♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ MAARJA: WELCOME TO "ALMANAC NORTH."

BRETT: TONIGHT WE WILL HEAR ABOUT THE LATEST ATTRACTION COMING SOON TO CANAL PARK.

MAARJA: AND HOW ONE LOCAL NONPROFIT IS MAKING A DIFFE FOR OUR WATERWAYS.

BRETT: MASS SHOOTING SHOOK A TRAGIC MINNEAPOLIS ON WEDNESDAY.

A GUNMAN OPENED FIRE THROUE WINDOWS OF ANNUNCIATION CAC CHURCH DURING A SCHOOL MAS, KILLING TWO CHILDREN AND INJURING 17 OTHERS, 14 OF M KIDS.

POLICE SAY THE SHOOTER, 23-YEAR-OLD ROBIN WESTMAN,D BY SUICIDE AT THE SCENE.

OFFICIALS BELIEVE THE ATTAS PREMEDITATED AND THAT THE SHOOTER ACTED ALONE.

THREE ELDERLY PARISHIONERSE AMONG THE WOUNDED.

SEVERAL VICTIMS REMAIN IN CRITICAL CONDITION, THOUGHL ARE EXPECTED TO SURVIVE.

COMMUNITY LEADERS CALLED TE ATTACK AN ACT OF SHEER CRU.

GOVERNOR TIM WALZ AND MAYOR JACOB FREY CONDEMNED THE VIOLENCE, WHILE ARCHBISHOP BERNARD HEBDA SHARED CONDOS FROM POPE LEO THE 14TH.

AUTHORITIES SAY THE SHOOTED NO PRIOR CRIMINAL HISTORY.

A MANIFESTO POSTED ONLINE S BEEN REMOVED BY THE FBI.

MAARJA: MEANWHILE, IT IS TE FIRST DAY OF CLASS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DUH AND THIS YEAR'S INCOMING CS IS ONE OF THE LARGEST IN RT YEARS.

UMD IS WELCOMING NEARLY 2,0 NEW UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTSA MORE THAN 5-PERCENT INCREAE OVER LAST YEAR.

EARLY DATA ALSO SHOWS ENCOURAGING TRENDS IN ACCED AFFORDABILITY.

FIRST-GENERN STUDENT ENROLLMENT IS UP 18-PERCENT, AND NEARLY 30-PERCENT OF THE CLASS IS PELL-ELIGIBLE.

A RECORD 96-PERCENT OF INCG STUDENTS RECEIVED FINANCIA, TOTALING OVER 35-MILLION DOLLARS.

CHANCELLOR CHARLES NIES SAE GROWTH REFLECTS UMD'S MOMEM CITING THE CAMPUSES STRONG ACADEMICS, SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT, AND COMMITMENO AFFORDABILITY.

WELCOME WEEK WRAPPED UP THS WEEKEND, HELPING NEW BULLDS GET SETTLED AS UMD AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA SYM KICKOFF THE 2025-26 ACADEMC YEAR.

BRETT: HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE URGING MINNESOTANS TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS AS WEST NILE VS CASES RISE.

SO FAR IN 2025, THE MINNESA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAS CONFIRMED 20 CASES STATEWI, INCLUDING TWO DEATHS.

WEST NILE IS SPREAD THROUGH MOSQUITO BITES.

MOST PEOPLE WON'T GET SICKT , IN RARE CASES, IT CAN CAE SERIOUS BRAIN INFECTIONS SS MENINGITIS, ESPECIALLY IN R ADULTS AND THOSE WITH WEAKD IMMUNE SYSTEMS.

RISK IS HIGHEST IN WESTERND CENTRAL MINNESOTA, AND NEIGHBORING STATES LIKE IOD THE DAKOTAS ARE ALSO SEEING INCREASED ACTIVITY.

TO PROTECT YOURSELF: USE EPA-APPROVED INSECT REPELL, WEAR LONG SLEEVES AND PANTD AVOID BEING OUTDOORS AT DAD DUSK WHEN MOSQUITOES ARE MT ACTIVE.

