Tag: Wake The Lakes Morning Show

Jaques Art Center’s Barden Heft on December 14th Community Connection

Barden Heft of the Jaques Art Center joined the show to give us an update with the Christmas Marketplace, the upcoming All Jaques Show in the New Year, and looking at art classes in the future:


December 14, 2022 0

Weird and Wacky Wednesday: “TSA Agents find dog in travelers luggage at Madison, WI Airport”

TSA agents at Dane County Regional Airport in Madison, Wisconsin say a traveler put their small dog in their luggage and put it through the X-ray machine at security. They say the dog’s owner never told the TSA or the airline that they were traveling with a dog. Agents were shocked when the pup showed…
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December 14, 2022 0

Weird and Wacky Wednesday: “Lawmakers Introduce Bill To Ban TikTok In The U.S.”

(Washington, DC)  —  A bipartisan bill would ban the popular social media site TikTok from operating in the U.S.  The legislation introduced by Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio would prohibit social media companies under the influence of China, Russia or other foreign countries of concern.  TikTok is owned by Chinese parent company ByteDance and federal…
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December 14, 2022 0

Lakes Area United Way’s Jon Aga on December 13th Community Connection

Lakes Area United Way’s Jonathan Aga joined the show to discuss the latest with their end of year fundraising campaign, their numerous partner programs, grant opportunities and a new event coming in Spring 2023:


December 13, 2022 0

Wake The Lakes Lifehack for the Week: “A Hodgepodge of Lifehacks”

–How to determine if an egg is fresh:  Fill a bowl full of water–A very fresh egg will sink to the bottom and lay on its side.  Week old eggs will rest on the bottom, but the fat end of the egg will rise up slightly.  Three week old eggs will be balanced on the…
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December 12, 2022 0

Local Veterans join December 9th Community Connection

Carroll Janzen, Russ and Tom Philstrom give an update on the latest happening with local American Legions and VFW’s:


December 9, 2022 0

CRMC Social Worker Kim Olesen talks Tree of Love, Hospice Care

Cuyuna Regional Medical Center Social Worker Kim Olesen joined the show to talk about the 38th annual Tree of Love to honor loved ones and area hospice patients, how people can donate to the non-profit group, and what all goes into hospice care:


December 8, 2022 0

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

–You only technically have one birthday, the rest are just congratulations for surviving. (Hey, you’re STILL alive…way to go) –Being a truck driver for a company that transports eggs must be an extremely stressful job. –Eventually, when everyone’s car is fully autonomous, we are going to get charged money for our cars to get somewhere…
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December 8, 2022 0

Weird and Wacky Wednesday: “Florida Woman Sues Velveeta over ‘misleading’ Shells and Cheese”

A Florida woman has filed a pretty cheesy lawsuit against Velveeta, claiming that the brand lies on packages of its microwavable Shells & Cheese cups by suggesting it’s ready in only three-and-a-half minutes. Amanda Ramirez says she purchased the product because it says, “ready in three-and-half minutes,” but says it actually takes more time than…
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December 7, 2022 0

Weird and Wacky Wednesday: “Wisconsin Cat drags home Alligator Head”

A Wisconsin woman was shocked when her cat, Toast, left a severed alligator head on her front lawn. Wendy Wiesehuegel says at first she thought Toast, who is known to hunt and bring things back to the house, had dragged a fish out of a nearby lake. But when she walked over to get a…
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December 7, 2022 0