DENNY: I'M DENNIS ANDERSON, HERE'S WHAT'S COMING UP ON ALMANAC NORTH.

DULUTH HAS A NEW POLICE CHIEF.

MIKE CEYNOWA WAS CONFIRMED BY THE DULUTH CITY COUNCIL THIS WEEK, AND HE WILL JOIN US IN THE STUDIO TONIGHT.

WE'LL MEET THE THIRD GENERATION OWNER OF THE APPLE ORCHARD WHO'S FATHER WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN STARTING THE BAYFIELD APPLE FESTIVAL.

AND WE'LL TALK WITH AUTHOR TONY DIERCKINS OF ZENITH CITY PRESS ABOUT HIS NEW BOOK “DULUTH'S GRAND OLD ARCHITECTURE ”.

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

♪ DENNIS: HELLO AND WELCOME TO ALMANAC NORTH, THANKS FOR WATCHING!

JULIE IS OFF TONIGHT.

LET'S BEGIN WITH THE WEEK'S HEADLINES.

THE FOND DU LAC TRIBE TODAY HOSTED A COMMEMORATION FOR A PLANNED MEMORIAL AT A TRIBAL CEMETARY NEAR MISSION CREEK.

THE EVENT WAS HELD AT CHAMBERS GROVE PARK IN DULUTH'S FOND DU LAC NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE HISTORIC CEMETARY WAS DISTURBED BACK IN 2017 DURING A HIGHWAY 23 BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT.

CONSTRUCTION WAS HALTED AS THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND TRIBE WORK TO RECOVER BURIALS AND RESTORE THE CEMETERY.

DULUTH WAS HONORED WITH THE “BEST IN GLASS ” AWARD BY THE AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION MINNESOTA CONERENCE AT THE DECC THIS MONTH.

THE AWARD GOES TO THE CITY WITH THE BEST-TASTING DRINKING WATER IN MINNESOTA.

AS DULUTHIANS ALREADY KNOW, WHO NEEDS BOTTLED WATER WHEN YOUR TAP WATER TASTES THIS GOOD!

THE ROUNDABOUT UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT THE INTERSECTION OF MIDWAY ROAD AND HIGHWAY 194 IN HERMANTOWN RE-OPENED TO TRAFFIC THIS WEEK.

A DETOUR HAD BEEN IN PLACE MOST OF THE SUMMER AS CREWS WORKED TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT.

THE “R-CUT ” BEING CONSTRUCTED AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 53 AND 194 IS NEARING COMPLETION AND SHOULD BE OPENED SOON.

AND WORK CONTINUES ON THE RESTORATION OF BRIGHTON BEACH IN FAR EASTERN DULUTH.

THE POPULAR LAKEFRONT PARK HAS BEEN CLOSED AS THE LAKEWALK EXTENSION WAS BUILT AND THE ROAD RELOCATED FURTHER FROM THE SHORELINE TO BETTER WITHSTAND LAKE SUPERIOR STORMS.

THE WORK THIS FALL INCLUDES SHORELINE RESTORATION AND CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION OF NEW PARK AMENITIES.

THIS WEEK THE DULUTH CITY COUNCIL OFFICIALLY APPOINTED A NEW POLICE CHIEF TO REPLACE THE RETIRING MIKE TUSKEN.

THE NEW CHIEF IS A 24-YEAR VETERAN OF THE DEPARTMENT WHO MOST RECENTLY SERVED ON THE DPD'S COMMAND STAFF AS DEPUTY CHIEF OF PATROL.

JOINING US NOW IS MIKE CEYNOWA, THE NEW CHIEF OF THE DULUTH POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WELCOME CHIEF CEYNOWA, AND CONGRATULATIONS!

>> WHY DID YOU WANT TO BECOME POLICE CHIEF?

>> I'VE ALWAYS LOVED THE DEPARTMENT THAT I WORK FOR.

I ALSO LIKE TO BE CHALLENGED.

WE ARE IN A CHALLENGING TIME IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, I FELT THAT I COULD SERVE WELL IN THIS CAPACITY.

>> WHAT EXPERIENCE MIGHT YOU BRING TO THE DEPARTMENT?

