LOCAL TALK 24 January 2023

Steve Lekwa shares some observations with his Naturally Speaking 

 

Al Womble - Political Director for the lowa Federation of Labor and the Chair of the lowa Black Caucus discusses items before the lowa Legislature, other areas of concern and ways Iowa citizens can become more informed and share/discuss their views with their representatives.

 

Susan Gwiasda Public Information Officer/Mental Health Advocate Julie Saxton shares information about the upcoming "Community Conversation on Mental Health" focusing on Resiliency. Guest speaker with be Lyndsey Fennelly. The event is from 6:30 to 8:30 pm on Thursday, Jan. 26 at the Ames Community School District Board Room.

 

Tammy Koolbeck Director of C.Y. Stephens discusses the many upcoming events scheduled in February and March 

LOCAL TALK 18 January 2023

Originally broadcast 01/18/2023 

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Local Talk for Wednesday. January 18, 2023 began with an Iowa Farmers Union Lunch and Learn.  Last Thursday Aaron Lehman, IFU President invited Michael Schmidt to speak on Confinement Animal Feeding Operations.  Mr. Schmidt is an attorney for the Iowa Environmental Council.

Further information can be found at iowafarmersunion.org.  

The second half of the hour was devoted to Jessica Potter, Director of the Blue Earth County Historical Society.  Ms. Potter provided some history concerning the hanging of 38 Dakota men on December 26, 1862.  Their crimes were breaking into a warehouse of food to feed a starving nation.  A recently completed Memorial Trail Ride of 330 miles took place from Brule, South Dakota to the hanging site in downtown Mankato, Minnesota.  Often you see the Trail Ride as 38 plus 2.  There were two Chiefs that had been harboring in Canada and were extradited to Mankato and hung in 1864.  The Blue Earth County Historical Society wishes only to create a space where Dakota people can tell their own story.

Further information can be found by Googling Dakota 38 plus 2 Memorial Ride; Blue Earth County Historical Society; a documentary film can be located at Smooth Feather Dakota 38.

LOCAL TALK 6 January 2023

Originally broadcast 01/06/2023 

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Local Talk for Friday, January 6, 2023 started with a summary of the news for this week from the Ames Tribune by Dennis Hart. 

As an ongoing story, a third installment includes an interview with Hok Wicasa from Spirit Lake (Devil’s Lake to European settlers), North Dakota.  On the day after Christmas, December 26, 1862 38 Dakota Nation men were hanged at Mankato, Minnesota under the direction of President Abraham.  The convictions and hangings of the Dakota 38 resulted from the aftermath of the US-Dakota War of 1862 in Southwest Minnesota.  In addition to the 38 men hanged.  There were terrible injustices committed against 265 others in the form of military convictions and more than 3,000 Dakota people who were held captive, then were forced to march west.  Here’s a native man’s story about the big drum that accompanies the riders, and teachings about the Dakota culture. 

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LOCAL TALK 30 December 2022

Originally broadcast 12/30/2022 

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Local Talk for Friday, December 30, 2022 started with a summary of the news for this week from the Ames Tribune by Dennis Hart. 

The Dakota 38 +2 Memorial Ride is a memorial to 38 Dakota men that were hung on December 26, 1862 on the city square of Mankato, Minnesota.  Jim Hallum, tribal elder from Santee, Nebraska provides background to this honoring of those that died.  The convictions and hangings of the Dakota 38 resulted from the aftermath of the US-Dakota War of 1862 in Southwest Minnesota.  In addition to the 38 men hanged, there were two chiefs extradited from Canada that were hung in 1864.  Their crime was the aftermath of what resulted when a warehouse of food was broken into to feed a starving people.  Terrible injustices were committed against 265 others in the form of military convictions and more than 3,000 Dakota people were held captive, then were forced to march west to the territory of South Dakota.  To this day Dakota people are considered exiled from their homeland of Minnesota.  Here’s a native man’s story about a trail ride to commemorate the 38 plus two Dakota men that were hung in 1862. The 330 mile trail ride ended December 26. Jim Hallum, tribal elder from Santee, Nebraska provides background to this important honoring of those that died.

LOCAL TALK 13 December 2022

Originally broadcast 12/13/2022 

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Salvation Army’s Bill Stodden visits with us about Bell ringers and the Red Kettle Campaign, the Food Pantry, the Fresh Food Market, rental assistance, The Angel Tree gift shop, Toy Drive, and the need of support as needs increase and past support has diminished.   

Patrick Shehan, Special Projects Ranger  joins us this for our monthly Story County Conservation visit.

After reviewing the calendar for upcoming public programs Pat shares a bit about how he became interested in natural resources, his profession background before joined the Story county staff and covers some of his main responsibilities as Special Projects Ranger. He also provides updates on some of the ongoing major projects; the Deppe acquasition, and McFarland Park lake renovation.

Susan Gwiasda Public Information Officer reminds us to take care in this kind of inclement weather. She also reviews the upcoming council meeting on tonight’s contract is the purchase of property for the aquatic center and next week’s workshop meeting on the waste to energy report. 

Ames Electric Distribution Manager, Mike Brown talks about winter electric safety, action to take when your power fails, tracking outages on the website, and some measures taken to insure the security of equipment and facilities and reminds us of smart energy rebate program that is part of the City Coun

“Anna Banana” Mather, KHOI Special Correspondent with an uplifting Heart 2 Heart message.

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