Local Radio
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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.
A 13 year old boy has been burned after an explosion while putting gas into an ATV. It happened Sunday, May 21st at a gas station in Plummer. Red Lake County Sheriff Mitch Bernstein says the boy was taken to Sanford in Thief River Falls and then flown to the Hennepin County Burn Center. Bernstein…
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ADA, MN – Benedictine Living Community in Ada has a pet therapy program. Katrina Prestegord with Benedictine says there have been quite a few different animals coming to the Living Community. Prestegord explains the health benefits of having pets. Prestegord says that the Living Community is hoping to get their own pet for the facility…
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Last week, the White Earth Bank of Chippewa received a $500,000 grant from the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program. White Earth District Two Representative Eugene Sommers says the tribe was actually hoping for a larger grant. Sommers was asked what will happen with the tribe getting less money than hoped for. Sommers says the White Earth…
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