>> I'VE WORKED AT THE DEPARTMENT FOR 20 FOUR YEARS, I'VE BEEN A PATROL OFFICER, A SERGEANT ON THE STREET AS WELL AS IN INVESTIGATIONS, I'VE BEEN AN INVESTIGATOR, A LIEUTENANT OVER AT MAJOR CRIMES AND FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AT OUR PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS UNIT WHICH DEALS WITH TECHNOLOGY?

-- TECHNOLOGY.

>> WHERE DOES THE POLICE DEPARTMENT STAND TECHNOLOGY WISE AND IS IT DIFFICULT TO RECRUIT NEW OFFICERS.

>> WE ARE EXCITED THAT WE HAVE RECRUITED EIGHT NEW OFFICERS AND THEY WILL START ON MONDAY, WE KNOW THEY WILL DO A GREAT JOB.

POWER WISE, WE ARE DOWN ABOUT 20-25 OFFICERS AS -- AS FAR AS AUTHORIZED SWORN STAFF.

>> WOULD YOU RECOMMEND A CAREER IN LAW ENFORCEMENT?

>> I WOULD SAY THAT IT IS A NOBLE PROFESSION, WE HAVE A GREAT SWORN STAFF, A GREAT CIVILIAN STAFF THAT TRULY WANT TO HELP THEIR COMMUNITY.

IF YOU WANT TO IMPROVE YOUR COMMUNITY, THIS IS A GREAT PLAN -- PLATFORM TO DO IT FROM.

>> DO YOU HAVE IMMEDIATE NEEDS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE GET -- GIVEN.

>> ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE NEED TO DO IS WORK ON RETENTION, MAKE SURE THAT THE OFFICERS THAT WE HAVE, OUR CORE GROUP OF OFFICERS STAY AROUND, MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE SUPPORT IN PLACE TO WANT TO BE THERE.

AND THEN WE NEED TO ACTIVELY RECRUIT.

>> YOU CAN'T HELP BUT NOTICE THAT THERE HAS BEEN AN UPTICK IN GUN VIOLENCE AND WILL LOOSE -- IN DULUTH IN RECENT WEEKS.

WHAT'S HAPPENING.

UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE YOUNGER PEOPLE WHO HAVE DECIDED THAT THE BEST ROUTE IS TO UTILIZE A FIREARM, TO OUR END, WE WILL BE PURSUING THOSE INDIVIDUALS, AND SEEKING THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF PROSECUTION POSSIBLE EITHER WITH OUR COUNTY PARTNERS OR OUR PARTNERS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

>> IS DULUTH A CITY CITY IN WHICH TO LIVE?

>> IT IS A SAFE CITY IN WHICH TO LIVE.

OUR OVERALL CALLS FOR SERVICE ARE DOWN.

OUR PRODUCTIVITY HAS BEEN UP OVER THIS TIME LAST YEAR.

I THINK WE ARE DOING A GOOD JOB DESPITE SOME OF OUR STAFFING NEEDS.

>> ARE THERE ANY PLACES IN THE CITY THAT YOU FEEL SHOULD HAVE MORE POLICE ATTENTION?

>> THAT'S HARD TO SAY.

WE HAVE OUR NORMAL HOTSPOTS THAT ARE SOMETIMES IN OUR CITY CORE, AS WELL AS SOME AREAS IN LINCOLN PARK AND WEST DULUTH WHERE WE SEE MORE CRIMES, THOSE ARE THE AREAS THAT WE HAVE STAFFED -- WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE STAFFED AT A BETTER LEVEL.

>> WHEN YOU HEAR SOME POLITICIANS SAY THAT YOU WOULD LIKE THEY WOULD LIKE TO DEFUND THE POLICE, BUT GOES THROUGH YOUR MIND WHEN YOU HEAR THAT?

UNTIL WE AS A LARGER SOCIETY PUT INTO PLACE SOME OF THE SAFEGUARDS THAT ARE NEEDED, BETTER UNTIL HEALTH CARE -- MENTAL HEALTH CARE FACILITIES.

BETTER REHABILITATION SERVICES, MORE WRAPAROUND SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE REENTERING OUR COMMUNITY AFTER BEING IN PRISON OR IN TREATMENT.

YOU NEED POLICE OFFICERS.