MAARJA: THE GITCHEE GUMEE CHAPTER OF TROUT UNLIMITEDS ACTIVE ALONG MINNESOTA'S NH SHORE AND WORKS TO PROTECT, PRESERVE, AND ENHANCE OUR L TROUT AND SALMON RESOURCES OUR PRODUCERS MET UP WITH CHAPTER PRESIDENT, JASON SWINGEN, TO LEARN ABOUT THK THEY ARE DOING IN AND AROUR REGION'S WATERWAYS.

>> MY NAME IS JASON AND ONE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF OUR LL CHAPTER OF TROUT UNLIMITED.

IT IS A NATIONAL ORGANIZATN BUT IT IS BROKEN DOWN BY SE AND THEM BY CHAPTER.

I WORK SOLELY UNDER MINNESA TROUT UNLIMITED AND DOWN IO THE CHAPTER LEVEL.

OUR LOCAL CHAPTER IS AT THE ARROWHEAD OF MINNESOTA.

THERE ARE FIVE TOTAL CHAPTF TROUT UNLIMITED IN MINNESOA TROUT UNLIMITED.

TROUT UNLIMITED IS AN ORGANIZATION FOCUSED ON COD WATER FISHERIES.

A COLD WATER FISHERY IS A FISHERY THAT SUPPORTS COLDR FISH.

PRIMARILY TROUT.

OUR TROUT ARE BY DEFINITION INDICATOR SPECIES.

AN INDICATOR SPECIES IS KIF LIKE A CANARY IN THE COAL .

IF THE CANARY DIES, WE KNOE HAVE BAD CONDITIONS.

OUR TROUT, IF THEY ARE NOT SURVIVING WELL, THAT CAN ME HAVE UNHEALTHY WATER FOR TE FUTURE.

OUR PRIMARY GOALS AND MISSS AS TROUT UNLIMITED IS TO RE THE CORE DOORS OF OUR LOCAL COLDWATER FISHERIES.

IT IS THE ADJACENT LAND NEO A STREAM WHERE WE GROW IN Y OF THESE WHITE PINES AND CS AND SPRUCES GROW.

THE REASON PEOPLE SHOULD CE ABOUT OUR RIVERS AND NOT JT ABOUT THE TROUT WHERE THE FISHERMAN IS THAT BY HAVINA GOOD, HEALTHY AND CLEAN COD WATER FISHERY THAT CAN SUSA HEALTHY FISHERY ALSO CREATS CLEAN HELPING WATER FOR PE.

RECENTLY, THERE HAS BEEN AE AMOUNT OF FLOOD ISSUES.

IN DULUTH SPECIFICALLY.

IN 2012, THERE WAS A MAJORD THAT DID A LOT OF DAMAGE TO CITIES AND OUR RIVERS.

AND THOSE ARE TYPICALLY RED TO AS HUNDRED YEAR FLOODS.

THEY HAVE BEEN SEEMING TO N MORE FREQUENTLY.

WHAT WE ARE DOING AS AN ORGANIZATION IS TRYING TO P THOSE FLOOD EVENTS FROM HAPPENING.

DIFFERENT FACTORS, PRIMARIY PLANTING TREES WHICH DO A E OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

PRIMARILY THE ROOTS OF THES HELP EROSION IN THE RIVERSA LOT OF THE RESTORATION PROS THAT WE DO HELPING OUR COLR FISHERIES BENEFITS MORE THN JUST THE FISH AND THE FISH.

HAVING GOOD HEALTHY CLEAN COLDWATER FISHERIES IS GOOR THE WATER THAT WE DRINK.

AS YOU CAN SEE AROUND ME, E IS A BUNCH OF TREES IN CAGS THAT WERE RECENTLY PLANTED.

CURRENTLY WE ARE STANDING ALONGSIDE -- NEAR DULUTH, MINNESOTA AND THERE IS A BH OF NEWLY PLANTED TREES.

