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It’s that time of year where networks announce their holiday programming. Check out what CBS has in store this holiday season. I’m ready for Frosty and Rudolph!

Thursday, Nov. 28

Thanksgiving Day Parade on CBS at 8 AM(Will feature Miranda Lambert).

Friday, Nov. 29

Frosty The Snowman at 7 PM.

Frosty Returns at 7:30 PM.

Saturday, Nov. 30

Robbie The Reindeer: Hooves Of Fire at 7 PM.

Robbie The Reindeer: Legend Of The Lost Tribe at 7:30 PM.

The Story Of Santa Claus at 8 PM.

Monday, Dec. 2

Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer at 7 PM.

Friday, Dec. 20

I Love Lucy Christmas Special at 7 PM.

Featuring two back-to-back episodes of the classic series, the colorized “The Christmas Episode” and newly colorized “Paris at Last.”

Enjoy some holiday programming! I will! -EK

The CMA Awards on Nov. 13 will celebrate legendary women in country music throughout its broadcast.

The show will kick off with a decades-spanning medley by Carrie Underwood, Reba McEntire and Dolly Parton that will also feature Terri Clark, Sara Evans, Crystal Gayle, The Highwomen (Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby, Maren Morris and Amanda Shires), Martina McBride, Jennifer Nettles, Tanya Tucker and Gretchen Wilson.

In addition, Kelsea Ballerini will be joined by Lindsay Ell, Maddie & Tae, Ashley McBryde, Carly Pearce and Runaway June to perform an iconic Song of the Year and Single of the Year featuring Little Big Town.

Previously announced performers include Eric Church, Luke Combs, Miranda Lambert, Reba McEntire, Maren Morris, Dolly Parton with for King & Country and Zach Williams, Pink and Chris Stapleton, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Kelsea Ballerini, Brooks & Dunn with Brothers Osborne, Garth Brooks with Blake Shelton, Dan + Shay, Kacey Musgraves with Willie Nelson, Lady Antebellum with Halsey, Old Dominion, Blake Shelton and Thomas Rhett.

Presenters for the 53rd annual CMA Awards on Nov. 13 include Bobby Bones, Hannah Brown, Deana Carter, Kristin Chenoweth, Janie Fricke, Jim Gaffigan, Vince Gill, Kathy Mattea, Martina McBride, Midland, Craig Morgan, Jennifer Nettles, Madelaine Petsch, J.B. Smoove, Pam Tillis, Morgan Wallen and Trisha Yearwood.

Hosted by Carrie Underwood with special guests Reba McEntire and Dolly Parton, the CMA Awards will air live from Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on Nov. 13 at 7 p.m. CT on ABC.

I think every High School sporting event needs a guy like this! This dad in Yorktown, Virginia was very enthusiastic as he supported his cheerleader daughter.

The passionate dad is named Hekili Holland, and he went viral after someone next to him at a high school football game filmed his cheer routine.

In the video, Holland can be seen very enthusiastic performing the routine in the stands as his daughter cheered down on the field.

Holland tells “Good Morning America” that the routine is for the school’s fight song, which the band and cheerleaders perform after every score.

Holland says that he initially tried to learn the routine by just watching the cheerleaders, and then his daughter, Mackenzi, finally taught it to him one day.

He says, “I’ve always loved the atmosphere of high school and college football. The band, the excitement, everything. It just another way to have fun and show support.”

The video was uploaded to Facebook by Scott Willard, who wrote in the caption, “This guy right here needs to go viral. By far CHEER DAD OF THE YEAR!!!!!! This dude rocks!!!! GO YORK FALCONS!!!!”

USA Today recently came out with an article called ” 50 States, 50 Superstitions:  Which do you believe?”

Check out some of the superstitions for our part of the country.

Iowa • Some people believe the Black Angel statue at Oakland Cemetery in Iowa City changed from its previous golden bronze color because of a woman’s infidelity. Among the superstitions connected with the statue: touch or kiss it and you’ll be struck dead. 