>> WHAT KIND OF PRESENCE DO YOU HAVE IN DULUTH SCHOOLS?

>> CURRENTLY WE HAVE FOUR SROS, ONE IN EACH HIGH SCHOOL AND ONE IN EACH MIDDLE SCHOOL.

>> HOW IMPORTANT IS IT FOR THE POLICE TO CONNECT WITH THE PUBLIC ON A REGULAR BASIS?

>> IT IS ESSENTIAL FOR US TO CONNECT WITH THE PUBLIC, NOT ONLY THROUGH IMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENTS BUT ALSO BY SHOWING UP AT TWO MEETINGS OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS TO TRY TO BUILD, AND TO REPAIR IN SOME CASES THE TRUST THAT WAS LOST IN 2020 AFTER THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD .

>> YEARS AGO, AND THIS WAS NOT UNUSUAL, POLICE OFFICERS WALKING A BEETS.

DO THEY STILL DO THAT?

CRIPES WE DO HAVE OFFICERS GO OUT ON FOOT PATROLS.

ONE OF THE BEST WAYS YOU CAN GET OUT AND INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD IS TO PARK YOUR CAR AT 21 BLOCK WITH YOUR PARTNERS AND GO WALK THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND GET OUT AND MEET AND TALK TO PEOPLE.

WE STILL DO THAT.

IT IS A PROACTIVE TECHNIQUE.

>> ARE WE GETTING A HANDLE ON OPIOID USE IN DULUTH?

>> I WOULD SAY THAT, WHETHER WE ARE GETTING A HANDLE ON IT OR NOT.

I THINK WE HAVE GREAT RESOURCES IN OUR COMMUNITY.

BETWEEN THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE RESPONSE TEAM THAT IS HOUSED WITHIN THE DPD.

THE HARM REDUCTION SISTERS, RAIN, ALL OF THEM ARE DOING YOUR PARTS -- THEIR PART TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND HELP PEOPLE GET ON THE PATH TO RECOVERY.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE AND WELCOME AS CHIEF.

>> GIVE.

-- THANK YOU.

♪ DENNIS: WITH BAYFIELD'S APPLEFEST JUST AROUND THE CORNER, FARMERS FROM THE AREA HAVE BEEN PREPARING FOR THE INFLUX OF DEMAND FOR THE FALL FAVORITE.

PRODUCER MEGAN MCGARVEY STOPPED AT ERICKSON ORCHARD TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW APPLEFEST GOT ITS START AND THE IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY FARMS IN THE REGION.

BAYFIELD'S APPLE FEST BEGINS -- IN THE REGION.

♪ >> HE WAS HAULING APPLES AND HE GOT A FLAT TIRE BEFORE HE GOT TO THE BRIDGE IN DULUTH.

PEOPLE WERE STOPPING BY THE TRUCK AND ASKING WHAT THEY WERE HAULING, HE SAID APPLES.

HE THOUGHT THEY WERE BRINGING THEM FROM MICHIGAN.

DAD SAID NO WE GROW APPLES AND BAYFIELD.

THEY DIDN'T KNOW THAT WE GREW APPLES HERE, AND SUPERIOR, IN DULUTH IN THE 50'S AND 60'S.

THAT IS WHEN HE CAME BACK AND HE SAID, THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE, WHEN PEOPLE BACK HOME DON'T KNOW THAT WE GROW APPLES HERE HE WAS ON THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AT THE TIME, AND HE CAME UP WITH THIS BRAINSTORM, LET US HAVE A FESTIVAL.

THAT'S WHEN THE APPLEFEST WAS CREATED, BY A GROUP OF MEN THAT WORKED VERY HARD TO GET IT GOING , THE FIRST YEAR WAS A HUGE SUCCESS.

SO AT HAS BEEN GOING ON 60 YEARS THIS YEAR.

I AM THIRD GENERATION OWNER OPERATOR, I TOOK OVER WHEN MY FATHER TURNED TO 82.

IT HAS BEEN 12 YEARS.

HE PASSED TWO YEARS AGO ON APPLEFEST WEEKEND, WHICH WAS A PRETTY COOL, ACTUALLY.

AT 90.

TWO OF MY OLDER SISTERS, ONE OF MY SISTERS IS THE MANAGER OF THE STORE, AND MY NEXT OLDEST SISTER, BETH, IS THE MANAGER OF THE -- DEPARTMENT.