THESE TREES ALONGSIDE THE R ARE KIND OF OUR MAIN SOLUTN FOR KEEPING OUR WATER COLD.

IN OTHER REGIONS OF THE U., EVEN MINNESOTA, THERE ARE COLDWATER'S THAT ARE SUPPOD BY SPRINGS AND COLDWATER.

ON THE NORTH SHORE, MOST OR RIVERS HAVE A LIMITED AMOUF SPRING FLOW AND COLDWATER O KEEP THE WATER COOL AND SUT THESE FISH, THE PRIMARY THE CAN DO IS PLANT TREES.

IT DOES A COUPLE OF THINGS.

IT CREATES A SHADE WHICH IE PRIMARY THING.

A LOT OF THIS WATER COME IE SUN HITS IT DIRECTLY, IT CN WARM THE WATER UP SIGNIFICY AND TROUT HAVE A LIMITED TOLERANCE.

IF WATER GETS UP TO 68 DEG, THEY ARE UNCOMFORTABLE.

IF THE WATER GETS TO 78 DE, THEY CANNOT SURVIVE.

AND THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER E OF WARMING AND COOLING, MAF OUR NORTHSHORE STREAMS GET SOMETIMES UP IN THE 70'S, , 73.

AND WE ARE SEEING THE CURRT PROJECTION OF WARMER WEATH, WHICH IS INCREASING THAT TEMPERATURE TO AN UNSUSTAIE LEVEL.

THAT IS WHY PLANTING TREESS REALLY IMPORTANT.

SECONDARILY, HAVING A GOODE STRUCTURE HELPS WITH FLOODG LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT EARLI.

THERE IS A LOT OF LITTLE -- THERE IS A LOT OF BIG SCALE THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE OVL BUT ON A SMALL-SCALE FOCUSD ISSUE, PLANTING TREES IS PROBABLY ONE OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE CO IT.

SPECIFICALLY, WE ARE PLANTA VARIETY OF DIFFERENT TREESA LOT OF THE TREES AROUND USE WHITE PINE, WE HAVE SPRUCED CEDAR.

AND THE GOAL IS TO CREATE A VARIETY OF TREES.

ONE OF THE ISSUES WE HAVE S THERE IS A SPRUCE BUD WORT HAS BEEN IMPACTING A LOT OR RIPARIAN CORE DOORS ALONG E RIVERS RIVER IS.

AND WHEN THE TREES DIE, THT DEFEATS THE PURPOSE OF SHAD ROOTS AND EVERYTHING WE TAD ABOUT.

OTHER THAN THIS NEW PLANTI, MINNESOTA TROUT UNLIMITED S DOING A LARGE-SCALE PROJECF GAP CUTTING.

WHERE THERE HAS BEEN A SPRE BUDD WORM, WE HAVE BEEN CUG THOSE DEAD TREES AND REPLAG WITH A VARIETY OF SPECIES.

SOME OF THESE SPECIES GROW FASTER AND THEY ARE A BETTR TREE FOR THE RIVER.

BUT WE DON'T WANT TO JUST T OUT ALL OF OUR EGGS IN ONE BASKET.

IN THE FUTURE IF THERE IS ANOTHER ISSUE LIKE BLISTERE REST, THERE IS A HANDFUL OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT AFFET DIFFERENT TREES SO WE WANTA GOOD VARIETY OF DIFFERENT S SO IF SOMETHING HAPPENS INE FUTURE WE STILL HAVE BACKUP OPTIONS TO CREATE SHADE FOE RIVERS.

SOME OF THE IMPACTS THAT MINNESOTA TROUT UNLIMITED D DID SHE GO ME TROUT UNLIMID HAVE DONE IS THESE LOCAL WATERSHEDS WHERE YOU CAN SW TREE PLANTINGS AND AREAS WE THE RIVER HAS BEEN CHANGED.

