November 6, 1997 - Midday features a Mainstreet Radio special about deer hunting, broadcast from Bemidji. A huge number of Minnesotans participate in this annual event. In the first hour of program, host Rachel Reabe talks with guests Jim Bryant, regional wildlife supervisor with Minnesota DNR; and Joe Wood, executive director of the MN Deer Association about the hunting regulations, management of season, and environmental impacts. Program closes with James Baden, editor of Mille Lacs Messenger, providing a commentary from the non-hunter perspective.
October 4, 1996 - If you are racing on your way TO or FROM work, careening through a list of errands, conversing on your cell phone, commentator Jim Baden has a few words for you. Baden, publisher of the Mille Lacs Messenger newspaper says it's important to remember, there are still places in Minnesota where cell phones and fax machines are - well, unusual.
June 20, 1996 - When you listen to news reports on the radio or television, or read the local paper, what do you expect? What IS the news of the day? Jim Baden, editor of the Mille Lacs Messenger, thinks the news he puts on the front page of the Messenger IS different from other places - further more, he thinks it SHOULD be.