Minnesota • Miners believe that killing rats is bad luck because they are believed to be sensitive to vibrations, which may indicate a tunnel collapse. If the rats start heading for the surface, miners should do so, as well.

Wisconsin • Eating herring at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s is supposed to bring good luck.

See the full list here:  50 states, 50 superstitions.

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts wasn’t too sweet on a Minnesota college student’s business idea of buying doughnuts in Iowa and reselling them for a profit in the Twin Cities.

Less than a week after the local newspaper, St. Paul Pioneer Press, ran an article about Jayson Gonzalez’s doughnut reselling enterprise, he received a phone call from Krispy Kreme’s Nebraska office ordering him to cease all operations.

Gonzalez would drive for about eight hours each weekend to get the doughnuts, but on Halloween (10/31) he told his Facebook followers that he had to shut down operations.

Pioneer Press said Krispy Kreme told Gonzalez that his sales would create a liability for the company, but also noted that they’ve “benefited from thousands of dollars paid by Minnesotans for the doughnut deliveries.”

Gonzalez would put up to 100 doughnut dozens in his Ford Focus each weekend and charge his customers between $17 and $20 per box.

Gonzalez shared another update on Facebook Monday (11/4) that said Krispy Kreme would now be allowing him to continue his business with their support.

He said, “[Krispy Kreme wants] to ensure I become an independent operator and make sure the brand is represented well,” adding that, “We can get started up again soon once certain things are in place.”

Gonzalez then wrote that with the demand for doughnuts growing over the past few days, he is “definitely going to need a bigger vehicle.”

The Country Music Association announced the presenters for the 53rd annual CMA Awards on Nov. 13: Bobby Bones, Hannah Brown, Deana Carter, Kristin Chenoweth, Janie Fricke, Jim Gaffigan, Vince Gill, Kathy Mattea, Martina McBride, Midland, Craig Morgan, Jennifer Nettles, Madelaine Petsch, J.B. Smoove, Pam Tillis, Morgan Wallen and Trisha Yearwood.

Previously announced performers include Eric Church, Luke Combs, Miranda Lambert, Reba McEntire, Maren Morris, Dolly Parton with for King & Country and Zach Williams, Pink and Chris Stapleton, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Kelsea Ballerini, Brooks & Dunn with Brothers Osborne, Garth Brooks with Blake Shelton, Dan + Shay, Kacey Musgraves with Willie Nelson, Lady Antebellum with Halsey, Old Dominion, Blake Shelton and Thomas Rhett.

Hosted by Carrie Underwood with special guests Reba McEntire and Dolly Parton, the CMA Awards will air live from Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on Nov. 13 at 7 p.m. CT on ABC.

If you’re not sure if someone will like the holiday gift you got them, don’t wrap it very well. According to an article in the Journal of Consumer Psychology, people are more inclined to like what’s inside if the presents are wrapped poorly. They say that if someone sees a perfectly wrapped gift, they’ll expect what’s inside to be pretty spectacular as well and are then almost surely in for a letdown. However, a poorly wrapped gift led to lower expectations and what’s inside is likely to exceed what the person is expecting.

Brad Paisley may not be co-hosting the CMA Awards this year, but he’s coming back to prime time on Dec. 3 as host of his own variety TV special, Brad Paisley Thinks He’s Special.

The 61-minute special will feature Brad–and a bevy of his famous friends–performing music and comedic numbers from Nashville?s iconic War Memorial Auditorium. Special guests include Carrie Underwood, Tim McGraw, Darius Rucker, Kelsea Ballerini, Hootie & the Blowfish, Jonas Brothers, Chris Harrison, Peyton Manning and more.

Brad Paisley Thinks He’s Special will air on ABC on Dec. 3 at 7 p.m.

Who remembers the “Blizzard Of 1991”??? Here are some of the details from the National Weather service from Halloween of 1991.

In 1991, a low-pressure system developed on Halloween morning over southeast Texas and moved rapidly north-northeast, reaching its maximum intensity (984 mb) just east of La Crosse, WI on the afternoon of November 1st. This storm became known as the “Halloween Blizzard” in most of Minnesota and the “Halloween Ice Storm” in Iowa and portions of southeast Minnesota.

