UNIVERSITY.

EVEN THOUGH I AM FROM THE EIGHTH DISTRICT, I REPRESENT THE ENTIRE STATE OF MINNESOTA, AND SO TO ALL THE OTHER REGENTS.

I JUST HAPPEN TO COME FROM THIS PART OF THE STATE.

OBVIOUSLY, I HAVE A GREAT AFFECTION FOR UMD AND THIS REGENT AND THE EIGHTH DISTRICT.

THERE'S A COUPLE OF CONSTITUENCIES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN REPRESENTED ON THE BOARD BEFORE.

ACADEMICS, PROFESSORS, TEACHERS, I HAVE ALWAYS HAD A GOOD RAPPORT WITH STUDENTS AND I HOPE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THEM.

ALSO, NATIVE AMERICANS.

THERE IS NOW SEVEN TRIBES IN THIS DISTRICT.

I WANT TO BE CONVERSING WITH THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS, AS WELL AS THE REST OF THE AREA.

SO, EDUCATION NOW HAS BECOME A LIFELONG PURSUIT FOR A LOT OF FOLKS.

I THINK WE HAVE TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AS WE LOOK TOWARDS THE FUTURE.

JULIE: SOME PEOPLE MIGHT BE SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN A LOT OF ACADEMICS IN THE REGION'S -- REGENT'S POSITION.

TADD: IT'S UNUSUAL BECAUSE, EXACTLY WHY THAT IS I DON'T KNOW.

THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF OTHER PROFESSIONS, LAWYERS IN THE PAST, BUSINESS PEOPLE.

THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR FINANCES AND UNDERSTANDING THE BUDGETS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

I'M HOPING TO PROVIDE A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE, BECAUSE I WILL BE IN REGULAR COMMUNICATION WITH THE PROFESSORS, THE STAFF, THE STUDENTS.

SO I'M HOPING TO BRING THAT VOICE TO THE BOARD OF REGENTSS.

IT IS PUBLIC SERVICE.

PUBLIC SERVICE IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT.

JULIE: YOU A COUPLE OF DAYS IN.

YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO GET YOUR FEET WET.

WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR YOU TO LEARN THE ROPES AND BECOME AN ACTIVE MEMBER?

TADD: THEY HAVE AN ENTIRE ONBOARDING PROCESS FOR ME WHICH I HAVE NOT STARTED YET.

I'M GOING TO BE MEETING WITH THE GENERAL COUNSEL FOR THE UNIVERSITY, PROBABLY NEXT WEEK.

THERE'S A COUPLE OF STAFF PEOPLE.

THERE'S A LOT OF ETHICAL RULES, DUES AND DON'TS.

I NEED TO GET THOSE DOWN.

AND HUMBLE MYSELF.

AND BE THE NEW GUY, TRY TO LEARN AS MUCH AS I CAN, AS QUICKLY AS I CAN.

THE APPOINTMENT HAPPEN QUICKLY.

I HAVE -- I GOT A CALL ON WEDNESDAY MORNING, THEY SAID, CAN YOU GET TO REDWOOD -- RED WING BY THIS AFTERNOON?

I WAS LIKE, I THINK SO.

AROUND 3:00 I GUESS THE GOVERNOR APPOINTED ME.

I GOT THERE AROUND 4:30.

JULIE: THANK YOU SO MUCH.

CONGRATULATIONS.

GOOD LUCK GOING FORWARD.

♪ JULIE: IT'S TIME NOW FOR VOICES OF THE REGION.

EACH WEEK WE HEAR FROM A JOURNALIST COVERING STORIES OF INTEREST IN THE NORTHLAND.

THIS WEEK OUR GUEST IS DANIELLE KAEDING FROM WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO.

♪ >> THE MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S ARE NOW PROPOSING TO CONNECT A NEW BRIDGE TO U.S. HIGHWAY 53.

THEY ARE LOOKING AT FOUR INTERCHANGE OPTIONS TO DO THAT.

ALSO, PROPOSING TO LOOK AT THE BRIDGES EXISTING ALIGNMENT, WHERE IT CURRENTLY RUNS, AS PART OF THAT.