I DO EVERYTHING ELSE AND IT WORKS.

WITHOUT THAT FAMILY COOPERATION AND THAT FAMILY UNIT, THAT WOULDN'T WORK.

WE ARE A VERY CLOSE KNIT FAMILY.

EVERYBODY COMES AROUND WHEN THE ROUND -- WHEN THE FESTIVAL COMES AROUND THEY ARE HERE TO PITCH IN, EVERYBODY DIGS DOWN AND WE GET IT DONE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW IT GETS DONE BUT IT GETS DONE.

♪ YOU HAVE TO CHANGE THE TIME, AND THE WEATHER.

I HAVE NEVER HAD AN EXPERIENCE OF AN APPLE DROP THIS EARLY IN THE YEAR.

I WAS PICKING THE GROUNDS, MY NEIGHBOR IS 88 YEARS OLD AND HE'S BEEN A FARMER ALL HIS LIFE.

HE BELIEVES IT'S BECAUSE THE LAST TWO YEARS -- IN JULY, WE HAD RAIN THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER WAY MORE THAN LAST YEAR.

BUT YOU CAN DEFINITELY TELL, THE STRESS ON THE TREES.

WE ARE GONNA GO FROM THIS VERY WARM WEATHER AND IT'S GONNA START DROPPING.

BUT FROST IS A GOOD THING BECAUSE IT TELLS THE TREE THAT IS STARTING TO GO DORMANT.

ALL OF THE ENERGY FROM THE TREE STARTS GOING INTO THE FRUIT.

THAT'S WHERE YOU GET YOUR SUITES, HIGH SUGAR CONTENT COME OUT OF THE TREE.

AND PUSH IT INTO THE FRUIT.

THAT'S THE GOOD PART.

CIDER PRESS, IT TOOK A LOT OF PRESSURE OFF OF IT.

WE COULD DO THAT WHOLE THING, CLOSE TO 2000 GALLONS A DAY.

WHICH IS HUGE.

IT WOULD'VE TAKEN A LOT OF PEOPLE.

WE CAN DO UPWARDS OF 20,000 GALLONS A YEAR.

A MAJORITY OF THAT GOES TO THE WINERIES, DISTILLERIES, AND BOROUGH HOUSES -- BREW HOUSES, THINGS LIKE THAT.

THE IMPORTANT PART OF IT THE PEOPLE SUPPORT THE FARMS AND THE SMALL FARMS BECAUSE WE ARE BECOMING A DYING BREED OF FAMILY FARMS.

THAT WAS ONE OF MY VOWS TO MY FATHER BEFORE HE PASSED, I WOULD NEVER SELL ANY LAND, AND I WOULD CONTINUE THIS FARM.

IT IS MY DOING, AS A SON OF THE ERICKSON FAMILY.

TO TAKE ON THE FARM.

AND TO KEEP THIS GENERATIONAL THING GOING.

DENNIS: BAYFIELD'S APPLE FEST BEGINS NEXT FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7 AND RUNS THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

♪ DENNIS: A BOOK 10-YEARS IN THE MAKING FROM A DULUTH AUTHOR KNOWN FOR HIS WORK EXPLORING THE CITY'S HISTORY IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR SALE.

THE LARGE HARD-COVER BOOK IS TITLED “DULUTH'S GRAND OLD ARCHITECTURE: 1870 TO 1940 ”.

JOINING US NOW IS TONY DIERCKINS, AUTHOR AND PUBLISHER AT ZENITH CITY PRESS.

WELCOME BACK TONY, GOOD TO SEE YOU!

>> WE PUT A LITTLE WORK INTO THIS ONE OVER THE YEARS, WE STARTED WORKING ON THIS BACK IN 2012, WHEN IT -- THE ONE THAT SO MANY DOCUMENTARIES WERE MADE OF.

>> I'M AMAZED HOW MANY BUILDINGS THERE ARE, NOT JUST HOUSES, COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AS WELL, DULUTH MUST'VE ATTRACTED SOME GREAT ARCHITECTS.

AND WE HAVE GREAT HOMEGROWN ONES AS WELL.