Snow moved into southern Iowa during the afternoon of October 30th and then spread into northern Iowa and Minnesota early on October 31st. Warm air aloft wrapping around this low-pressure area caused the snow to change into a mixture of snow, sleet, and freezing rain by mid-morning on Halloween across southeast Minnesota and much of eastern Iowa, and this mixture continued until the late afternoon of November 1st. One to two inches of ice accumulated from southwest Iowa into north central Iowa, and from 2-3″ of ice accumulated across south central and southeast Minnesota.

In Iowa, Interstate 35 was closed down by fallen power lines. 80,000 homes were without power and there was $63 million in utility damage. Ten to fifteen percent of the corn crop was still in the fields and the combination of ice, snow, and wind from this storm flattened some fields. Crop damage was estimated up to $5 million. This storm is considered the most costly ice storm in Iowa history. It took over a week to restore power in some rural areas. Governor Terry Branstad declared 52 of 99 counties as disaster areas.

In south central and southeast Minnesota, 11 counties were declared federal disaster areas due to this ice storm. The total damage was $11.7 million. According to the National Weather Service publication Storm Data, “at least 20,000 people experienced power outages from October 31st to November 2nd as many power lines and poles snapped under the weight of the ice. Many rural areas were without power for about a week. Governor Arne H. Carlson declared a state of emergency in Freeborn and Mower counties. The National Guard was called upon to help provide generators to rural farmsteads. The National Guard armory and a local mall in Albert Lea were both used as the shelter for many stranded motorists November 1st and 2nd. At the height of the storm, an 180 mile long stretch of interstate 90 from South Dakota border to Rochester was closed.”

During the evening of November 1st, arctic air moved into the region, changing the precipitation to all snow. The snow continued until midday on November 2nd. 6 to 10″ fell across Winona and Houston counties in southeast Minnesota, and La Crosse county in southwest Wisconsin. Meanwhile, 3 to 6″ of snow fell across the remainder of southeast Minnesota, portions of western Wisconsin, and a small portion of northeast Iowa. These amounts are small in comparison to the snowfall from Red Wing, MN northward to the Duluth, MN area. This winter storm dropped 28.4″ of snow on the Twin Cities (single storm record for the metropolitan record) while Duluth received 36.9″ of snow (the largest single storm total in MN history).

Wind speeds of 30 to 50 mph and gusts to 60 mph on November 1st and 2nd created blizzard conditions across eastern South Dakota, Minnesota, western Iowa, and extreme western Wisconsin. This storm closed schools, businesses, bridges, and public transportation systems for several days. Clean up was hindered by numerous accidents and abandoned vehicles.

At least 20 people died in Minnesota due to traffic accidents or heart attacks from digging out after the storm. In addition, two Wisconsin hunters died when their boat was capsized in Lake Onalaska during the storm.

We had a chance to talk with researcher, author, and lecturer Chad Lewis about the spooky side of the Midwest this morning!

The conversation included some landmarks around Iowa that are haunted..take a listen below! (Note: Some of the audio on my end is a bit sketchy, but enjoy).

We had to bring up the Bridges of Madison County Iowa that are suppose to be haunted.  Check out the video Chad did from there.

(Credit:  https://www.chadlewisresearch.com/)

Everybody loves “Sesame Street” and ” Cookie Monster”! My toddler is a big Cookie Monster fan..go figure, lol.

Check out this home in Pennsylvania, the owner of the home crated a large Cookie Monster entrance for her home!

The owner of the home wanted to create the large Cookie Monster because she is a big Sesame Street fan and it’s show 50th anniversary this year.

Check out more below! -EK

A resale shop worker in Valparaiso, Indiana, is being praised after she recently found $7,000 in a coat pocket and helped return it to the rightful owner.

According to WLS-TV, Plato’s Closet employee Jennifer Kimes says she found the massive wad of cash while doing a routine examination of the jacket.

Kimes then immediately put the money in a safe spot in the register and called the store’s owner Tammy Wendland, who reached out to the person who donated the coat and returned the money to him.

