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The 2024 Decorah Rocks Hungry Hungry Heroes Pancake Breakfast and Hometown Heroes Hike happens on June 15th starting at 8AM. All proceeds form this fundraiser benefit the Winneshiek County emergency responders services. These are the people that come to help at a moments notice to protect us, fight fires, and provide emergency medical assistance. They […]
Johnathan and Amy Eckelberg started the Chloe Kay Ekelberg Memorial Scholarship in honor of their daughter. This scholarship goes to kids that are actively involved at the LaCrosse Speedway and looking to further their education. We spoke with Brynn Burr and Taylor Baker who were two of the 2024 recipients.
The old saying of “right place, right time” is warranted in this situation. Evan Scheck, originally from Houston, MN is a teacher and coach in Spencer Iowa. Last week while coaching tennis his players heard kids possibly yelling for help that was confirmed by an older couple walking by. Evan ran to the kids and […]
We’ve all seen the bar that has a softball field or sand volleyball courts outside to enhance their business and bring in clientele. Features in West Salem built an indoor facility with multi use courts and a bar so teams and families could enjoy and have a full experience. They also saw it as a […]
Tina Bechtel took a break from being the KQ98 Country Kahuna to tell us about her year. Tina came to the Time Out Tavern in LaCrescent and qualified and eventually won the big prize. She got tickets to everything we could get out hands on like Country Boom, Ashley For The Arts, The LaCrosse Speedway, […]
Tony got the chance to interview Abby Blake about her shot at fame on American Idol this season. Abby is from Caledonia originally and is currently living and performing in Nashville.
Ashley Hagenow is the reigning Alice In Dairyland and she goes around as an advocate for dairy products in Wisconsin. We love to have her stop in and talk about the dairy industry and the products that they are highlighting. We also love it when she brings those products to sample!
It’s cool to be able to talk to an artist as they are ascending in the music world. Brett Westgrove is from Wausau, Wisconsin but resides in Nashville. He’ll be hitting the stage at Riverfest this year on July 5th as a headliner. He came in to talk about his career, the upcoming show, and […]
Polar Plunge has been going on in LaCrosse for 26 years. That’s the longest in the state of Wisconsin! Every year folks brave the jump – or in the case here run into the frigid waters in a show of support and fundraising for Special Olympics. There are a few ways to help this year […]
I interviewed Hurricanes Head Girls Basketball Coach Dale Moga and some of his players as they get set to play a game, but also help their community. With their Canes Care Cancer Awareness Fundraiser they will be auctioning off several items including a Caitlin Clark jersey. There will also be donation buckets and bake sale […]
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