North Star Stories

Streamlined veterans’ services in Scott County, private rooms for people experiencing homelessness in St. Cloud, and wolf populations are down, but far from out.-----Executive Producer: Tracie Wells CollierProducer: Xan HolstonReader scripting: Tracie Wells Collier, Xan Holston Image:  Grey wolf diorama at the Bell Museum [Image photo credit: Xan Holston]Audio credit: National Park Service-----For the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/northstarstoriesmn/Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund

Las comunidades rurales se enfrentan a una crisis en la atención hospitalaria, y un sacerdote da el primer paso hacia una posible santidad.Rural communities face a crisis in hospital care, and a priest takes the first step toward possible sainthood.-----Productor/Producer: Victor PalominoVoiceover/Voiceover: Marisa Rueda, Rito Ayala-----Pie de foto: Monseñor Joseph Buh podría convertirse en santo católico [Crédito fotográfico: (dominio público, no se requiere atribución)]Image: Monsignor Joseph Buh could become a Catholic Saint. [Image Credit: (public domain, no credit needed)]-----For the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/northstarstoriesmn/Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund

A political row over a controversial streamer in Minneapolis, Twin Lakes’ City Council wants answers over a thrown rat, and the horns blow for UMN’s Homecoming.-----Executive Producer: Tracie Wells CollierProducer: Xan HolstonReader scripting: Tracie Wells Collier, Xan Holston Image: Goldy Gopher (2015) is located outside the University of Minnesota's Coffman Union. [image credit: Photo by Alexlegeros is licensed under CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons]Aufdio credit: UMN Marching Band “FFF” https://www.instagram.com/reels/DOQ_cF3Ecby/-----For the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/northstarstoriesmn/Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund 

New fights over the Google data center in Hermantown & the 2024 omnibus bill, plus Minnesota could get a new saint.-----Executive Producer: Tracie Wells CollierProducer: Xan HolstonReader scripting: Tracie Wells Collier, Xan Holston Image:  Monsignor Joseph Buh could become a Catholic Saint [Image credit: public domain/no credit needed]-----For the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/northstarstoriesmn/Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund

This week, we explore what voters should know before casting ballots in the midterm elections, how accessibility shapes the voting experience for people with disabilities, and how to be an informed consumer of political media in the digital age. -----Executive Producer: Victor PalominoProducers: Jamad JamaAnchor: Victor Palomino, Britt AamodtReader scripting: Victor Palomino, Xan HolstonFact checking: Joel Glaser, Tracie CollierEditorial support: Emily KrumbergerProduction Coordinator: Britt AamodtMixing & mastering: Chris HarwoodImage: Midterm elections are coming up November 3. [image credit: Jamad Jama]Audio: courtesy of WTIP-FM, Grand Marais, MN-----For the latest episode drops and updates, follow us on social media. instagram.com/ampersradio/instagram.com/northstarstoriesmn/Never miss a beat. Sign up for our email list to receive news, updates and content releases from AMPERS. ampers.org/about-ampers/staytuned/ This show is made possible by community support. Due to cuts in federal funding, the community radio you love is at risk. Your support is needed now more than ever. Donate now to power the community programs you love: ampers.org/fund