WISCONSIN AND MINNESOTA TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS ARE HOPING THAT FEDERAL FUNDING WILL PAY FOR MOST OF THE ESTIMATED $1.8 BILLION PROJECT, WHICH WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED IN 2028.

SO, THE REPLACEMENT OF THIS 61-YEAR-OLD BRIDGE IS NECESSARY BECAUSE IT IS BEING DRIVEN BY ITS CONDITION, WHICH IS DETERIORATING.

THE BRIDGE HAS BEEN UNDER LOAD STRICT SHINS DUE TO ITS AGE AND RUST, CORROSION, BUT OFFICIALS STRESSED THAT THE BRIDGE IS SAFE TO USE BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN TAKING ALL OF THESE MEASURES LIKE THE LOAD RESTRICTIONS AND DOING INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE TO KEEP IT IN GOOD CONDITION.

♪ RECENTLY THERE WAS A SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT THAT WAS CONDUCTED FOR THE PROPOSED $700 MILLION NATURAL GAS PLANT IN SUPERIOR.

THIS REVIEW IS DONE AS PART OF FINANCING THE PROJECT.

THAT IS BEING SAWED BY DAIRYLAND POWER COOPERATIVE, WHICH IS BASED ON ONE OF THE CO-OWNERS ON THE PROJECT.

THEY BUILT THE PLANT -- IS BUILT, IT WOULD PRODUCE POWER AND IS BEING TOUTED BY MINNESOTA POWER AND OTHER UTILITY, AS PART OF A TRANSITION TO CLEANER ENERGY SOURCES.

IT WOULD HELP FILL THE GAPS BETWEEN RENEWABLE RESOURCES WHEN THE SUN IS NOT SHINING AND THE WIND IS BLOWING.

THIS ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW WAS DONE AND FOUND NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS, AS A RESULT OF THE PROJECT.

LAST SUMMER ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS, LIKELY WISCONSIN, AND THE SIERRA CLUB, AND LATER THE TRIBE ASKED THE RULE -- RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE CLIMATE IMPACTS OF THE PROJECT AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.

THIS LATEST ASSESSMENT FOUND THAT THE PLANT WOULD PUT OUT AROUND JUST UNDER 3 MILLION TONS OF CARBON EMISSIONS EACH YEAR, BUT BECAUSE THE FACILITY WOULD REPLACE COAL PLANTS, IT IS EXPECTED THAT IT WILL CREATE CLOSE TO ONE MILLION FEWER TONS OF CARBON EACH YEAR.

EVEN SO, ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS ARE PUSHING BACK AGAINST MORE NATURAL GAS PROJECTS.

THEY STRESSED, PUTTING OUT FOSSIL FUELS INTO THE ATMOSPHERE.

♪ A NEW STUDY FINDS, AROUND HALFOF PEOPLE SURVEYED IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION NO ABOUT FISH ADVISORIES THAT SET LIMITS ON HOW MUCH IS SAFE FOR PEOPLE TO EAT.

THIS STUDY WAS RECENTLY PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT AND RESEARCHERS FROM THE WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES AND UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON FOUND THAT AROUND 5 MILLION PEOPLE ATE MORE FISH THAN IS RECOMMENDED BY THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AND THE EPA RECOMMENDS EATING NO MORE THAN TWO MEALS OR 12 OUNCES OF FISH PER WEEK.

THE REASON THAT PEOPLE ARE ADVISED AGAINST EATING MORE FISH THAN THAT EACH WEEK IS BECAUSE SOME FISH MAY BE HIGHER IN LEVELS OF MERCUR OR POLYCHLORINATED OR PCBS AND SUBSTANCES KNOWN AS PFAS.

THESE CONTAMINANTS ARE TIED TO INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST.

BOTH PFAS AND PCBS HAVE BEEN LINKED TO CANCER AND NEUROTOXINS.

HALF OF THOSE SURVEYS WERE AWARE OF THE FISH ADVISORIES.

