Konnie LeMay

William Kent Krueger is a prolific and well honored writer whose main mystery series, now with 19 books, features the fictional Cork O’Connor, an Ojibwe-Irish man living in northern Minnesota who starts the series as the local sheriff.

Hauntings, Cleanups & Sexy Bears

Seaway Strike, Chills Coming & Haunted Happenings

Achievements, Authors & Boats Back Afloat

Protected Lands, Parades & Lights, Saving Heritage

2 Thanksgivings, Celeb Pups & a Missing Jet

Thomas McDonald is co-owner of Bear Island Art Factory along with artist Janine Patten, his wife. Thomas creates with recycled metal objects or collages of found objects. He and Janine also do fine art paintings, drawings and relief sculptures.

Wild Residents, National Parks & Dark Skies

Fall Forecast, Inline Skating & Migration Birding

Around the Circle This Week: December 19, 2025