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River Radio

March 6, 2021 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am

Listen to the replay – The Latest on COVID-19, “Please Raise My Taxes”, Plans for a St. Croix Heritage Area

This week, co-hosts Jim Maher and Gayle Knutson bring you local news updates and talk to:

Dr. Rebecca Wurtz, Associate Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management, University of Minnesota, to help us keep our facts straight on COVID-19;
Marty Harding of the North Woods and Waters of the St. Croix National Heritage Area and Chris Stein of the National Park Service to talk about efforts for a National Heritage Area designation here;

– local resident Lee Lynch to expound on his recent Star Tribune commentary titled “Please raise my taxes; I can afford it.”

LINKS FOR OUR GUESTS –

Dr. Rebecca Wurtz, University of Minnesota
https://directory.sph.umn.edu/bio/sph-a-z/rebecca-wurtz

Lee Lynch
https://www.startribune.com/please-raise-my-taxes-i-can-afford-it/600017795/

Marty Harding, North Woods and Waters of the St. Croix Heritage Area
https://northwoodsandwaters.org

Chris Stein, National Heritage Area program coordinator, National Park Service, Midwest Region
https://www.nps.gov/subjects/heritageareas/index.htm

Government Links:
City of Marine on St. Croix – 651-433-3636
https://www.marineonstcroix.org

City of Scandia – 651-433-3374
https://www.ci.scandia.mn.us

May Township:
https://www.townofmay.org
Clerk Treasurer Linda Tibbetts – 651-439-1706 / or linda@townofmay.org

Washington County
https://www.co.washington.mn.us/

Article Link
Marine resident Andy Kramer’s letter to the editor of the Star Tribune:
https://www.startribune.com/readers-write-solar-power-air-pollution-garbage-texas-outages-and-violins/600028733/

Business/Organization Links:
Meal train signup for Charlie and Betsy Anderson’s family
https://www.mealtrain.com/trains/9w4576

Brookside Bar and Grill
https://www.brooksidebarandgrill.com

Scandia Farmers’ Market
https://www.scandiafarmersmarket.com

Details

Date:
March 6, 2021
Time:
9:00 am - 10:00 am