Tag: Wake The Lakes Morning Show

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

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

Riverwood Healthcare’s Dr. David Taylor on January 17th Community Connection

Riverwood Healthcare Chief Medical Officer Dr. David Taylor gave an update on the current Seasonal Illness outlook with RSV, Influenza, and COVID-19, A Seasonal Illness Virtual Seminar on January 25th, and how to best treat and prevent the illnesses:


January 17, 2023 0

Wake The Lakes Lifehack for the Week:  “Life Hacks Every Human Should Know”

–WRAP CELERY, BROCCOLI, AND LETTUCE IN TIN FOIL BEFORE STORING IN THE FRIDGE.  It’ll stay crisp for 4 weeks or more. –IF YOUR MILK IS ABOUT TO EXPIRE, USE IT TO MAKE MILK AND COOKIE CUBES WITH YOUR ICE TRAYS. Pour your morning coffee over them for a heavenly caffeine cocktail that even those national…
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January 16, 2023 0

House District 7A Representative Spencer Igo on January 13th Community Connection

District 7A Representative Spencer Igo joined the show to give an update on a fast moving first two weeks of the Legislative Session in St Paul, what priorities he has for the Session, how he’s connecting with returning and first-time legislators, and his work with the District covers 3 separate Counties in NE Minnesota:


January 13, 2023 0

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

–Ouija Boards say “Ages 8+.”  So, you have to be 21 to drink, but can summon the dead at age 8. –When you buy a bigger bed, you have more bed…room, but less bedroom. –The trees cut down to make Jenga Blocks are repeatedly forced to relive their own death. –The only thing separating you…
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January 12, 2023 0