“Wake the Lakes” DIMWIT-ZZZZ-DUMB for the Day”
–Earth is like someone who knows exactly where to stand next to a bonfire. –The Swiss must have been pretty confident in their chances of victory if they included a wine bottle corkscrew on their army knife. –It kinda makes sense that the target audience for fidget spinners lost interest in them so quickly. –The…
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DNR Conservation Officer Reports – District 10 (Mille Lacs area)
District 10 – Mille Lacs area Last updated: 2022-09-19 CO Gregory Verkuilen (Garrison) checked lake activity and found boats and docks were starting to come out for the season. As more hunting seasons opened up, questions came in about land use and legal hunting ages. Verkuilen also attended some training and followed up on complaints. CO…
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Weird and Wacky Wednesday: “Man walks into DQ with gun to give political rant”
A Pennsylvania man is facing multiple felony charges after he walked into a Dairy Queen with a handgun and said he wanted to restore Donald Trump as president. Usually people go to Dairy Queen and just order a Blizzard, but 61-year-old Jan Stawovy had a much more unattainable request. It was also clear that he…
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Weird and Wacky Wednesday: “Minnesota Twins win domain name battle from Miller Twins”
The Minnesota Twins finally own Twins.com after 25 years of battling with twin brothers Durland and Darvin Miller. The Millers registered the domain name in 1995, three years before the league claimed MajorLeagueBaseball.com and five years before the league registered MLB.com. MLB and the Millers have had legal tussles over the domain name for years,…
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FDA Warns Not To Try TikTok NyQuil Chicken Recipe
(Washington, DC) — The FDA is warning TikTok users not to try a recipe that has gone viral. The feds say NyQuil-marinated chicken, or “Sleepy chicken” as it’s called, is dangerous and potentially deadly. The FDA says cooking the medicine makes it more powerful and can change its properties. They add that inhaling the vapors…
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2022 Crosslake Days
Cindy Myogeto, Crosslake Chamber Director and Christen Peterson, Marketing Manager with Tremolo Communications (Platinum Sponsor of Crosslake Days) joined the Wake the Lakes Morning Show to tell us about all the great family fun and popular Chili Cookoff happening September 22-24, 2022.
Brad Miller from Cuyuna Lakes Pickleball Association on September 20th Community Connection
Brad Miller from the Cuyuna Lakes Pickleball Association talks about the new Ironton Pickleball Courts and a Beginners Clinic coming up on September 22nd, which is free to attend:
Wake the Lakes Moron Lawbreaker for the Week: “Man Set Fire to 14 Cars Over Pressure to Have Kids”
A man in China was charged with multiple counts of car arson. The 31-year-old suspect torched 14 parked vehicles. He told authorities he started his car arson spree because family members had been criticizing him for not conceiving a child despite his years of marriage. He told authorities he was riding a bike on his…
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