Wendland says the man was “extremely grateful” to have the money returned.

The Cory Farley Band will be performing at the Winneshiek County Celebration of Life event Saturday night in Spillville at the Inwood Ballroom.

We had a great talk with Cory, listen below!

For more on him, head over to his website: Cory Farley Band

For more on the great things Winneshiek County Celebration of Live does, check out their website:  Winneshiek COL

Pumpkins can be used for everything from making a spooky jack-o-lantern to baking a tasty pie, but one Tennessee man recently found another good use for the gourd.

According to WTVC-TV, after growing a massive pumpkin that weighed 910 pounds, farmer Justin Ownby hollowed it out and converted it into a boat.

Ownby then grabbed a paddle and tested the vessel’s buoyancy in his farm’s pond, and his wife, Christin, was there to film it and upload it on Facebook.

After the first video showed Ownby paddling in the pumpkin with ease, a second video showed him taking bigger risks in the boat.

In the second video, Ownby can be seen standing up in the pumpkin and falling over after someone tells him to “do [George] Washington crossing the Delaware [River].”

It snowed in Northern Texas yesterday…it can stay down there!

A John Deere combine that will dispense candy?

A Minnesota farmer has re-purposed his classic 1967 John Deere combine to dispense candy!

Check out the video below! (Video: NBC KARE 11)

The Country Music Association announced its first round of performers for the 53rd annual CMA Awards: Eric Church, Luke Combs, Miranda Lambert, Reba McEntire, Maren Morris, Dolly Parton with for King & Country and Zach Williams, Pink and Chris Stapleton, Carrie Underwood, and Keith Urban.

Hosted by Carrie Underwood with special guests Reba McEntire and Dolly Parton, the CMA Awards will air live from Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on Nov. 13 at 7 p.m. CT on ABC.

Ready for a good scare?  I mean a really good scare?

McKamey Manor in Summertown, Tennessee is billed as the scariest haunted house in the…WORLD!

Before you go inside you have to sign a 40-page waiver, pass a physical, undergo a background check, provide proof you have health insurance, and watch a 2-hour video called “And Then There Were None”, which features footage of every visitor quitting before the end of the experience.  All the people in the video say, “You really don’t want to do this”.  The people at McKamey say the key to scaring everyone is a mind game that relies on hypnotism.  They also record each visitor, so that when they go to the police and say that crime has been committed, they play the video to prove it was just their imagination.

If you dare, check out their website here:  McKamey Manor

Who’s having a baby?????????

Maren Morris and Ryan Hurd announced via social media that they are expecting their first child–a baby boy–in March 2020.

“The irony is just too rich that after a year of living in the GIRL headspace, the universe would give us a baby boy to even things out. See you in 2020, little one,” said Maren via Instagram, alongside a photo of hubby Ryan.

Maren and Ryan married in March 2018.

Check out the announcement below!

In my opinion, their seems to be a lot of good music coming out as of late. One of those songs is from Michael Ray, “Her World Or Mine”. The song and video has some real life connection to Michael, as he had parents that divorced and a beloved grandmother that passed away when he was younger.

The video for “Her World Or Mine” has a familiar face in it as well. Chad Michael Murray of “One Tree Hill” fame stars in the video. Take a look at the powerful video below. -EK

Craig Morgan stopped by The Kelly Clarkson Show on Oct. 17 for a sit-down chat and performance of his new single, “The Father, My Son and the Holy Ghost.”

The new tune, which Craig penned and produced, honors his late son, Jerry Greer, who passed away after a boating accident in July 2016 at the age of 19.

The touching performance brought tears to the eyes of the titular host, as well as guests Blake Shelton and Eva Mendes.

After Blake Shelton spearheaded a successful viral campaign to get the new tune to No. 1 on the all-genre iTunes Songs chart on Sept. 12, “The Father, My Son & the Holy Ghost” was released to country radio as an official single on Oct. 7 with major-label support from Broken Bow Records, Craig’s label home for six years in the 2000s.