SO SOMETIME IN THE PAST THE HAS BEEN A DEVELOPMENT WHEE THEY WILL REDIRECT RIVERS A STRAIGHT LINE WHICH MAKES T EASIER FOR DEVELOPMENT BUTT ISN'T GOOD FOR THE FISH ANT ISN'T GOOD FOR FLOODING OR SEDIMENT DIRT OR ANYTHING.

ANOTHER FACTOR OF THAT IS CULVERTS.

IN THE PAST PEOPLE WOULD BD CULVERTS AND IT WOULD MAKEA QUICK WATER TRANSITION FROE SIDE OF THE RIVER TO THE OR BUT THAT CREATES ANOTHER IT WHICH IS THE FISH CANNOT TL EASILY FROM ONE CULVERT TO ANOTHER WITH WATER EVENTS.

BEHIND US AS A NEW TYPE OF CULVERT THAT ALLOWS FISH TS EVEN AT LOW LEVELS.

KIND OF THE GOAL OF THESE E RIVER RESTORATION PROJECTSS THAT IT IS NOT EXTREMELY NOTICEABLE.

IF YOU ARE JUST WALKING BYE RIVER, IT IS NOT NECESSARIY GOING TO BE SOMETHING THATU ARE LIKE -- OH, SOMEONE DIA THING HERE AND IS TRYING TO IMPACT THE RIVER FOR A CERN REASON.

THERE ARE A LOT SMARTER ANE IN-DEPTH FIELDS THAT STUDY EXACTLY WHY THE RIVER SHOUE SHAPED IN A CERTAIN WAY.

AND WHY IN CERTAIN WATER LS THAT WE NEED DEEPER POCKETD SMALLER RIPPLES AND SMALLE- AND MORE WOOD AND ALL THESE FACTORS BUT THE OVERALL GOS TO MAKE IT NOT LOOK MANUFAD BUT RATHER NATURAL WHILE SL SUPPORTING THE TROUT FOR LE FLOOD EVENTS AND WARMER CONDITIONS THAT ARE UNFORTUNATELY LOOKING LIKEY ARE COMING MORE OFTEN.

TO GET INVOLVED IN TROUT UNLIMITED, WE ARE A LOCAL ORGANIZATION.

WE GENERALLY HAVE MONTHLY MEETINGS TO TALK ABOUT SOMF THE WORK WE HAVE DONE.

TO GET PEOPLE EXCITED, WE O TALKED ABOUT THE FISH IN TE RIVERS AND HOW TO CATCH THD WHERE TO GO.

AND IT BOILS DOWN TO IF PEE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE WATERD DON'T CARE ABOUT THE WATERN THEY ARE NOT GOING TO HELPE FISHERY ANYMORE AND HELP TE WATER.

SO IT IS JUST GETTING PEOPE INVOLVED AT ANY LEVEL.

WE ARE NOT, AS AN ORGANIZAN FROM ASKING PEOPLE TO COMED DO A BUNCH OF MANUAL LABOR.

MOST OF OUR ORGANIZATION IT GIVING PEOPLE INFORMATION D LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT WE D GIVING THEM THE OPPORTUNITE IF THEY WANT TO, TO COME OD PARTICIPATE IN RESTORATION PROJECTS.

IF YOU WANT TO GET INVOLVEE HAVE A FACEBOOK PAGE AT --D WE ALSO HAVE AN EMAIL NEWSR BUT PROBABLY THE BEST WAY S THROUGH OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.

YOU CAN FIND OUR CHAPTER.

♪ BRETT: A STAPLE OF DULUTH'S SCENIC LAKEFRONT WILL SOONT SPRUCED UP AND POSSIBLY OPD FOR TOURS.

TO LEARN MORE, WE ARE JOINY AL FINLAYSON, LIGHTHOUSE COMMITTEE CHAIR, FOR THE MARITIME MUSEUM IN CANAL P. AL, THANKS FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

AL: THANK YOU FOR HAVING M. MAARJA: WE ARE TALKING ABOT THIS LIGHTHOUSE.

AL: I THINK MOST PEOPLE WOD KNOW IT AS THE ONE WITH THD ROOF INN CANAL PARK.

