Not as well known as the celebrities listed above, the entire 98.1 Minnesota's New Country staff are also Minnesota natives. I grew up in Fridley. Kelly was raised in Princeton. Ashli hails from the city of Saint Cloud, and Abbey grew up in Long Prairie. Listen to the Sunday morning ...
MINNEAPOLIS-- The 2023 Minnesota State Fair is only 43 days away, and with severalnew additions to this year's dining, you'll want to get a game plan in order. But fear not, WCCO has you covered. Below you'll find a guide for all the new vendors and where you ...
Minnesota may be known as the Land of 10,000 lakes, but we've also produced our share of well known celebrities too.
Map created by the CDC As a parent of 3 young kids few maps have resonated as much as the map above showing where people are getting less than 7 hours sleep a night, the amount the Center for Disease Control (CDC) considers enough. The map itself was from 2014, but I’ve managed ...
Benya Kraus, Co-Founder and Minnesota Executive Director at Lead For America, returned to rural Minnesota after graduating from Tuft University with a mission—to help other “Hometown Fellows” return to their communities while working to inspire indivi
The difference, of course, is that everything is virtual now. I can attend a book club in Minnesota, watch a live performance in New York City, participate in a Q & A in Colorado. Signing up to serve on committees and resource groups, in and outside work, requires no more of me th...
The only national park in Minnesota, Voyageurs is a system of lake waterways that requires a boat most of the year to see its vast beauty. Fishing in the waters of the Rainy Lake Basin yields some of the best walleye and bass populations in the country. The park is open year-round, bu...
Kalona, in Washington County, has long been Iowa's largest settlement and a favorite destination for visitors. With vast swaths of rural relatively inexpensive farmland, the state is appealing to the Amish. 👍 Why Do The Amish Like Iowa?
In her book,On the Banks of Plum Creek,Laura Ingalls Wilder recalls the creepy feeling of the huge grasshoppers clinging to her clothes, writhing and squishing beneath her bare feet and the sound of “millions of jaws biting and chewing” as they destroyed her family’s fields in Minnesota....
In her book,On the Banks of Plum Creek,Laura Ingalls Wilder recalls the creepy feeling of the huge grasshoppers clinging to her clothes, writhing and squishing beneath her bare feet and the sound of “millions of jaws biting and chewing” as they destroyed her family’s fields in Minnesota....