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Crosby City Administrator Matthew Hill on October 17th Community Connection

Crosby City Administrator Matthew Hill discussed preparations for the November Midterm Election, an update on the 1st Street Project, a Cuyuna Christmas, and activity at the Hallett Community Center:


October 17, 2022 0

Monday Life Hack of the Week: Family Handyperson Life Hacks You’ll Wish You Had Known Sooner

–If you need to fill up a bucket that won’t fit under your sink’s faucet, bust out a pool noodle. Set the bucket on the floor, slip the pool noodle over the faucet and run it down to the bucket. –Keep Seeds Fresh:  If you don’t use up all of your seed packets, store them…
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October 17, 2022 0

Local Veterans on October 14th Community Connection

Local Veterans Carroll Janzen and Tom Philstrom chat with John Thomas from “Wreaths for the Fallen” and give updates on upcoming local VFW and American Legion events:


October 14, 2022 0

District 10B State Representative Dale Lueck on October 14th Community Connection

District 10B State Representative Dale Lueck gave us an update on recent news and observations with the Talon Metals Mining project in Tamarack:


October 14, 2022 0

Northland Arboretum and their 2022 Haunted Trail

Candice Zimmermann, Executive Director of Northland Arboretum, joined the Wake the Lakes Morning Show to talk about the “Arb” and their Haunted Trail (3 trails with 3 different levels of SCARE!), as well as why the Northland Arboretum is such a beautiful place to visit no matter what the season.


October 13, 2022 0

CRMC “Kaleidoscope” Cancer Fundraiser on October 13th Community Connection

Cuyuna Regional Medical Center Charitable Fund Coordinator Jennifer Podsiadly and Oncology Care Coordinator Dustine Parks talk about the “Kaledioscope” Cancer Patient Fundraiser event on October 27th at the Ironton American Legion:


October 13, 2022 0

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

–The temperature that encourages us to wear a jacket in the fall is also the temperature that encourages us to stop wearing them in the spring. –Runners spend a lot of time running just to run for the shortest amount of time possible. –50% of Canada is the letter ‘a’ –If “womb” is pronounced “woom”…
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October 13, 2022 0

Jaques Art Center on October 12th Community Connection

Barden Heft of the Jaques Art Center talked about a great turnout for the annual Harvest Dinner, the current running show “Color Fades to Black and White”, and a preview for the annual Christmas Mart Show next month:


October 12, 2022 0

Weird and Wacky Wednesday: “Krazy Man Flies for Krispy Kreme”

A Massachusetts man recently went to great lengths, and heights, to satisfy a food craving. The man, named Chase, is a huge Krispy Kreme fan, and he decided he needed to chase down a few dozen glazed doughnuts. He did a quick search online to find the nearest location and was disappointed to see that…
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October 12, 2022 0

Weird and Wacky Wednesday: “Don’t Mess With Texas…hot sauce”

A California man wants the makers of Texas Pete hot sauce to cough up millions of dollars — because their product isn’t from Texas at all. Phillip White bought a bottle of the spicy stuff in September of last year, and says he was shocked to find that it was made in North Carolina, which…
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October 12, 2022 0