WE ARE THE ONE ACROSS THE .

MAARJA: TELL US ABOUT THE ACQUISITION AND WHAT IT ME.

AL: IT STARTED IN 2018.

IT WAS A FEDERAL PROPERTY.

THEY DEEMED IT A SURPLUS PROPERTY.

SO THE LAKE SUPERIOR MARINE MUSEUM ASSOCIATION BEING A NONPROFIT IN MARITIME HIST, THEY RECEIVED A LETTER INVG US TO GO OUT AND LOOK AT I.

WE DID.

WE FELT IT WAS STRUCTURALLY SOUND.

WE THOUGHT IT WENT PERFECTH OUR MISSION.

SO WE FILED AN APPLICATIONR IT AND THAT WAS IN DECEMBE0 18.

AND THERE WERE MULTIPLE REVISIONS AND A LOT OF WAIG TIME.

AND THEN WE HAD TO WORK WIE COURT TO GET A LEASE BECAUE THEY HAVE A PIER IT WAS ON.

AND THEN WE HAD TO WORK WIE COAST GUARD ON THE ELECTRI.

CONGRESSMAN STOPPARD'S OFFE JUMPED IN AND HELPED US GET THROUGH THE FINAL PAPERWORN IT AND WE ARE VERY GRATEFUO THEM.

BRETT: SO MANY DETAILS LEAG UP TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

WHAT PARTICULARLY MAKES THS LIGHTHOUSE SO SIGNIFICANT R REGION?

AL: I THINK IF YOU LOOK ATE DULUTH OR THE WHOLE TWIN PS AREA, THE MARITIME INDUSTRA BIG PART OF IT.

THE BOATS, PARTICULARLY SHG IRON ORE BUT ALSO GRAIN, CL AND OTHER THINGS, HAS REALY HELPED DULUTH GROW.

SO THESE LIGHTHOUSES WERE Y IMPORTANT.

BACK IN THE EARLY 1900S, TE FREIGHTERS DID NOT HAVE THE NAVIGATION TOOLS THEY HAVE TODAY.

THEY DID NOT HAVE GPS OR R. SO, YOU THINK TO YOURSELF N BIG LAKE SUPERIOR LOOKING R THIS SMALL ENTRANCE INTO TE HARBOR AND YOU NEEDED SOME.

AND THESE LIGHT HOUSES HELM LINE UP THE SOUTH ONE, THEH ONE AND ANOTHER ONE ON THEH SIDE FURTHER BACK.

THEY WERE CRITICAL TO GETTG THE SHIPS INTO THE HARBOR SAFELY.

MAARJA: WHAT IS IT GOING TE TO BRING THE LIGHTHOUSE BAP TO BEING PRESERVED?

WHAT KIND OF SHAPE IS IT IN RIGHT NOW?

AL: IT HAS SOME ISSUES.

[LAUGHTER] IT HAS LEAD PAINT THAT IS FLAKING OFF.

IT IS FULL OF PIGEON GUANO.

MAARJA: THEY LIKE THAT LIGHTHOUSE.

AL: I THINK THE COAST GUART THEM ALL OUT BUT THEY WEREN THERE FOR A LONG TIME.

AND THE TILES ON THE FLOORE AS BEST AS.

THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE KNW ABOUT.

WE HAVE HIRED LHB TO DO A HISTORICAL STRUCTURE'S REP.

THIS ONE WAS PUT ON THE NAL REGISTRAR FOR HISTORIC PLAN 2016.

SO WE WILL BE WORKING ON TT REPORT AND THAT WILL TELL E REST OF THE RENOVATION THAS NEEDED.

WHAT SHAPE THE BRICK IS IN.

SHOULD WE REMOVE ALL THE P. AND THAT WE WILL GET FROM .

BRETT: HOW WOULD YOU LIKE E THE LIGHT HOUSE IN FIVE ORE EVEN 10 YEARS?

AL: EVEN SOONER THAN THAT.

