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Aaron Wenger was a poet and physicist who was instrumental in starting the engineering program at Itasca Community College, now Minnesota North-Itasca. He was a regular part of KAXE's programming for many years, whether he was sharing a poem, a story, or his thoughts on the universe.
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KAXE Staff Phenologist John Latimer provides his weekly assessment of nature in Northern Minnesota. This is the week of March 26, 2024.
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