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Simply Superior

“Simply Superior” is a public affairs program focused on events and issues in Northwestern Wisconsin and hosted by award-winning journalist Robin Washington.

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Latest Episodes

  • Viewing The Night Sky, And A ‘Passion-ate’ 300th Anniversary

    Travis Novitsky is a park manager for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and an enrolled member in the Grand Portage Anishinaabe Nation. He’s also a nature and wildlife photographer who has taken countless images of the night sky, which he shared this week with members of BIPOC Outdoors Twin Ports. Excerpts will be heard…

    Viewing The Night Sky, And A ‘Passion-ate’ 300th Anniversary
  • Northland College Faces Closure, And Morningbirds Sing From The Range

    After 132 years as an Ashland institution, known for its specialty in environmental education, Northland College may close its doors at the end of this academic year. In a statement this week, administrators said the private liberal arts college needs to raise $12 million by April 3 to keep its doors open beyond the end of the…

    Northland College Faces Closure, And Morningbirds Sing From The Range
  • Anniversaries Of Treaty Rights Court Decisions Celebrated, And Music By Janie & The Spokes

    On Friday, March 8, the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians celebrates 50 years of the Gurnoe Decision, a 1970s court ruling that affirmed the Red Cliff and Bad River bands’ fishing rights in Lake Superior. Last fall, the Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission marked 40 years since the Voigt Decision,…

    Anniversaries Of Treaty Rights Court Decisions Celebrated, And Music By Janie & The Spokes
  • Taking T-Rex Off The Legislative Map, Plus Versatile Pianist Tom Cawcutt

    The website ProPublica called the map a tyrannosaurus — with its hungry mouth taking a bite out of Democratic-leaning Douglas County to push Wisconsin’s 73rd Assembly district Republican. Now, the maps have been redrawn, with the state Supreme Court agreeing they more fairly reflect Wisconsin’s voting demographics. University of Wisconsin-Superior Political Science Professor Alisa Von…

    Taking T-Rex Off The Legislative Map, Plus Versatile Pianist Tom Cawcutt
  • Ahoy, Mates! A Review And Forecast For The Port Of Duluth-Superior, And Music From Babie Eyes

    The 2023-24 shipping season is over and the iron boats are laid up for the winter — except with our unseasonably warm temperatures, you may be asking, “What winter?” Nevertheless, the port of Duluth-Superior sticks to its schedule, gearing up for the new season in March after posting impressive numbers for iron ore and grain…

    Ahoy, Mates! A Review And Forecast For The Port Of Duluth-Superior, And Music From Babie Eyes

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