Domino’s Pizza in Japan has introduced a new game called Halloween Pizza Roulette. It’s sort of like Russian roulette, only with pizza. The pizza includes one slice sprinkled with ghost pepper, which is the eighth hottest chili in the world with a rating of more than 1 million Scoville Heat Units. To put that in perspective, it’s 400 times hotter than Tabasco sauce. Gather your friends, choose a slice and take your chances!

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — It was a moment Casey O’Brien dreamed about, but thought would never occur.

The Minnesota walk-on, a four-time cancer survivor, made his first collegiate appearance Saturday in the Golden Gophers’ 42-7 victory over Rutgers. O’Brien was the holder on three successful PAT’s for No. 20 Minnesota (7-0, 4-0 Big Ten).

He was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a rare bone cancer, when he was a freshman in high school. With Saturday’s outcome well in hand, Minnesota coach P.J. Fleck called O’Brien’s No. 14 to hold for the point after for the Golden Gophers’ fourth extra point of the game.
O’Brien had nine months of chemotherapy and reconstructive knee surgery that lasted more than eight hours after his freshman year of high school. He convinced his doctors to convert from quarterback to placeholder.

Not only has George Strait’s face been immortalized on a bronze plaque in the Country Music Hall of Fame, but now his likeness has been captured on the choicest of Halloween media: a pumpkin.

In honor of George’s Las Vegas Residency, AXS Studios commissioned artists Jon Neill to carve the King of Country’s face into a pumpkin–complete with his trademark cowboy hat–while George’s hits played in the background, including “We Really Shouldn’t Be Doing This” and “Write This Down.”

Watch the pumpkin transform into George in the 60-second clip below.

Happy Birthday to Da’ Coach Mike Ditka turning 80 today! Check out some classic Ditka below….

Towards the end of Ditka’s stint with the Bears, he and quaterback Jim Harbaugh did not see eye to eye.  See them blow up at each other during(start video at 3:10) a game against the Vikings.

Looks like it might be kinda snowy around these parts come winter. The National Weather Service came out with its winter outlook earlier today, take a look at their forecast and map for precipitation below.

• Wetter-than-average conditions are most likely in Alaska and Hawaii this winter, along with portions of the Northern Plains, Upper Mississippi Valley, the Great Lakes and parts of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast.
• Drier-than-average conditions are most likely for Louisiana, parts of Texas, Mississippi, Arkansas and Oklahoma as well areas of northern and central California.
• The remainder of the U.S. falls into the category of equal chances for below-, near-, or above-average precipitation.

Temps for the winter look to be around average.

• The greatest likelihood for warmer-than-normal conditions are in Alaska and Hawaii, with more modest probabilities for above-average temperatures spanning large parts of the remaining lower 48 from the West across the South and up the eastern seaboard.
• The Northern Plains, Upper Mississippi Valley, and the western Great Lakes have equal chances for below-, near- or above-average temperatures.
• No part of the U.S. is favored to have below-average temperatures this winter.

Last night on the CMT Artists of the Year special, Reba was honored with the “Artist of a Lifetime” Award. Take a look at her speech below.

(Video: CMT)

The Canadian Pacific Holiday train will be in Northeast Iowa this December.

The train will make it’s way to Charles City, Ossian, Clinton, and Davenport on December 7th.  On December 8th it will chug it’s way to Marquette, Lansing and New Albin.  Each stop will feature a musical performance by Meghan Patrick, Tanika Charles, and Kelly Prescott. Since 1999 the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train has raised millions of dollars and millions of pounds of food for food banks in North America.

For all the stops, take a look here:  Canadian Pacific Holiday Train

This guy named Blair is very upfront and honest in his conversation with Pat Sajak on the October 14, 2019 episode of Wheel of Fortune.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Organizers of the popular summer bike ride across Iowa are cutting ties with its longtime sponsor, the Des Moines Register, amid backlash over the newspaper’s handling of a story.

The four staff members who work full-time running the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa resigned on Tuesday.

The group immediately launched a competing event, called Iowa’s Ride, that will be held next July during the same week that the Register’s ride had been scheduled.

