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Lakes Jam’s Eryk Happajoki on January 23rd Community Connection

Lakes Jam Director of Partnership Eryk Haapajoki talks what is instore for the 10th anniversary of Lakes Jam, the lineups for Rock and Country Night, other fun and festivities, tickets, and much more:


January 23, 2023 0

Aitkin Area Chamber of Commerce on January 23rd Community Connection

Aitkin Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Taylor Erickson chatted about the upcoming 2nd annual Winter Wonderama on Saturday, February 11th and looking ahead to a few events this spring:


January 23, 2023 0

Wake The Lakes “Lifehack for the Week”:  Just Plain Amazing Hacks

–For cat owners: Wood pellets instead of cat litter. Around $7 for 40 lb bags. The pellets dissolve into sawdust after getting wet. There is no odor. Cleanup is easy and you’ll save money this way. –Unrolling aluminum foil way easier:  Every box of foil has these handy roll-locks –To sew a button, scotch tape…
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January 23, 2023 0

Brainerd Lakes Area Representative of District 6B, Josh Heintzeman 1-20-23

Representative Josh Heintzeman of Nisswa joins us to give us the latest of what’s being focused on in the Minnesota Legislature.


January 20, 2023 0

Aitkin County Soil and Water Conservation District on January 20th Community Connection

Aitkin County Soil and Water Conservation District Forester Kyle Frederickson, and new Tech Veronica Lundquist, talked about upcoming plans for forest stewardships, the River and Lakes Fair in June, and the on-going Native Plants and Trees Sales:


January 20, 2023 0

Brainerd Public Schools – BPS 150: THE EXHIBITION 1-19-23

John Erickson, Brainerd Public Schools Archivist/Curator, joins us to celebrate 150 years of delivering educational public services to the people of Brainerd and beyond by Brainerd Public Schools. BPS 150: THE EXHIBITION for Phase I takes place the following Saturdays at 1:00 pm: January 21 and 28, February 11 and 25, and March 4, and…
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January 19, 2023 0

Wake the Lakes: “DIMWIT-ZZZZ-DUMB for the Day”

–The meaning of life… is in the dictionary. –The fact that bodies decompose and rot after they die just shows how much our bodies do to keep us alive from contaminates. –The word “Fat” looks like someone just took a bite out of the first letter of the word “Eat.” –Old TV static was a…
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January 19, 2023 0

Weird and Wacky Wednesday: “UK family defies local government, lives in middle of roundabout”

Round and round … A family in the U.K. lives in one of the most unique houses in the world and has gotten a lot of attention, mostly for their decades of defiance against the local government. David John and Eirian Howatson moved into their house in 1960, when it seemed like a normal, typical…
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January 18, 2023 0

Weird and Wacky Wednesday: “HUSBAND BRINGS LATE WIFE BACK TO LIFE (Well, not really…)”

A man in India recently lost his wife of 39 years, but she’ll always be with him — because he’s fulfilled her dying wish of creating a life-sized statue of her so they could be together forever. Tapas Sandilya lost his wife to COVID in 2021. While she was in the hospital, she asked that…
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January 18, 2023 0