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Brainerd Community Action and the “23rd Annual Downtown Brainerd St. Patrick’s Day Celebration”

Mayor Dave Badeaux of Brainerd and event planner with the “Shamrock Fun Crew,” Jenifer Williams, give us more information about Brainerd Community Action and the “23rd Annual Downtown Brainerd St. Patrick’s Day Celebration and Parade” coming up Saturday, March 11, 2023.


March 7, 2023 0

Seven County Senior Federation on March 7th Community Connection

Seven County Senior Federation Executive Director Lisa Krahn spoke about the busy time of year with Tax Services and Medicare Changes, while also previewing upcoming events including her next visit to Shamrock Town Hall in the month of May:


March 7, 2023 0

Wake The Lakes Moron Lawbreaker for the Week:  “Drug dealing Ice Cream Truck pulled over for expired tags, no brake lights”

(Slidell, LA)  — A Louisiana woman is under arrest for allegedly selling drugs out of her ice cream truck.  The cops in suburban New Orleans pulled over the converted school bus this week for expired tags and no brake lights. Inside, they found melted ice cream in the freezer and a huge stash of meth. …
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March 7, 2023 0

Essentia Health and the “All of Us Research Program” 3-6-23

Krystal Klicka, Research Specialist at Essentia Health, describes the mission of the “All of Us Research Program” which is to accelerate health research and medical breakthroughs, enabling individualized prevention, treatment and care for all of us.


March 6, 2023 0

Wake The Lakes Life Hack for the Week:  “Home Improvement Hacks You’ll Wish You Knew Sooner”

–Don’t throw out your old work gloves. Cut the fingers off and you’ll find lots of uses for them. Use them to protect the tips of chisels when you need to carry them. They’re also good for softening the grip of pliers and many other applications. –Make a Squeegee From a Rake.  Need a squeegee…
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March 6, 2023 0

Brainerd Lakes Area Representative of District 6B, Josh Heintzeman

Brainerd Lakes Area Representative of District 6B, Josh Heintzeman, updates the Wake the Lakes Morning Show listeners on what’s happening in our Minnesota Legislature.


March 3, 2023 0

Crosby-Ironton Schools update on March 3rd Community Connection

Crosby-Ironton Schools Superintendent D. Jamie Skjeveland returned with an update on the troubling topic of Snow Days, the next round of construction coming this Summer, and keeping close tabs on the District’s Budget:


March 3, 2023 0

The Ripple Center on the March 2nd Community Connection

Christine Bright of the Ripple Center in Aitkin informed us of the upcoming shows at the downtown music venue for the Month of March and we were joined by Bob from Midnight River Choir gave us some background of their group ahead of their show on March 15th:


March 2, 2023 0

Wake The Lakes Dimwit-ZZZZ-Dumb for the Day

–There’s a massive difference between eating ramen noodles because you want to and eating them because you have to. –There are 1.2 billion cars on the road right now. One of our biggest goals is to keep them from touching. –The speed limit is the maximum speed you can go by the law and also…
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March 2, 2023 0