Peter Leschak
8 Collection Items
- Peshtigo - A tornado of fire revisited
Mainstreet Radio's Stephanie Hemphill reports on The Peshtigo Fire, which wiped out the booming mill town of Peshtigo Wisconsin, just north of Green Bay. About two thousand people died.
- Voices from the Heartland - "Black Ice" by Peter Leschak
- Rural Firefight - Volunteer departments dwindle
Mainstreet Radio’s Leif Enger reports of an emerging safety issue in rural Minnesota…a lack of firefighters. Even as demands for fire protection rise, the number of volunteers is shrinking; in many communities there are barely enough firefighters to answer a call for help.
- Side Lake Author Peter Leschak on Different Fun in the Country / Odd Jobs - Minneapolis Ice Rink Maker / BBC's David Loyn on India's Asian Elephant Under Threat / Minneapolis Planning Director Paul Farmer on the Malling of America
- "Side Lake" Author Peter Leschak on Different Fun in the Country
If you're a city dweller whose been thinking of giving up on urban life and moving out to the country, "Side Lake" author Peter Leschak cautions you to think twice. The ways people entertain themselves in the country may not be what you're used to.
- Peter Leschak talks about his book "Seeing the Raven"
Northern Minnesota nature writer and firefighter Peter Leschak talks about his book, Seeing the Raven: A Narrative of Renewal. Leschak also reads from book and discusses environment aspects of the woods.
- Voices from the Heartland: Peter Leschak reads from "Hellroaring: The Life and Times of a Fire Bum"
On this installment of Voices from the Heartland, Minnesota author Peter Leschak reads from Hellroaring: The Life and Times of a Fire Bum, a book that tells of Leschak’s adventures as a DNR and US Forest Service wildland firefighter.
- Mainstreet Radio - Mining the Future, part 2
A Mainstreet Radio special broadcast from City Hall in Nashwauk, Minnesota. Program highlights the history, current state, and future of mining in the Iron Range. In this second hour of program, MPR’s Catherine Winter and Martin Kaste present reports from MPR’s Rachel Reabe and Mark Steil. Following reports, a panel discussion with Doug Schrader, president of the Iron Mining Association of Minnesota; and Bob Roots, lobbyist for United Steel Workers, about mining jobs and future industry.
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