WOMEN AND PEOPLE OF COLOR WERE LESS LIKELY TO BE AWARE OF THE WARNINGS AND THE RISK.

RESEARCHERS ARE TAKING THE STEPS TO TRY AND GET THE WORD OUT THROUGH OTHER VEHICLES LIKE SOCIAL MEDIA.

THEY'RE WORKING WITH PHYSICIANS TO TRY TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT THE RISKS OF CONSUMING TOO MUCH FISH AND WHAT TYPES OF FISH AND HOW MUCH THEY SHOULD BE EATING AS PART OF THESE ADVISORIES THAT ARE PUT OUT BOTH BY THE STATE OF WISCONSIN AND MINNESOTA.

♪ JULIE: DULUTH'S NEWEST CITY COUNCILOR WAS SELECTED THIS WEEK TO FILL A VACANT COUNCIL SEAT.

THE NEW COUNCILOR WILL REPLACE RENEE VAN NETT, WHO PASSED AWAY IN JUNE FOLLOWING A BRIEF ILLNESS.

JOINING US NOW IS HANNAH ALSTEAD, THE NEW COUNCILOR IN DULUTH'S FOURTH DISTRICT.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THE NEW POSITION.

HANNAH: THANK YOU SO MUCH I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE.

JULIE: I UNDERSTAND IT IS BITTERSWEET BECAUSE YOU WERE FRIENDS WITH REN ÉE, HOW DID THAT INFLUENCE YOUR DECISION TO WANT TO FILL HER POSITION?

HANNAH: THERE WERE A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS.

THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT HER AND I DISCUSSED A LONG TIME AGO, JUST IN PASSING SOME TIME.

SHE WAS RUNNING FOR STATE SENATE, HAS SHE MOVED ON TO STATE SENATE, I WOULD'VE HAPPILY STEPPED UP TO SERVE IN HER PLACE AT THAT POINT.

AT THIS POINT, WE HAD ABOUT 30 DAYS LEFT IN THE TIME THAT WE KNEW AND THE TIME THAT SHE WAS GONE.

AND WHILE WE WERE IN THE HOSPITAL IN THAT LAST WEEK THERE WAS CONVERSATIONS, THIS CAME UP, AND FOR ME I COULD NOT BRING MYSELF TO EVEN TALK ABOUT IT AT THAT POINT.

I WAS LIKE, NO I CAN'T THINK ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE.

NOT GOING TO ABOUT THIS.

A WEEK LATER, THE COUNCIL HAD OPENED UP THE APPLICATION PROCESS SO I HAD TWO WEEKS TO TALK TO EVERYBODY THAT I POSSIBLY COULD AND THAT IS WHAT I DID.

JULIE: WHAT WAS THAT INTERVIEW PROCESS LIKE?

HANNAH: THAT WAS ONE OF THE SCARIEST INTERVIEWS I HAVE BEEN THROUGH.

I HAVE BEEN THROUGH TWO CONGRESSIONAL INTERVIEWS.

THERE WERE THREE GREAT WOMEN OF PANELISTS.

IT WAS HARD FOR THE COUNCIL TO HAVE TO CHOOSE.

FOR ME, GOING INTO IT, I WAS NOT SURE HOW THEY WERE GOING TO PUT IT ALL TOGETHER.

SO I WATCHED THE LAST COUNCIL PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT I WAS READY, NEWSOM QUESTIONS AHEAD OF TIME GOING IN AND BEING THE FIRST WANT TO GO UP AND THE FIRST WANT TO HEAR EACH QUESTION.

THAT IS NERVE-RACKING.

CAMERAS.

CAMERAS ARE NEW TO ME.

I'M USED TO BEING BEHIND-THE-SCENES.

PUTTING MYSELF OUT THERE IN THAT WAY HAS BEEN A WHOLE NEW WORLD FOR ME IN LESS THAN A WEEK AT THIS POINT.

JULIE: YOU MENTION CONGRESSIONAL INTERVIEWS.

TALK ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE AND WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE.

HANNAH: ABSOLUTELY.