IT WAS OUR GOAL FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS TE THIS AVAILABLE FOR THE PUB.

WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE E THIS.

PEOPLE THAT LOVE LIGHT HOU.

IT IS A GREAT BUILDING.

SO THAT IS OUR GOAL.

WHAT IS INSIDE, WHAT A TOUR LOOKS LIKE -- WE DON'T KNO.

WE HAVE NOT DISCUSSED THATA BOARD.

WE HAVE PUT ALL OF OUR EFFS IN ACQUIRING IT.

MAARJA: THE GOAL IS TO GETS INSIDE.

AL: VERY DEFINITELY.

MAARJA: DOES THE LIGHTHOUSE ANY SPECIAL MEANING TO YOU?

AL: MY LOVE OF THE MARITIME HISTORY.

THIS IS A PART OF IT, A BIT OF IT.

IT IS GREAT TO SEE ALL OF R BOARD MEMBERS, THEY ARE ALL EXCITED.

THIS IS A HUGE OPPORTUNITYT WE SEE TO DO SOMETHING SPEL HERE.

WE HAVE NOT DISCUSSED WHATT IS BUT WE HAVE TALKED ONE-E WITH A LOT OF THE BOARD MES AND THEY ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT AND THINK IT COULE GOOD FOR EDUCATION.

IT IS A HISTORIC BUILDING T IS SITTING THERE VACANT AND DETERIORATING.

AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITYO BRING IT BACK TO LIFE FOR Y YEARS TO COME.

BRETT: I CAN ONLY IMAGINE E OVERALL PRICE TAG OF THIS RESTORATION.

EXPLAIN HOW IT IS BEING FUD AND HOW FOLKS CAN HELP OUT.

AL: WE DON'T HAVE THE COMPE PRICE TAG.

THAT WILL COME FROM THE RE.

BUT WE WILL SPEND PROBABLYE TO 75,000 DOLLARS OF OUR ON MONEY THIS YEAR.

WE HAVE APPLIED FROM -- FOE GRANT FOR $20,000 FROM THE HISTORICAL SITE SIDEY BUT HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING YET.

PEOPLE CAN HELP IN A VARIEF WAYS.

THEY CAN DONATE SPECIFICALO OUR LIGHTHOUSE FUND.

THEY CAN BECOME A MEMBER OM MA.

THEY CAN BUY RAFFLE TICKET.

THE GREAT LAKES FLEET GENEY DONATES TO US A TRIP ON A T LAKES FREIGHTER.

AND THEY ALLOW US TO SELL E TICKETS FOR IT.

AND WE PICK A WINNER IN NOVEMBER.

SO THEY CAN PURCHASE TICKER THAT.

OR THEY CAN ATTEND OUR FUNDRAISING EVENT IN NOVEM.

WE CALL IT THE GALES OF NOR AND THIS YEAR IT IS OBSERVG THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SINKING OF THE FITZGERALD.

BUT IT IS A GREAT PROGRAM H SOME VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE SPEAKERS.

THAT IS NOVEMBER 7 AND EIG.

THEY CAN FIND OUT ABOUT ALF THESE THINGS AT LSMMA.COM.

AND THEY CAN PURCHASE WHATR THEY WOULD LIKE THEIR OR HP OUT.

MAARJA: WONDERFUL.

I REMEMBER READING A MURDE- THE MARINE MUSEUM IS ONE OE MOST VISITED ATTRACTIONS IN MINNESOTA.

AND IT IS FREE.

YOU NEED MEMBERS TO HELP YU OUT.

AL: YES.

WE HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING THR OVER 50 YEARS.

MAARJA: AL, THANK YOU SO MH FOR JOINING US.

AL: WE LOVE TO TELL OUR ST.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ MAARJA: RETURNING TO SOME REGIONAL UPDATES -- A TRAFC CHANGE TOOK EFFECT THIS WEN HIGHWAY 53 IN EVELETH.

