Scott Fletcher on Northland UASOver the last two years, Thief River Falls has become an important player in the development of unmanned aircraft technology nationwide.

Last year, Northland Community and Technical College received nearly $5-million from the U.S. Department of Labor to establish the nation’s first unmanned aerial systems maintenance training Center. The first UAS maintenance training classes began in August.

In September of this year, Northland received another $4.7 million dollar Department of Labor grant that will be used to develop another program related to flying planes remotely, from the ground.

Joining us to talk about Northland’s planned certificate in Imagery Analysis is chief operating officer of Northland’s aviation programs, Scott Fletcher.

Want to get involved on Pioneer 90.1 but can’t commit to a weekly show? Be a guest DJ! We invite you into the studios to do a one hour show of music that means something to you.

Our first Guest DJ, Darcie Caswell from the Thief River Falls Public Library was on the air Wednesday morning. Tune in next Wednesday (11/9) at 11AM to hear Carl Unbehaun of the Minnesota Workforce Center spin his personal playlist of favorites.

To find out how you can get on the air,  email the studio using the form on this page.

Formerly_Fiona.mp3Grand Forks, ND folk duo “Formerly Fiona” is Katy Diers (fiddle, mandolin, guitar, and vocals) and Hannah Diers  (guitar and vocals).

Listen to their live performance on The Mixtape, Thursdays at 6PM with volunteer host Jeremy Haug.

Find Formerly Fiona on Facebook.

Setlist:

1. Almost My Love

2. Kiss Me In The Evening

3. Life In A Northern Town

4. Empty Sea

5. Tell Me That You Love Me

6. The Real Me

7. Boy

8. Potion

9. Angel From Montgomery (John Prine)

10. Josephine (Brandi Carlile)

11. Love At The Five And Dime (Nanci Griffith)

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Northland graduate Steven Reynolds talks about his college days at Northland with Ron West on Pioneer 90.1, and about his long-standing communication venture known as “The Raven.”

Published four times a year – with a circulation that reaches coast to coast – “The Raven” journal features local/regional artists and events, plus stories of early northwest Minnesota settlers and pioneers, passed on from generation to generation.

A grant from the Northwest Minnesota Arts Council was instrumental in the survival and growth of his publication.

Heidi_Hughes.mp3 Comedians Jack Black, Owen Wilson and Steve Martin star as bird watchers trying to break the record for the most species of birds seen in one year, in the new movie, “The Big Year.”

But why watch a movie about bird watching, when you can watch birds right in your own backyard?

Heidi Hughes, manager of the Audubon Center of the Red River Valley in Warren, will have a presentation on attracting birds to your backyard Monday evening at 6:30 the Thief River Falls Public Library.