Lakeland Currents: Project Graduate 100%

Season 11, Episode 29 In 2017, Minnesota celebrated its highest percentage of high school graduates on record.   That same year, the graduation rate at Bemidji High...

Lakeland Currents: Toward Zero Deaths

Season 11, Episode 24 In 2003, the Minnesota Departments of Public Safety, Transportation, and Health launched the Toward Zero Deaths initiative, a collaborative,...

Lakeland Currents: Relay For Life

Season 11, Episode 23 The American Cancer Society reports that there were 15.5 million Americans living with a history of cancer on Jan. 1, 2016. About 1.7 million new...

Lakeland Currents: Beltrami County Historical Society

Season 11, Episode 22 The Beltrami County Historical Society was founded in 1952, initially located near Paul and Babe at the Lake Bemidji waterfront.  Today, the...

Lakeland Currents: Peacemaker Resources

Season 11, Episode 21 We spotlight a Bemidji-based nonprofit that has been working to build peace skills throughout the region.  From social and emotional learning skills...

Lakeland Currents: Building Workplaces That Work For Women

Season 11, Episode 20 Ray Gildow welcomes Allyson Zimmermann, Executive Director of Catalyst Europe. Catalyst is a global non-profit research and advisory organization...

Lakeland Currents: 2018 Legislative Session Preview

Season 11, Episode 19 We welcome two area legislators to discuss some of the issues and topics expected to be debated and perhaps acted upon before the May 21 deadline....

Lakeland Currents: Revisiting the Brain Gain in Rural Minnesota

Season 11, Episode 17 We examine how rural Minnesota communities are reinvigorating their social and economic sectors by attracting more residents with valuable work and...

Lakeland Currents: Pressures in Coaching Youth Athletics

Season 11, Episode 16 We take a look into the realities of coaching youth athletics and the pressures that go along with taking on that high profile role in communities....

Lakeland Currents: Brainerd Lakes Area Community Foundation

Season 11, Episode 15 We take a look into the work of the Brainerd Lakes Area Community Foundation. Our guests are Karl Samp, Executive Director, and Board member Tom...

Lakeland Currents: ACT on Alzheimer’s

Season 11, Episode 14 There are more than 15 million Americans who provide unpaid care to people who have Alzheimer’s Disease or other dementias, according to statistics...