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5/14 MN Reads: "Stassen Again" by Steve Werle

Minnesota author (and former Duluthian) Steve Werle talks about the desk that moved him to investigate the life of former Minnesota Governor  Harold Stassen.

And what he found was a man much more complex - and admirable - than the caricature "tilting at voting booths in an unending quest to capture the presidency or newspaper headlines."

Published byMinnesota Historical Society Press.

"I know I've had an impact, that some things I've done have really counted for world peace, for the passion of the individual. I sometimes wish people would ask not how many times I've run a political campaign but how many times I've been right on the issues." ~ Harold Stassen

Lisa Johnson started her broadcast career anchoring the television news at her high school and spinning country music at KWWK/KOLM Radio in Rochester, Minnesota. She was a reporter and news anchor at KTHI in Fargo, ND (not to mention the host of a children's program called "Lisa's Lane") and a radio reporter and anchor in Moorhead, Bismarck, Wahpeton and Fergus Falls.Since 1991, she has hosted Northland Morning on KUMD. One of the best parts of her job includes "paying it forward" by mentoring upcoming journalists and broadcasters on the student news team that helps produce Northland Morning. She also loves introducing the different people she meets in her job to one another, helping to forge new "community connections" and partnerships.Lisa has amassed a book collection weighing over two tons, and she enjoys reading, photography, volunteering with Animal Allies Humane Society and fantasizing about farmland. She goes to bed at 8pm, long before her daughter, two cats, or three dogs.