WHEN I GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA A FEW YEARS AGO, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME MOVE BACK TO DULUTH FROM MINNEAPOLIS AND WORK FOR CONGRESSMAN RICK NOLAN OUT OF HIS OFFICE, REPRESENTING THREE COUNTIES IN THE EIGHTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

WHEN HE DECIDED HE WAS GOING TO RETIRE, OF COURSE I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A JOB AT SOME POINT.

SO, SUDDENLY, THERE WAS A POSITION OPEN IN TINA'S OFFICE IN THE DULUTH OFFICE AND THAT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN MORE PERFECT FOR ME.

I APPLIED, AND I WAS FORTUNATE TO GET THE JOB.

I COME WITH NEARLY FIVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, REPRESENTING A HUGE PORTION OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND HALF OF BOTH THE U.S.

CONGRESSMAN AND U.S.

SENATOR.

I HAVE LEARNED A LOT ON THE FEDERAL SIDE.

I HAVE LEARNED SOME ON THE STATE.

I'VE CONTINUE TO LEARN MORE ON LOCAL.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS SO IMPORTANT TO THE FOUNDATION OF ALL THAT WE DO.

SO, I KNEW AT SOME POINT, I WANTED TO SERVE MY COMMUNITY.

WHAT CAPACITY THAT BECAME, I DIDN'T KNOW AT THE TIME.

THIS KIND OF -- IT HAPPENED.

JULIE: WILL YOU CONTINUE WORKING FOR SENATOR SMITH?

HANNAH: ABSOLUTELY.

I'VE HAD TO CLEAR THIS WITH MY OFFICE.

IT HAS BEEN CLEARED WITH THE SENATE ETHICS COMMITTEE.

I HAVE TO BE CLEAR ABOUT WHO I AM, WHEN I'M IN THE ROOM.

I REPRESENTED A DISTRICT IN A NONPARTISAN SEAT, IN A CITY THAT WE DON'T ALWAYS VOTE ON FEDERAL FUNDING.

IF THAT WAS THE CASE, I PROBABLY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO IT.

BUT BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT LESS VOTES IN AREA -- THAT AREA WILL BE ABLE TO RECUSE MYSELF AND BE ABLE TO REPRESENT THE DISTRICT, TO MY BEST AND FULLEST EXTENT.

JULIE: WE HAVE 30 SECONDS.

THIS MAY BE A LITTLE UNFAIR.

WHAT ARE YOUR PRIORITIES?

HANNAH: PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC SAFETY AND ECONOMIC ALLOTMENT.

WE HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES AROUND OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

WE TALK ABOUT ROADS ALL THE TIME.

ACCESSIBILITY IS A HUGE PIECE OF THAT.

INFRASTRUCTURE IS A HUGE PIECE OF THAT.

PUBLIC HEALTH, THERE'S A 10 YEAR LIFE EXPECTANCY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LINKIN PARK AND WOODLAND NEIGHBORHOODS.

WE NEED TO START CLOSING THOSE GAPS.

THEIR BROADBAND IS A HUGE ISSUE THAT CAME UP.

WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT ON MONDAY IN OUR COUNCIL MEETING AND VOTING ON THREE RESOLUTIONS, THAT WILL BE PUT FORWARD.

AND WE ALSO NEED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THE PUBLIC HEALTH ASPECT TO LEAD PIPES IN THAT AREA.

JULIE: WELCOME ON BOARD.

THANKS FOR COMING ON THE SHOW.

HOMETOWN HEROES TRAMPLED BY TURTLES RETURNED TO THE BAYFRONT STAGE LAST SATURDAY TO A SOLD-OUT SHOW!

WITH SOME HELP FROM OUR FRIENDS OVER AT THE NORTH 103.3, PRODUCER MEGAN MCGARVEY WAS ABLE TO BRING US A UNIQUE LOOK AT THIS EVENT.

♪ >> WE WENT ABOUT STARTING A BAND, AS MOST PEOPLE PROBABLY DO, IT'S A LOT OF NIGHTS IN A VAN MAKING NO MONEY AND SLEEPING ON PEOPLE'S FLOORS AND IT IS SOME OF THE BEST TIMES OF MY LIFE.

