The public can attend this free forum but space is limited. Please register online HERE.
The Rural Voice series, developed by several Minnesota Initiative Foundations that serve Greater Minnesota along with the Otto Bremer Trust and Compeer Financial, continues in September and October with four town halls moderated by Minnesota Public Radio’s Kerri Miller. This year’s conversations will focus on how rural communities are lifting up entrepreneurism and addressing looming challenges such as the shortage of affordable housing, educating the next workforce, and raising awareness about mental health and social isolation.
Additional partners to this year’s Rural Voice series include Minnesota Public Radio, Cherry Road Media, and the Center for Rural Policy and Development.
KTWH-LP has teamed up with the Lake County Press and Two Harbors Media to locally promote the September 19th Rural Voice Town Hall forum on affordable housing challenges and solutions. This forum will be held at Castle Danger Brewery, with doors opening at 6:30 PM, the forum running until 8:30 PM. KTWH will broadcast and stream the forum audio live starting at 7 PM at 99.5 FM and ktwh.org, and also live video stream the event on the KTWH YouTube channel.
Special thanks to Two Harbors Media and Jose Leon for making these live feeds possible. If you don’t attend, please listen or view the forum; KTWH intends to have the event archived at ktwh.org. Thanks as well to the Lake County Press for helping to host and promote the event.
Just a reminder: the public can attend this free forum but space is limited. Please register online HERE.
Minnesota Public Radio will feature content from the discussions in segments later this fall.
Get Dunked for KTWH Community Radio-make waves to help us stay on the airwaves!
KTWH, 99.5 FM in Two Harbors (ktwh.org online) needs volunteers willing to risk getting wet for a good cause at our Community Radio Dunk Tank for one half hour or longer shifts during Heritage Days in Two Harbors on Friday July 7th or Saturday July 8th.
There will be dunk tank shifts starting at 10 AM, running through 5PM, on both days. We supply the water and the people aiming to dunk you. We encourage you to bring friends and family who would pay to make sure you get wet. Dress for comfort and for the weather. Please bring a towel- we hope you’ll need it.
This is a FUNdraiser for Radio with a Lake View- the Dunk Tank will be by the music stage at Heritage Days in sight of the Great Lake. We appreciate you helping us raise money and awareness for our 7-year old community radio station in Two Harbors that has plans to grow its service up the North Shore.
CALL 218-595-6195 or email: thcommradio@gmail.com to let us know you want to get dunked; let us know what works and we’ll reserve the shift time best for you. For those of you who’d like to help out but think you can’t, please consider making a pledge of $30 or more to the Stay Dry for a Good Cause Radio Fund. You can email or call to make your pledge to the contacts listed above.
THANKS for making waves for KTWH, Radio with a lake view!
Hazard Mitigation Plan Press Release
June 5,2023
Lake County residents, community leaders, business owners, area agencies and organizations now have an opportunity to share how severe weather events impact their property and lives. There is also an opportunity to share their ideas on how to reduce local impacts in the future.
The Lake County Office of Emergency Management is working with U-Spatial at the University of Minnesota Duluth to update the county’s Hazard Mitigation Plan (HMP). The plan assesses the natural hazards that pose risk to the county, such as tornadoes, straight line winds, ice storms, blizzards, wildfire, flooding, and extreme temperatures and identifies ways to minimize the damage of future events. As the county works to update the plan, it wants to hear from the public.
The Lake County HMP is a multi-jurisdictional plan that covers Lake County, including the cities of Beaver Bay, Silver Bay, and Two Harbors. The Lake County HMP also incorporates the concerns and needs of townships, school districts, and area agencies or organizations participating in the plan. The plan will be updated by a planning team made up of representatives from county departments, local municipalities, school districts and other key stakeholders. When completed, the plan will be submitted
to the Minnesota Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management and the Federal\ Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for approval.
“Hazard mitigation planning is a central part of our emergency management program,” said Matt Pollmann, Lake County Emergency Management Director. “Understanding the natural hazards that can cause serious impact to our communities and taking action to reduce or eliminate the impact of future disasters makes us more resilient. Hazard mitigation helps us to break the cycle of damage and repair caused by things like flooding, ice storms, and severe wind events that can damage property, stress economies, and threaten life safety in our county.”
Examples of hazard mitigation include:
• Conducting public outreach on severe weather awareness and preparedness
• Limiting or restricting development in floodplain areas
• Removing existing buildings from flood or erosion prone hazard areas
• Using snow fences to limit blowing and drifting of snow over road corridors
• Constructing tornado safe rooms in vulnerable areas such as mobile home parks
• Burying overhead powerlines that may fail due to heavy snow, ice, or windstorms
Some mitigation activities may be eligible for future FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance grant funding. Public input is an essential part of the plan update. As part of the planning process, Lake County is seeking feedback from residents and businesses from across the county to incorporate into the plan:
• What are the natural hazards you feel pose the greatest risk to your community?
