Brian Cabell talks to a fascinating personality, Dan Perkins. He owns a roofing business but, more important, he founded the Partridge Creek Farm, an educational farming organization that's taking revolutionary steps to grow crops in Ishpeming, teach young people how to farm, and create jobs for a community that sorely ... Continue Reading
STRAIGHTtalk with Walt Lindala
STRAIGHTtalk with Walt Lindala of the Walt and Mike Show on Sunny FM. He’s a lifelong Yooper who loves news, loves the Blues, and loves his community. He talks about that, and also tells Brian how he proposed to his wife. BC: When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? WL: I’ve had an affinity for ... Continue Reading
STRAIGHTtalk: Frida Waara
This month, Brian Cabell probes the mind of realtor-writer-adventurer Frida Waara, and finds out what makes this ever-enthusiastic, winter-loving woman tick. BC: You were raised in Wixom in the Lower Peninsula. Was it a happy childhood? FW: Oh, tremendous. I was outside all the time. I lived near a lake with plenty of ... Continue Reading
STRAIGHTtalk: Kathleen Heideman
Brian Cabell interviews poet and painter Kathleen Heideman, who’s also the president of Save the Wild UP, and the daughter-in-law of Fred and June Rydholm. Kathleen explains how a Wisconsin farm girl ended up in Antarctica for two months and now finds herself enchanted by the Yellow Dog Plains. BC: What were you like as ... Continue Reading
STRAIGHTtalk: Karl Bohnak
Marquette, MI – Brian Cabell sits down with the UP’s favorite meteorologist, Karl Bohnak, for a candid conversation about females, politics, TV news and climate change. BC: How would you describe yourself as a boy? Curious? Adventurous? Mischievous? KB: I would say I was the curious type and occasionally I was ... Continue Reading