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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 !
Like everything else, the 2020 Billboard Music Awards were postponed due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The awards show was was supposed to take place on April 29th, but will now air live on NBC on October 14. Kelly Clarkson will return to host the event for the third year in a row! Additional details regarding production of […]
Your dream is to be the next big country super star! Reese Witherspoon wants your dream to come true! Witherspoon’s media company, Hello Sunshine, is teaming up with Apple TV Plus for an all new country music talent competition called “My Kind of Country”! The series will feature a global search for country music talent. […]
Celebrity Chef, Gordon Ramsay has a new hobby! He’s using TikTok to critique amateur chef’s cooking abilities! People share their dishes and recipes online, and Gordon shares his opinions about their creations and cooking tactics. Gordon used to slam people on Twitter (and in fairness a lot of them tagged Gordon, so it’s fair game)! […]
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 […]
“Us women can take on anything we set our minds to, and a killer outfit just makes things even better,” Venus Williams tells PEOPLE. She’s right. When you have the perfect outfit on, and you’ve got a good vibe goin’, you feel like you can do anything! Venus is taking back the tennis court, and […]
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 !
Following the first-ever virtual selection process, Brenna Connelly, 19, of Byron representing Olmsted County was crowned as the 67th Princess Kay of the Milky Way Wednesday evening during a private banquet for the 10 candidates and their families. While the Minnesota State Fair has been canceled for 2020, the rich tradition of butter sculpting will […]
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 […]
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