AS OF WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION MOVED TRAFFC BACK ONTO HIGHWAY 53, ENDIE PREVIOUS DETOUR.

DRIVERS ARE NOW SEEING LANE SHIFTS AND HEAD-TO-HEAD TRC AS CONSTRUCTION ENTERS ITST PHASE.

THE NEW ROUNDABOUT AT PROGS PARKWAY ALSO OPENED, PROVIG ACCESS TO NEARBY SCHOOLS.

BRIDGE WORK IS STILL UNDER, SO MOTORISTS CONTINUE TO UE HIGHWAY 37 RAMPS.

A TRUCK DETOUR REMAINS IN , TRAFFIC ROUTING TRAFFIC THH OVER ROUTING TRAFFIC THROUH HIGHWAY 15 GILBERT VIA HIGY 135 AND HIGHWAY 37.

MNDOT IS REMINDING DRIVERSO STAY ALERT IN WORK ZONES, Y SPEED LIMITS, AND AVOID DISTRACTIONS.

SPEEDING FINES START AT 300 DOLLARS.

FOR UPDATES AND DETOUR MAP, VISIT THE HIGHWAY 53 PROJET WEBSITE OR CHECK 511 M. N.T ORG.

BRETT: THE RURAL VOICE TOWL SERIES IS KICKING OFF ITS 5 SEASON NEXT WEEK WITH A STT FOND DU LAC TRIBAL AND COMY COLLEGE.

ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3R, RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TN A DISCUSSION ON TRIBAL RIGS AND SOVEREIGNTY IN RURAL MINNESOTA.

THE FREE EVENT BEGINS AT 5.

WITH A FAMOUS RED LAKE WALE FISH FRY AND LOCAL VENDORS, FOLLOWED BY A MODERATED TON HALL FROM 6 TO 7:30.

THE CONVERSATION WILL BE LED BY RURAL VOICE CO-FOUNDER ANDR HOST KERRI MILLER AND RECOD FOR BROADCAST ON MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO.

THIS IS PART OF A STATEWIDE SERIES THAT HAS BEEN HIGHLIGHTING VOICES FROM GR MINNESOTA SINCE 2022.

UPCOMING EVENTS ARE PLANNEN WILLMAR, WADENA, AND OWATO, EACH FOCUSED ON TIMELY ISSS FACING RURAL COMMUNITIES.

MAARJA: FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE COMMUNITY CONNECT EVENS COMING TO ELY.

IT™S HAPPEG -- IT IS HAPPENING TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, FROM 10 A.M. 2 P.M. AT THE ELY AREA COMMUY HUB.

DESIGNED AS A ONE-STOP-SHOR PEOPLE FACING ECONOMIC HAR, COMMUNITY CONNECT BRINGS TOGETHER FREE SERVICES AND RESOURCES, FROM HOUSING SUT AND HYGIENE ITEMS TO MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION SERVI, CHILD AND FAMILY RESOURCESD MORE.

A FREE MEAL WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED, AND THE EVENT IS AGE-FRIENDLY AND OPEN TO A ARROWHEAD TRANSIT IS OFFERG FREE RIDES TO AND FROM THET ON ITS REGULAR BUS ROUTES.

BASED ON THE NATIONAL PROJT HOMELESS CONNECT MODEL, THE EVENT IS CO-SPONSORED BY S. LOUIS COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH, ELY-BLOOMENSON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, ESSENTIA HEALTH,D OTHERS.

BRETT: AND FINALLY TONIGHT, BEFORE WE GO, LET'S TAKE AK AT WHAT YOU MIGHT BE UP TOS WEEKEND, LABOR DAY WEEKEND.

THE DULUTH SUPERIOR PRIDE FESTIVAL RETURNS TO BAYFROT PARK ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, AS PART OF THE AREAS FOUR-Y PRIDE CELEBRATION.

RUNNING FROM 11 A.M. TO 7 , THE FREE EVENT FEATURES LIE MUSIC, ENTERTAINMENT, FOODD MERCHANDISE VENDORS, BEER , AND FAMILY-FRIENDLY GAMES.

