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...

Lakeland Currents: Fish Management Practices

Season 11, Episode 13 Our guest for this episode of Lakeland Currents is Doug Schultz, Walker Area Fisheries Supervisor for the Minnesota DNR. Mr. Schultz is also the...

Lakeland Currents: Explore Minnesota

Season 11, Episode 12 Ray Gildow welcomes to the program Nicole Lalum, Regional Manager for Explore Minnesota. Explore Minnesota, the official state tourism agency,...

Lakeland Currents: A Vietnam Veteran’s Story

Season 11, Episode 11 Ray Gildow welcomes Buford Johnson, a Vietnam veteran who served in the US Army during the early 1960’s. As a Special Forces advisor to the South...

Lakeland Currents: Bemidji Municipal Liquor Stores

Season 11, Episode 10 The Minnesota State auditor reported that in 2016, there were 195 Minnesota cities operating 228 municipal liquor stores in the state.  Cities,...

Lakeland Currents: Wolfe Center/Nameless Coalition for the Homeless

Season 11, Episode 9 Every three years, the Wilder Foundation in St. Paul conducts a one-night survey of the homeless population throughout Minnesota. In the last survey,...

Lakeland Currents: Headwaters Science Center

Season 11, Episode 8 We turn our attention to a popular destination in downtown Bemidji.   The Headwaters Science Center first opened in the summer of 1993, initially...