WE HAVE ALSO GOT OUR LOCAL FAVORITES, ARE ALL OF OUR TRAP, WE HAVE OVER 300 STRUCTURES IN HERE, ALMOST 60 OF THEM ARE HOUSES.

THE REST ARE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS, GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, ABOUT 425 HISTORIC ANIMALS -- PHOTOS AND SKETCHES.

>> TELL US ABOUT MARIANNE.

>> MARIANNE WAS A RETIRED HISTORIAN WHO VOLUNTEERED AT THE DULUTH PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR 30 YEARS IN THE REFERENCE DEPARTMENT.

I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT DULUTH HISTORY BUT WHEN I WANTED TO WRITE MY FIRST HISTORY BUT, SHE GOT ME GOING.

SHE INSPIRED A PASSION IN ME, THAT CAME FROM HER.

UNFORTUNATELY, SHE PASSED AWAY IN 2018.

SEVERAL WEEKS AFTER HER PASSING, HER SON STOPPED BY MY HOUSE AND DROPPED BY FIVE ANCHORS BOXES OF HER RESEARCH.

OTHERWISE THERE WOULD BE NO BOOK.

>> THERE IS SUCH A WIDE VARIETY OF ARCHITECTURE IN THE CITY, IT'S NOT JUST ONE OR TWO FACTIONS, WHY IS THAT?

>> IT WAS FOLLOWING THE TRENDS, AND THE BOOM AND BUST PERIODS IN DULUTH.

>> THERE WAS SOME MONEY MADE IN THOSE DAYS?

>> YES.

AND THERE WAS SOME TRENDS.

YOU GET THOSE HEAVY ROMANESQUE BUILDINGS LIKE OLD CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL.

AND AS THE SENTRY TURNS IT GETS MORE A ECLECTIC, WE GET A VARIETY OF STYLES FROM NEOCLASSICAL TO A LOT OF TUTOR REVIVAL HOMES IN THE EAST END.

THE FORMATION OF U.S. STEEL IN 1900 CREATED A LOT OF WEALTHY PEOPLE IN DULUTH AND THEY WANTED TO SHOW OFF THEIR WEALTH.

THEY BUILT MAGNIFICENT HOMES IN EAST END.

>> A NUMBER OF REMARKABLE HOMES AND BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN DEMOLISHED OVER THE YEARS, THAT IS A SAD LOSS.

WHAT KIND OF A LOSS IS IT FOR THE CITY?

>> IT'S HARD TO SAY.

WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS COME AND GONE.

YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT A CITY AS A LIVING AND BREATHING THING AT THE SAME TIME.

LIKE LANGUAGE, IF IT DOESN'T EVOLVE AND MOVE FORWARD, THAT IS REFLECTED IN OUR ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDINGS.

WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO IN THE COMMUNITY TO JUSTIFY.

WE DON'T NEED A GRAND OPERA HOUSE ANYMORE.

EVEN THOUGH IT BE WONDERFUL TO STILL SEE THAT OLD BUILDING, TIMES CHANGE.

WE LOSE A LOT OF IT.

A FIRE IN EARLY YEARS, URBAN DEVELOPMENT, HIGHWAY EXPANSION IN THE 70'S AND 80'S, ALL OF THESE THINGS CHANGE THE CITY AND THEY COME WITH THE LOSS OF OUR HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE.

>> MANY NEW BUILDINGS ARE BLAND COMPARED TO OLDER AND -- ARCHITECTURE.

WHY THE CHANGE?

>> ARCHITECTURE EVOLVES.

AS WE GET INTO THE 20'S, THE ART DECO MOVEMENT, AND PLUS THOSE OLD ARE NO MENTAL BUILDINGS -- ORNAMENTAL BUILDINGS, THEY WERE DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN.

THE VICTORIANS WITH GINGERBREAD AND EVERYTHING IS FRAIL.

PLACES THAT USED TO HAVE TOWERS, DO NOT ANYMORE EVEN IF THEY ARE STILL STANDING.

>> YOU STILL SEE THOSE HOUSES WITH THE GINGERBREAD AND DECORATION FROM YEARS AGO, WE USED TO CALL THOSE PAINTED LADIES.

