# Up North Lookback 1976: Man pulls gun on firefighter; Drought causes $600M in farm losses

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Podcast: [Up North Report](https://stenobird.com/podcast/up-north-report-6615964)
Published: 2026-05-25T14:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.kaxe.org/upnorthreport/2026-05-25/up-north-lookback-1976-man-pulls-gun-firefighter-600m-farm-losses
Audio file: https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s14/audio/2026/05/unlb-052526.mp3
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Duration seconds: 300

## Resource

This is the Up North Lookback, where we’re digging into the local news archives from 50 years ago — the year KAXE was born. It’s the week of May 25.

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