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Wake the Lakes Lifehack for the Week: Five Hand Tools It’s OK to Buy Cheap

Tools can be extremely expensive, and it’s easy to assume that spending more will get you higher-quality tools. While that’s often true, the fact is you don’t always need a tool of higher quality. –Pliers: Unless you work regularly on projects that require great precision, just about any pair of slip-joint pliers will do the…
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July 24, 2023 0

Food for Thought – Randy Bruer (Win-E-Mac School District)

Listen back to the latest installment of Food for Thought with Win-E-Mac Superintendent Randy Bruer from Friday, July 21 2023.


July 21, 2023 0

Brainerd Lakes Area Representative of District 6B, Josh Heintzeman 7-21-23

Josh Heintzeman, Brainerd Lakes Area Representative of District 6B, joins us to talk about “the new quarters of commerce dollars” being appropriated for the future 371/210 overpass being planned in Baxter. We also chat about local education funding and more.


July 21, 2023 0

Wake the Lakes “DIMWIT-ZZZ-DUM” for the Week” 7-20-23

–If there are capital letters, why aren’t there capital numbers? I want to be able to yell statistics at people.–Adding ice cream to your shopping cart immediately starts a timer on your shopping trip.–Calling yourself an AI artist is almost exactly the same as calling yourself a cook for heating ready-made meals in a microwave.–Hard…
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July 20, 2023 0

Business Matters – Ada Building Center LLC

Listen back to the Business Matters program with Ada Building Center LLC owners Josh and Carri Visser from Wednesday, July 19 2023.


July 20, 2023 0

Wake the Lakes “Weird and Wacky Wednesday” 7-19-23

When FBI agents arrived at James Nott’s Kentucky apartment with a search warrant on Tuesday, July 11th, they asked if anyone else was home. “Only my dead friends,” Nott replied. That’s according to the FBI, who in a criminal complaint detailed 40 human skulls and other remains they found decorating Nott’s home, tying him to…
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July 19, 2023 0

Food for Thought – Todd Selk (Fosston School District)

Listen back to the KKCQ Food for Thought program with Fosston Superintendent Todd Selk from Wednesday, July 19 2023.


July 19, 2023 0

Wake the Lakes “Moron Lawbreaker for the Week” 7-18-23

A California man is going to prison for running a cow dung-to-green energy scheme that authorities say was a load of manure.  Ray Brewer, 66, of Porterville was sentenced recently to six years and nine months in federal prison in a years-long scam that bilked investors out of $8.75 million, according to a statement from…
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July 18, 2023 0

Brainerd Lakes Chamber 7-18-23

Sue Galligan, Events and Connections Manager at Brainerd Lakes Chamber, previews upcoming Chamber events including Bean Hole Days, Business After Hours and the Golf Classic.


July 18, 2023 0