Magnetic North

Series produced by WTIP

Caption: Vicki Biggs-Anderson
Vicki Biggs-Anderson 

Vicki lives with her husband, Paul, on a nearly 100-year-old homestead in Colvill, just North of Grand Marais, Minnesota. She shares this special place with six goats, one guard llama, about two dozen laying hens, a few difficult geese and ducks, seven angora rabbits, a house cat and one yellow Lab. In this series, Vicki shares her experiences and adventures in this magnetic place.

Magnetic North produces 3-5 minute features. The features are focused on life on the North Shore of Lake Superior, but also have a wider appeal.


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Vicki Biggs-Anderson is a volunteer producer at WTIP North Shore Community Radio. Each week, Vicki shares a bit about her life and the lessons she ...

  • Added: May 18, 2018
  • Length: 07:13
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Vicki Biggs-Anderson is a volunteer producer at WTIP North Shore Community Radio. Each week, Vicki shares a bit about her life and the lessons she...

  • Added: May 18, 2018
  • Length: 05:01
Caption: Monarch Butterfly, Credit: Wplynn on Flickr
Milkweed is a favorite food of Monarch butterflies...whose fragile existence in part may depend on finding this plant. In this edition of Magnetic ...

  • Added: Jun 15, 2015
  • Length: 05:37
Caption: Canada Goose, Credit: Davide Simonetti on Flickr
Spring rains bring many sights and sounds that have been missing for the past seven months, along with a few less-welcome hallmarks of the changing...

  • Added: May 21, 2015
  • Length: 05:45
Caption: Colin, the Cochin Frizzle Banty
Late winter often hangs on well into spring. In this edition of Magnetic North, from WTIP North Shore Community Radio, Vicki reminds us that butter...

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  • Added: Feb 17, 2015
  • Length: 08:04
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The relentless winter is nearly at an end. In this edition of Magnetic North, from WTIP North Shore Community Radio, Vicki explores the annual cycl...

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  • Added: Jan 13, 2015
  • Length: 08:18
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Caption: Peaches, the elderly housebunny, Credit: Vicki Biggs-Anderson
Fond memories can arise from frustrating experiences. In this edition of Magnetic North, from WTIP North Shore Community Radio, Vicki talks about t...

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  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 06:08
  • Purchases: 1
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Indications from several sources predict a mild winter. In this edition of Magnetic North, from WTIP North Shore Community Radio, Vicki explores th...

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  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 06:54
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Caption: Vicki's Crane
Welcome back to Magnetic North where winged critters, both wondrous and wicked now trump the weather for the number one topic of conversation in th...

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  • Added: Jun 18, 2014
  • Length: 07:28
  • Purchases: 1
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Welcome back to Magnetic North, where Mother Nature showed her "Mommy Dearest" face to us through the holidays and beyond. It came to be called the...

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  • Added: Jan 22, 2014
  • Length: 09:04
  • Purchases: 1
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Life on this Northern Minnesota hobby farm gets tough as winter arrives in full force!

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  • Added: Dec 11, 2013
  • Length: 07:02
  • Purchases: 1
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WTIP North Shore Community Radio commentator Vicki Biggs-Anderson talks about the beauty of harvesting seeds and other preparations at the onset of...

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  • Added: Dec 04, 2013
  • Length: 06:11
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This past winter, while most folks in the country were poring over seed catalogs, Vicki was busy taking a care of a problem on her homestead. A duc...

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  • Added: Oct 29, 2013
  • Length: 06:15
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Caption: Wooly Bear Caterpillar, Credit: iwona_kellie on Flickr
This year’s winter is gearing up to be a fierce one. But Vicki is ready. In this edition of Magnetic North, Vicki describes predicting the severity...

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  • Added: Sep 06, 2013
  • Length: 07:26
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In this edition of Magnetic North, Vicki reflects on her hobby of rock-picking on the beach near her house in northeastern Minnesota. While searchi...

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  • Added: Jul 02, 2013
  • Length: 07:02
  • Purchases: 1