Wake the Lakes “Life Hack for the Week” 8-21-23
The Secret to the Best Air Fryer Steak Bites:These recommendations are for a typical 8oz sirloin steak. Don’t cut the steak bites too small. I know they’re steak bites, but don’t cut them into actual single bite sizes. Cut the steak into something of a two-bite size—that’s about an inch and a half, or two-inch…
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Brainerd Lakes Area Representative District 6B – Josh Heintzeman 8-18-23
Brainerd Lakes Area Representative of District 6B, Josh Heintzeman, talks about the consequences of the new Democratic law impacting school resource officers; the fact that 18 conservation officers are being assigned to work perimeter security at this years MN State Fair; demon-summoning activities at the Walker Art Center with funding from the Arts and Cultural…
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Brainerd Public Schools Archives – Distinguished Achievement Hall of Fame
John Erickson, BPS Archivist/Curator and Alex Kuhn, committee member of the Distinguished Achievement Hall of Fame ceremony coming up, tell use about this years inductees. We also talk about “The Curt Hansen Memorial Homecoming Concert, Coming Home: How Can I Keep from Singing?” scheduled on September 30, 2023 at 7pm, at the Gichi-ziibi Center for…
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Wake the Lakes “DIMWIT-ZZZ-DUM” 8-17-23
–Boring news is a great indicator of a healthy society.–Cold coffee and warm beer are the same temperature.–The bigger someone’s favorite number gets, the weirder it is.–You can lie about a dream and everyone will believe you.–Theme parks are the only place that when you hear people scream you know that everything’s alright.–Kids who wouldn’t…
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Wake the Lakes “Weird and Wacky Wednesday”
Say goodbye to exhausting commutes and arriving sweaty to work. At least, that’s the deal for the lucky cyclist commuters of Trondheim, Norway, who get to ride a bike escalator up one of the town’s massive hills. Norway’s CycloCable jets bikers up an 18% incline at almost five feet per second. For reference: One of…
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Wake the Lakes “Moron Lawbreaker of the Week” 8-15-23
Canadians have a reputation for being very nice people, so much so that even their criminals are nice. The owner of a bakery in Vancouver arrived at the shop in the morning to find that someone had broken in through the front door. She reviewed the surveillance footage and saw a man kick through the…
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17th Annual Lakes Bluegrass Festival 2023
Tim and Cindy Roggenkamp give us a preview of their 17th Annual Lakes Bluegrass Festival near Pine River, MN August 23-27, 2023.
WAVE Young Professionals Network 8-15-23
Kendra Johnson, Project Manager and Chair, Paul Augustinak debut a new Brainerd Lakes Area Chamber program for those under age 40 called the WAVE Young Professionals Network.
Business Matters – Crystal Stene (Norsk Coffeehouse)
Listen back to the Business Matters program with Crystal Stene of Norsk Coffeehouse from Wednesday, August 9 2023.