>> YES THOSE WOULD BE THE QUEEN AND VICTORIANS WITH THE FINIALS AND THE LIGHTNING RODS AND THE LATTICEWORK, ALL OF THAT.

THAT IS VERY POPULAR 18 70'S-18 80'S COMING IN.

AND THEN YOU MOVE INTO THAT HEAVIER ROMANESQUE.

IN THE 90'S.

>> I WOULD IMAGINE SOME HOMEOWNERS THAT LIVE IN THESE BEAUTIFUL OLDER HOMES ARE TRYING THEIR BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS PRESERVED UNDER THEIR OWNERSHIP.

>> UNDER THEIR OWNERSHIP, IT'S GOOD STEWARDSHIP, THAT'S WHAT IT IS.

IT'S A LOT OF CARE AND EXPENSE.

>> EVEN COMMERCIAL AND GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS ARE GIVEN GREAT PLAY IN THIS BOOK.

IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYTHING WAS BUILT IN THE DAY WITH GREAT FLAYER.

>> THESE ARE CIVICS ARE BUILT -- ARE CIVICS BUILDINGS, WE DIDN'T COMPLETE IT UNTIL 1935, HE BUILT THE COURTHOUSE IN THE MIDDLE AND HE PASSED AWAY BEFORE ALL THE OTHER BUILDINGS BUT THEY ARE ALL IN NEOCLASSICAL.

EVEN THAT COURTYARD IN THE CENTER WAS CALLED FORD AT THE TIME.

AND THIS WERE PART OF THE CITY BEAUTIFUL MOVEMENT.

WE HAD GREAT BEAUTIFUL ARCHITECTURE, HE BELIEVED WE WOULD TREAT EACH OTHER'S -- CHEAT -- TREAT EACH OTHER NICER, IF WE HAD THAT RESPECT FOR OUR FEATHER -- FOR OUR FELLOW MAN.

>> SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO BE INTERESTED IN NOT ONLY WHAT DULUTH WAS LIKE BUT STILL IS, A LOT OF THESE BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN PRESERVED.

>> THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY ARE HERE.

BUT YOU WILL FIND A LOST STRUCTURES IN THIS BOOK AS WELL.

ON THE SCREEN, OUR OLD FISH HATCHERY STILL STANDS.

WE TELL THE STORY OF HOW THIS WAS THE LARGEST FACILITY OF ITS KIND IN MINNESOTA.

WE HELPED THE LAKES, STOCK FISH.

>> ARE THERE OTHER BOOKS ON THE HORIZON?

>> POSSIBLY.

I'M TRYING TO GET TOGETHER WITH A FRIEND TO WRITE ABOUT RAILROAD HISTORY.

THERE IS A LOT OF THAT.

WE ARE LAUNCHING THIS OCTOBER 13, THURSDAY NIGHT, AT 7:00.

THE EVENING IS FREE.

I WILL GIVE A CHAT TO AND TELL YOU HOW WE WROTE THE BOOK AND WE LOVE BOOKS TO SIGN.

>> THANKS TONY, IT'S A GREAT BOOK.

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 HEIDI HOLTAN FROM NORTHERN COMMUNITY RADIO IN GRAND RAPIDS.

♪ >> AS OUR LIFE STARTS TO QUIET DOWN A LITTLE BIT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS ON THE MINDS OF LOTS OF FOLKS IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA, US AT KE XC ARE LOOKING FOR NEW EMPLOYEES AND MAY BE NEW WAYS TO HIRE PEOPLE.

WE TALKED TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND THEY DEVELOPED A DYNAMIC WORK TEAM, THEY ARE CREATING NETWORK OPPORTUNITIES, THEY ARE WORKING WITH BUSINESSES AND PEOPLE TO CONNECT ENTREPRENEURS AND ASSIST IN HIRING THE RIGHT PEOPLE.

>> WE BELIEVE PEOPLE WILL SHINE IF YOU HELP THEM SHINE AND FIND WHAT THEY NEED TO MAKE THEIR WORKLIFE BALANCE ACTUALLY FEEL LIKE A WORKLIFE ALLENS AND NOT JUST ON PAPER.

HAVING THE FLEXIBILITY ON PAPER TO ALLOW THEM TO HAVE THAT VERY GOOD FAMILY AND COMMUNITY TIME MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE.

