Local Radio
–The generation that created the internet, smartphones, and tablets all played outside as children!–It would be really weird if emotional drama’s had “cry tracks” similar to sitcoms with laugh tracks.–Why are there two ways of abbreviating “it is not.”?? (It’s not AND It isn’t)–If your dog had social media, it would be consistently filled with…
Read more
As we wrap up the 2023-24 school year, the Mahnomen 5th graders got a chance to head to the river earlier this week to launch canoes. Aimee Pederson with the Mahnomen School talks about the project. Friday is the last day of school at Mahnomen. Aimee Pederson says the end of the school year doesn’t…
Read more
As we approach Memorial Day, the flags will be coming out in the Hillsboro Community, thanks to the Stars and Stripes Project. Paul Geray says this project has grown in the past four years. Geray says the idea for the project came about after a trip to Idaho. The Stars and Stripes Project puts up…
Read more
FOSSTON, MN – With the end of the school year upon us, another class of seniors are making the next step in their lives, graduating from high school. KKCQ and Jacobson Body Shop in Solway teamed up for the Senior Send-off promotion, where local businesses sponsored prizes for local seniors drawn on the radio through…
Read more
Here’s a sign that maybe — just maybe — we’ve taken recycling a bit too far. Engineers in Japan built a single-story house using recycled dirty diapers as part of the concrete. Now before you start to think that the walls could bleed baby poop, that offending material was removed by the engineers by tearing…
Read more
This past Monday night, the Hawley School Board began discussing its Fiscal Year 2024 budget. Superintendent Phil Jenson says things are going well, so far.
A Colorado driver, who was pulled over for speeding, tried to pull a fast one on the police by switching places with his dog in the car to avoid being arrested. The officer who pulled him over noticed the driver moving around inside the car and then getting out from the passenger side. He told…
Read more
The Northern Exposure to Lifelong Learning program is happy to present Brian and Kathy Brandt with their next weekly program. Brian and Kathy are the owners of Sally BBQ in Marshall, Minnesota and will share their professional BBQ Competition journey from novice grillers to grand champion pit master’s to small business owners. The Brandt’s will…
Read more
Mark Persons, Webmaster and Chaplain at the Brainerd VFW, and Mike Williams, former Navy corpsman and currently a Sergeant at Arms at the Brainerd VFW (as well as being a part of the Brainerd Honor Guard), speak about Memorial Day and the ceremonies scheduled for May 29, 2023. The 2nd Annual Brainerd VFW Freedom Festival…
Read more
Nancy Cross, President Elect of the Brainerd Lions, provides a little history about the organization and tells us about the many ways that the Brainerd Lions Club helps and supports the Brainerd Lakes Area.