It wasn’t immediately clear if the Register’s ride, known as RAGBRAI, would continue. The weeklong event draws thousands of cyclists from around the country and had been founded by Register employees in the 1970s.

A Gannett spokeswoman didn’t immediately respond to inquiries.

Former Iowa State star wide receiver Allen Lazard made a tremendous catch last night against the Detroit Lions.

Take a look below!

Carson King, the all around good guy who delivered a $3 million check to University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital last week is getting his own bobblehead.  The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame is working with Carson King to sell the bobbleheads for $25.  Five dollars from each sale with be donated to the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital. The bobbleheads will be shipped to buyers in January.

If clowns creep you out, you can probably relate to Arizona weather forecaster April Warnecke. April was giving the weather forecast on “Good Morning Arizona” last Monday when a clown walked onto the set with donuts. April walked away from the weather set and its green screen and onto the news set, followed by the clown, who couldn’t get April to face him, even though he had a box of donuts.

How about this for the ultimate best contest of all time? The great people at Smithfield Bacon are offering up a chance to get in on a one-million slice giveaway.

If Aric Almirola, who drives the number 10 Smithfield Ford Mustang for Stewart-Haas Racing, places first at Talladega Superspeedway next month, 10 lucky grand prize winners will receive 100,000 slices of Smithfield Bacon. That’s 6,250 packages per person. Works for me!  You can register here:  Free Bacon

Erik & Kathy had a chance to visit with 80’s hit maker and TV star Lousie Mandrell! She has a new album in stores now called “Playing Favorites”.

Here are a few details about the project.

(Nashville, TN) -There’s something magical about the musical marriage of a timeless song and a compelling voice, and nowhere is that more evident than on Louise Mandrell’s new album Playing Favorites. The 15-song collection includes her take on such well-loved country classics as “Crazy Arms,” “He Thinks I Still Care,” “You Don’t Know Me,” “Tennessee Waltz” and “Today I Started Loving You Again.” Produced by Nashville legend Buddy Cannon.

Playing Favorites is a return to the spotlight for Mandrell, who hasn’t released a new album in over 30 years. “A lot of people have asked if I’ve retired and I’d say, ‘No, I’ve been on hiatus’ because with my family if you say retired, they expect you to stay that way,” says the vivacious brunette, who became an international star working with siblings Barbara and Irlene on the television variety show “Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters.”

Longtime friend Clint Higham encouraged her to record the new album. With Playing Favorites, Mandrell brings a lifetime of experience to the project, infusing each song with a unique blend of passion and professionalism cultivated by years in the spotlight. With one listen, it is obvious her voice has retained all of its sultry warmth, and the relationship she has with these classic songs imbues the project with a soulfulness and emotional weight that resonates with listeners.

Working on this album was a labor of love for Mandrell because these songs are old friends with warm memories attached. Among the standards Mandrell puts her stamp on are the Conway Twitty classic “Hello Darlin'” and Johnny Cash’s staple “Ring of Fire.” Her friendships with both men and with other artists represented on the album make each song that much more special.

These days, Mandrell is enjoying a unique moment in her career. She’s both an established veteran with a wealth of experience and yet she also feels like a giddy new artist excited about the future. “I’m having a good time again. I’m extremely happy to be back,” she says with excitement.

Listen to the conversation below.

Hope you enjoyed the interview with Louise Mandrell! Enjoy a clip of the classic variety show Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell sisters!

A man took to Reddit to ask for advice after he says his wife called it a “disgusting idea” after he offered to pay his 22-year-old daughter $15 an hour to go to the gym. “My wife thinks this is a ‘disgusting idea,’ he wrote, “but I think I am helping her by replacing her shifts at her job with ‘shifts’ at the gym — and financially compensating this.” He says he made the offer because he has become “increasingly worried” by his daughter’s weight.

See the full article here:  Daily Mail

Former Iowa Hawkeye running back Derrick Mitchell Jr. died on Tuesday after sustaining major injuries in a car crash last Friday night in St. Louis. Mitchell Jr. was 24 years old. Hawkeye Coach Kirk Ferentz addressed the media yesterday, see the video below.