DULUTH SUPERIOR PRIDE RUNS AUGUST 28TH THROUGH SEPTEMR 1ST, WITH EVENTS ACROSS THN PORTS.

FOR THE FULL SCHEDULE, VIST DULUTH SUPERIOR PRIDE DOT .

MAARJA: A SWEET NEW FUNDRAR IS HAPPENING IN CHISHOLM TS WEEKEND.

THE CAKE EXCHANGE TAKES PLE FRIDAY, AUGUST 30TH AT THE MINNESOTA DISCOVERY CENTER HOSTED BY THE NORTHERN STAR BAKERY, IT IS A GARDEN PARY STYLE CAKE SWAP TO HELP FUE BAKERY'S FIRST-EVER STOREF.

HERE IS HOW IT WORKS -- BRA WHOLE CAKE AND YOU WILL GEO TRADE FOR SLICES FROM A GOS DISPLAY OF CAKES BROUGHT BY OTHERS.

GENERAL ADMISSION IS $30, D EVEN IF YOU DON'T BRING A , YOU ARE STILL WELCOME TO JN THE FUN.

EXPECT MUSIC, MINI GOLF, PO OPS, GIVEAWAYS, FOOD VENDO, AND CREATIVE ACTIVITIES FOL AGES.

VIP TICKETS ARE ALREADY SOD OUT, BUT GENERAL ADMISSIOND CAKE MAKER PASSES ARE STILL AVAILABLE.

BRETT: I LOVE CAKE AND GARDENING.

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A RELAXING SUNDAY DRIVE WITHA LOCAL TWIST, THE CLOVER VAY FARM TRAIL IS OFFERING JUST THAT.

LOCATED BETWEEN DULUTH ANDO HARBORS, THE TRAIL FEATUREA NETWORK OF SMALL, LOCALLY D FARMS OFFERING EVERYTHING M FRESH PRODUCE AND SEEDLINGO BAKED GOODS, CRAFTS, AND M- ALL SOLD FROM SELF-SERVE FM STANDS.

DESCRIBED AS WHERE A FARMES MARKET NEEDS A SUNDAY DRIVE , TRAIL IS OPEN EVERY SUNDY FROM NOON TO 5 P.M.

THROUGH EARLY OCTOBER.

JUST FOLLOW THE POSTED SIGD TRAIL MAP TO VISIT EACH FAT YOUR OWN PACE.

SOME FARMS ALSO OFFER EXTED HOURS AND SPECIAL ON-SITE ACTIVITIES.

IT IS A GREAT WAY TO SUPPOT LOCAL AGRICULTURE WHILE ENG THE BEAUTY OF THE NORTHLAN.

MAARJA: THAT IS A FUN IDEA.

BRETT: I LIKE THAT.

MAARJA: A PLEASANT DRIVE AD SPOT -- AND STOPPING AT FAS ALONG THE WAY.

BRETT: THE CAKE EXCHANGE.

MAARJA: THE SUITES AND MAYE SOME VEGETABLES.

BRETT: MODERATION.

ANY PLANS FOR THE WEEKEND?

MAARJA: MY DAD IS CELEBRATA BIG MILESTONE IN HIS CAREE.

45 YEARS HE HAS SPENT PRACG LAW AND WE ARE HAVING A FAY FISH FRY FOR HIM BECAUSE HE LOVES FRIED FISH, TO CELEB.

BRETT: I MIGHT STOP BY BECI LOVE A GOOD FISH FRY.

I'M ALSO WAITING FOR FALL.

MAARJA: YOU SAID YOU ARE BRINGING OUT THE PUMPKINS D YOU HAVE SWITCHED OVER THE CALENDAR ALREADY.

THAT IS OK.

IT IS TIME.

SEE YOU LATER, SUMMER.

BRETT: THAT IS IT FOR THIS WEEK'S SHOW.

ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND.

MAARJA: THANK YOU FOR JOING US.

GOOD NIGHT.