I SAY THIS IN A POSITIVE WAY.

EVERYBODY THAT WANTS TO BE IN A BAND SHOULD HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE, THE EARLY TOURING TIMES.

IT'S ALSO REALLY HARD.

IT IS GRUELING.

IT'S DEPRESSING.

THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF BYPRODUCTS THAT COME WITH THAT.

WE KNOW THAT WE HELP WHEN WE STARTED.

OUR FRIEND WHO JUST PASSED AWAY, ONE OF THE OWNERS, BY WHEN THEY OPENED HERE, WE WERE JUST STARTING AS A BAND.

WE WANTED TO GO OUT ON OUR FIRST TOUR TO COLORADO.

WE HAD FOUR SHOWS.

WE WERE GOING TO DRIVE OUT THERE AND SCOTT GAVE US A CHUNK OF MONEY FOR GAS, WHICH PAID FOR OUR GAS FOR THE TRIP, WHICH IS A HUGE DEAL AT THE TIME.

IN A COOLER FULL OF BEER.

HAVING THAT MADE IT FEASIBLE TO DO.

WE WANTED TO SET UP A PROGRAM ANNUALLY, TO GIVE A LITTLE INFLUX OF MONEY.

WHATEVER WE COULD OFFER, PUBLICITY OR WHATEVER, TO AN ARTIST THAT IS DOING THE SAME THING THAT WE WERE DOING 20 YEARS AGO.

>> FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, THIS YEAR THE MEMBERS OF TRAMPLED BY TURTLES, WE CREATED A GRANT FOR MUSICIANS IN THE AREA.

THANK YOU.

WE HAVE ALL SORTS OF AMAZING PEOPLE APPLY FOR THIS, WITH THIS LITTLE BIT OF MONEY.

WE HAD THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME, GIVING THIS TO THE DULUTH MUSIC.

WE WERE ABLE TO PICK A WINNER.

THAT WINNER IS EMME.

[APPLAUSE] AND PART OF THE PRIZE IS SHE HAS TO COME HERE AND PLAY FOR US TODAY.

PLEASE WELCOME HER.

[APPLAUSE] ♪ >> ONE OR TWO OF THE SONGS ON OUR RECORD COMING OUT, I FIRST PUT OUT ON NEP.

THE EPA MADE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE -- EP I MADE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TRAMPLED BY TURTLES.

WE HAD A STUDIO BOOKED.

AND OBVIOUSLY EVERYTHING GOT CANCELED.

I HAD THESE SONGS, I HAD BEEN WORKING ON THEM.

AT THAT TIME I WAS LIKE, IT MIGHT BE FIVE YEARS BEFORE WE CAN MAKE A RECORD I HAVE NO IDEA.

I JUST RECORDED THEM BY MYSELF IN MY LITTLE STUDIO.

THEY ARE THE DEMOS THAT PUT OUT ON THE EP.

SOME OF THOSE GOT REWORKED.

♪ THIS WEEK I HAD THIS VISION OF BEING ABLE TO BE IN DULUTH FOR THE WEEK AND PLAY WITH EVERYBODY THAT I PLAY MUSIC WITH HERE AND WORK IT OUT.

IT HAS BEEN FUN.

IT WAS SO GREAT TO GET ON STAGE AND PLAY MUSIC.

THERE'S ALWAYS THIS FEELING THAT, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT IS GOING TO BE UNTIL THAT HAPPENS AGAIN.

THREE YEARS.

IT FEELS LIKE A DECADE.

[LAUGHTER] IT IS GREAT TO BE BACK HERE.

♪ JULIE: THE 2022 DULUTH AIRSHOW BEGINS SATURDAY AT DULUTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FEATURING THE AIR FORCE THUNDERBIRDS AND MANY OTHER HIGH-FLYING ACTS.

THESE PICTURES ARE FROM A MEDIA PREVIEW OF THE EVENT.

TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE GATE ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

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THANKS TO OUR GUESTS AND THE CREW HERE IN THE STUDIO!

I'M JULIE ZENNER, WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME!

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