Winneshiek County Celebration of Life will be hosting the Corey Farley Band on Saturday Oct 26th at the Inwood Ballroom in Spillville!!! Doors open at 6pm, Cory will on stage at 8pm!. It’s a $30.00 donation to get in the door – your can get your tickets the night of the show!

Winneshiek County Celebration of Life will also be selling raffle tickets which can be purchased from Winneshiek County Celebration of Life committee members Tickets are $5.00 per ticket or get 6 for $20.00!

Cory Farley Band Concert & Dance Raffle Packages are as listed below!

Name: Welcome Friends Package

• Iowa Rotocast Plastics – Grizzly 40 Cooler
• Firemen’s Inn – Gift Certificates
• Polashek’s Locker – Gift Certificate
• Pulpit Rock Brewing Company – etched glasses & t-shirts
• PIVO Brewery – Growler

Name: Family Togetherness Package

• U-2 BBQ & Catering – your “choice of meat” roaster
• Joyce Meyer – 11×14 Sunflower photo
• Appearances Salon & Spa – gift basket and Airbnb weekend stay at Springer Shadyrest on Broadway
• Blepta Studios – jewelry

Name: Ladies Spa Package

• Hammel Jewelers – Diamond ring
• Eclips Salon and Day Spa – “Bless Your Heart” facial with lip & hand treatment
• Iowa Skin Care Medical Spa – “Med Spa” gift certificate
• Hotel Winneshiek – gift certificates

Name: Cory Farley Signed Guitar

• Washburn acoustic guitar — Played at event and signed by Cory Farley

TICKET locations:

Fidelity Bank & Trust – Calmar
Fidelity Bank & Trust – Ossian
PIVO Brewery & Blepta Studios – Calmar
Hovden Oil – Ridgeway
Margaret’s – Decorah
Eclips Salon & Day Spa – Decorah
Appearances Salon & Spa – Decorah
Hammel Jewelers – Decorah
Modish – Decorah
Viking Bank & Trust – Decorah
WCCOL Board members
WCCOL Friends

Winneshiek County Celebration of Life provides funding for mammogram screenings for non-insured or under-insured women in our area. They also have added fuel/food cards for community men and women who are in active treatment for cancer. Over the years they have helped THOUSANDS of your friends, family and neighbors!

CMT will be the home of a new game show, Nashville Squares, which will be hosted by Bob Saget and feature a bevy of country stars, including Tanya Tucker, Deana Carter, Jimmie Allen, Mitchell Tenpenny and more.

The tic-tac-toe series is a reboot of VH1’s Hip Hop Squares, which is a reboot of the iconic game show, Hollywood Squares. The paradigm of the trivia show consist of two contestants who utilizes advice from a panelist of celebrities to win a game of tic-tac-toe.

Celebrity contestants and squares include Bill Engvall, Caroline Rhea, Carson Cressley, Chris Sullivan, Deana Carter, Devin Dawson, Fortune Feimster, Gary Busey, Jana Kramer & Mike Caussin, Jimmie Allen, Kenya Moore, Kyle Busch, Mark Ballas & BC Jean, Marie Osmond, Melissa Peterman, Mickey Guyton, Mitchell Tenpenny, Sara Evans, Tanya Tucker and Ty Pennington.

CMT?s Nashville Squares will kick off with a two-episode premiere on Nov. 1 at 7 p.m. CT.

According to a new survey, 51 percent of Americans currently have duct tape holding something together in their house — and 37 percent are using it to patch up something on or in their car.

The survey also found that the average American is using duct tape right now as a temporary fix for seven things in their home — and admit that they will leave duct tape on that thing for eight full days before having it repaired the right way.

Read more here: New York Post

I’ve used duct tape to fix numerous things, including the door handle on my Grand Am which I had for many years. I used the standard gray initially, but my cousin in-law Jason put red on their to match the paint finish…Take a look! Duct tape gets it done!!