• What concerns do you have, and what sorts of actions do you feel would help to reduce damages of future hazard events in your community or the county as a whole?
Comments, concerns, or questions regarding natural disasters and potential mitigation actions to be included into the plan update should be submitted to Lake County Emergency Management by phone, email, or by posting a comment via a social media posting of this article.
There will be additional opportunities for public feedback throughout the planning process. A draft of the plan will be made available for public review prior to submission of the plan to the State of Minnesota. Future news releases will be shared with the media to notify the public of these opportunities.
The Federal Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (DMA 2000) requires counties to update their plan every 5 years to maintain eligibility for FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) grant programs.
Contact
Matt Pollmann
Lake County Emergency Management Director
Phone: (773)-844-6449
Email: matt.pollmann@co.lake.mn.us
Celebrate Local Talent
& Community Radio
Cabin Fever Take 1 was swept away by a snowstorm. BUT IT’S BACK! Save the
date for: Cabin Fever Reliever – Take 2.
We’ll have most of the original lineup back for the big show. Doors open at 3pm for the 4 o’clock show on Sunday April 23 rd at the Two Harbors High School. Stay tuned for news of when ticket sales begin at the KTWH studios and Cedar Coffee Company. Tickets for the March 12th show will be honored on April 23rd . Thanks to Lovin’ Lake County and all of our sponsors for helping us revive our radio benefit variety show. We hope to see you all there!
Cooperative Light and Power, Holiday Stores of Two Harbors (east and west),
Judy’s Cafe, Lovin’ Lake County, North Shore Federal Credit Union, Thrivent Financial, Harbor Rail Loft, Lake County Press, North Shore Journal, and Two Harbors Media
Why should folks support KTWH community radio on Give to the Max Day 2022?
When you invest in the operation of our hands-on, citizen powered radio station, you are showing support for an exchange of information and ideas that matter. KTWH believes in telling local stories, and in so doing, we provide listeners access to perspectives that need to be heard. Local interviews, local musicians and artists, and a world of ideas worth our attention–all are part of the mix we stir up at KTWH. Help us truly hear local voices, and if you can, get involved yourself with KTWH. They say Community Radio is 10% radio and 90% community. You can make a difference for yourself and all the folks who tune in at 99.5 FM locally or stream us worldwide at ktwh.org.
With your donation of any amount by midnight on November 17th, Two Harbors Community Radio (THCR) can continue to build our radio service to north shore communities in our eighth year on the air and beyond. Go to GiveMN.org and search for Two Harbors Community Radio or KTWH to offer a gift you can afford to volunteer-driven, listener supported KTWH-LP, Radio with a Lake View.
The Board and volunteers at KTWH hope that folks who support THCR will also be generous to the other worthy nonprofit causes they support across the state and in our area on or before November 17, which is Give to the Max Day 2022. Thanks for all you do in support of your community!
ABOUT Give to the Max Day: Since 2009, more than 730,000 donors have made gifts with ease and enthusiasm through GiveMN.org to make a difference for causes in their communities. Through this online marketplace for generosity, and giving events like the annual Give to the Max Day, GiveMN has helped to generate more than $250 million for more than 14,000 nonprofits. Give to the Max’s “Early Giving” period began November 1 and continues through Give to the Max Day on Nov. 17, with random drawings throughout for more than $100,000 in prize grants for Minnesota organizations. GiveMN is an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Explore GiveMN.org today.
Click on the link below to download the special programming for the Fest of Sail event.
Although the volunteers’ feet got very wet, the event was another positive production. KTWH cleans their part of the roadway with the help of the team from EZ Westchester Junk Removal, located between the Mcquade Road and Schmidt Creek, twice a year. KTWH invites you to join in the activity next Fall 2022. More details and an invite will be posted in a few months. Please consider helping out your Two Harbors Community Radio station, KTWH, 99.5 FM, and streaming worldwide at ktwh.org.
KTWH, 99.5 FM has a clean alternative for you. And, it is not just the programming that the station provides for you. KTWH sponsors and cleans a two mile stretch of the Two Harbors Expressway. The station is inviting you to help out. The highway pick-up will happen on Saturday, June 11, 2022, from 10 am until done. We will meet at the intersection of the Ryan Road (St Louis Co #50) and the Hwy 61 Expressway, where there is a historical marker parking lot. Safety vests and collection bags will be provided. For more information, contact Paul Hanson at: paulhansonktwh@gmail.com. Hope to see you there.