I OFTEN THINK, AS A MANAGER, YOU THINK TO YOURSELF, I WANT THIS TO BE EASY.

AS YOU MAKE A DECISION YOU WANT THEM TO THINK, YOU ARE RIGHT WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS.

THE MORE YOU CAN EMBRACE THE FACT THAT SOMEONE WILL CHALLENGE YOU IN THE OFFICE, IT PREPARES YOU FOR THOSE THAT WILL CHALLENGE YOU OUTSIDE THE OFFICE.

IT IS AN ASSET TO NOT JUST HIRE SOMEONE WHO LOOKS LIKE YOU OR SOUNDS LIKE YOU OR HAS THE SAME BELIEFS EVERY SINGLE TIME BECAUSE YOU NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE YOU ARE SERVING, NOT JUST WHAT MAKES YOU COMFORTABLE IN THE OFFICE.

♪ >> CORY MEDINA AND OTHERS HAVE READ -- RELEASED THEIR LATEST ALBUM.

IN 2018 HE MOVED TO NORTHERN MINNESOTA AND BEGAN PLAYING AND RECORDING.

IN THEIR NEW ALBUM, CORY MEDINA AND BROTHERS HAVE SET OUT TO SPREAD LIGHT TO DARK AND HOPE TO THE HOPELESS.

HIS VOCALS AND LOSE EDGE HAVE BEEN COMPARED TO JIM MORRISON OF THE DOORS.

WHEN HE JOINED US ON THE MORNING SHOW, WE ASKED HIM HOW THIS ALBUM WAS DIFFERENT AFTER THE PANDEMIC MAY HAVE CHANGED HIM.

>> TRAUMA HAPPENS IN OUR LIFE AND WE ARE HURT AND BROKEN.

ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE THINK WE ARE GOING TO DO THIS BECAUSE WE KNOW WE NEED TO.

NOTHING CAN HURT ME ANYMORE.

AND THE WRITING PROCESS FOR THIS ALBUM, THAT SUSTAINED ME AND HOPEFULLY PEOPLE GET THE MESSAGE AND PICK THAT UP AND NOT BE SCARED OF HOW CORKY YOU CAN BE.

I KIND OF JUST WANTED TO RECORD IT FOR MY WIFE.

I WAS SO NERVOUS.

>> THINGS ARE GETTING CRAZY ♪ THE WORLD CAN BE UNKIND.

♪ >> IT'S FALL AND OUR STUDENT NATURE REPORTERS ARE TELLING US ALL ABOUT THE CHANGES IN THE SEASON.

WE HEARD FROM KIDS AND HILL CITY, BEMIDJI, AND NORTHFIELD.

WE ALSO HEARD FROM DULUTH, THE REPORTED THIS WEEK WAS KEIRA.

>> MY NAME IS CARO AND I AM YOUR -- KEIRA AND I AM YOUR REPORTER FOR THIS WEEK.

AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, STARTED FEEL LIKE FALL.

SEPTEMBER 22 IS KNOWN AS THE FIRST DAY OF ON THEM, THE FALL EQUINOX.

WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE APPLE CRISP ON SEPTEMBER 18 USING APPLES FROM OUR APPLE TREE.

ONE STUDENT FOUND APPLES FROM A CRABAPPLE TREE IN THE FOREST.

KEEP AN EYE ON YOUR APPLE TREES, BECAUSE STEPHANIE HAS SPOTTED A DAY AND TO FONS -- DOE AND TWO FAWNS EATING APPLES.

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A PROGRAM NOTE, NEXT WEEK, IN PLACE OF OUR NORNAL ALMANAC -- NORMAL ALMANAC NORTH SHOW WE , WILL HAVE AN HOUR-LONG ALMANAC NORTH SPECIAL, “CORE CONVERSATONS ”.

THIS SPECIAL PROGRAM WILL FOCUS ON THE FUTURE OF FERROUS AND NONFERROUS MINING IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA, HOSTED BY OUR FRIEND AARON BROWN.

THAT PROGRAM WILL BE BROADCAST FROM 8 TO 9 P-M ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7.

WE HOPE YOU CAN TUNE IN FOR THAT.

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

I'M DENNIS ANDERSON, GOOD NIGHT, EVERYONE, AND BE KIND.

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