A Golden U.P. Treasure This West Ishpeming Sunrise
Ishpeming - June 14, 2011 - I was in awe watching these two beautiful sunrise moments on June 14 in West Ishpeming. I was hoping to wash the dust off my Buick. So while sipping my second cup of Holiday Pantry coffee I passed the West Ishpeming car wash realizing it was a bit early. [...]
Labatt Blue Light Major League Bat on the Morning Show
Join Mark and Walt on Sunny 101.9 WKQS over the next few weeks for your chance at an authentic Major League bat from Labatt...
Lightning Closes Library for July 18th
Heavy storms across the central Upper Peninsula Sunday night caused limited power outages in Marquette County. There was, however, one noteworthy exception with the...
WFXD sponsors Skandia Days 2011 and Record Numbers Turned Out for the Annual Skandia...
Skandia – July 16, 2011 - The weather was picture perfect for the annual Skandia Days celebration in Skandia Michigan. The Skandia Lions club, the local Hoof Tracks 4-H club, various local businesses such as WFXD Radio 103.3fm The Country Extreme, and hundreds from around the area come out for an afternoon of fun. The [...]
Record Heat Index in Michigan And People are Still Going and Going
Sagola - July 16, 2011 - Warm, warm, sticky, temps and low winds prevail and tourist still wander the roads North of Iron Mountain. I myself am tooling down M-95 with my ac on. I’m smilin’ and jamin’ to a Vineyard cd, with a cool 69 degrees, sipping a diet Sierra Mist, and munching on [...]
Lions Field in Marquette Charter Township Receives a Facelift
Marquette Township - July 12, 2011 - Marquette Township continues renovations of Lions Field this week preparing the field for the “National Noon Out” and “National Night Out” celebration Saturday August 6th 2011. Plan to be at the field from 11am till 9pm. Tuesday morning Dennis Liimatta, Township Supervisor, joined me at the field and [...]
News Director and Morning Show Talent Walt Lindala Morphs Into Gopher
Marquette, MI - 07-14-11 - As evidenced in pictures taken at Great Lakes Radio Studios, Walt Lindala has in fact temporarily changed species.
Favoring...
Impact Festival in Gaylord Showcased 10 bands of Live Music and a Big Time...
Gaylord – Saturday July 9, 2011 - 41West travels to Gaylord to sing at Impact. The 41West band was smaller than usual. We called it T-N-T this time; Tom-Naomi-Todd. Carpenter Tom Johnston of Harvey brought his extreme cymbals and played a super set on the drums. Singer Song Writer Naomi Noordyk of Ishpeming opened with an [...]
A Trip to Scotland
Just a quick note of thanks to the staff here for putting up with my time away last week...but what a trip!
My wife Kristi...
