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Today’s 7 AM Pledge shout -out to Former Presidential hopeful, and now Retired U.S. Representative from Texas, Ron Paul. He is also a Physician and from 1963 to 1968 He was a flight surgeon in the U.S. Air Force. Happy 85th Birthday to Ron Paul.
Posing with his prized pig, Snowball, Jacob Simmons is this week’s Blue Ribbon prize winner for KQ98’s Fair on the Air. Jacob is a Holmen native who now has $50 extra cash to spend at next year’s fair thanks to Morgan’s Jewelers in Winona. He also qualifies for the grand prize of a $200 gift […]
August 18th, 2002, Operation ” Mountain Sweep” began in Afghanistan. It was spearheaded by The 82nd Airborne Division. Our 7 am shout to Members past and present of the 82nd. That group includes, Actor Dennis Franz, R & B singer Lou Rawls and Country’s own Craig Morgan. SA-LUTE !
It was not what Houston County 4-H anticipated when preparing to celebrate its centennial in 2020, but University of Minnesota Extension, volunteers, and families came together to organize a 4-H Showcase for youth. The show will run Aug. 15-21 with a schedule that spaces out species throughout the week. Animals will go home the same day they […]
She was born August 13th, 1933. The oldest of 8 kids on a sharecroppers farm in Arkansas. Joycelyn Elders retired Surgeon General of The United States. She enlisted in the US Army in 1953. She spent time with the VA in Milwaukee and at The University of Minnesota. Happy Birthday !
After circling the virtual show ring, Samantha Bork is a Blue Ribbon prize winner for KQ98’s first-ever Fair on the Air. Samantha loves spending time with her ducks and chickens, which is pretty obvious from the sweet photo she submitted! Samantha just finished 7th grade at Cochrane-Fountain City School District. She’s been part of the […]
August 10th, 1944 marked the end of the 2nd Battle of Guam. 3000 Americans were killed there, 7,122 were wounded. Okay so Your day at the office will not be quite so bad, even for a Monday. Shout out to Those 3000.
She’s currently working to bring the sights and sounds of agriculture to people of all backgrounds, but 73rd Alice in Dairyland Julia Nunes now details how we can get a taste of Wisconsin with State Fair Necessities. “People can get that taste of summer that they’ve been craving,” Nunes said. “They’ve been doing State Fair […]
Happy Birthday to Basketball hall of Famer David Robinson, 55 today. He did not play basketball until he was a Senior in high school. After that He went to the U.S. NAVAL Academy to be an Engineer. He grew to 7′ 1″ and got a job in San Antonio. Anchors Aweigh !
Son, Brother, Soldier,Husband, Father, Grandfather, Happy Birthday to My Brother Mike. U.S. Army Veteran, 25th Infantry. Same outfit as George Strait, Oliver Stone, Kenny Stumpf, Track Palin and the late Jim Hammell. Mike earned 2 Purple Hearts in Vietnam before He was 22. I think of that sometimes when I hear Young people complain. Happy […]
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