98.1 - Minnesota's New Country

67 state parks and some of Minnesota's best hiking trails, including hidden gems

Real Costco shoppers weighed in on the deli prepared meals. Some are worth grabbing, and a few are better left on the shelf.

Four Minnesota Twins players are all getting married on the exact same day this November — and no, they didn't plan it together.

Anejos in Sartell spent weeks planning a whole new identity — new name, new staff, the works. Then something happened that made them change course entirely.

Eight stolen bases in one day. That kind of afternoon doesn't come around often, even when the scoreboard doesn't go your way.

Somewhere between Duluth and Grand Marais, a lot of Minnesota summers officially begin the moment a slice of pie hits the table at Betty's in Two Harbors.

Minnesota fall hiking at Superior Hiking Trail or Taylors Falls offers stunning color views, but book lodging early before spots fill up.

The Rox bounced back in a big way Wednesday night — ten hits, six walks, and a performance from a towering starter that's hard to forget.

Louie Anderson once called him funny, clever, and on his way to the big time. Saturday night, St. Cloud gets to see what all the fuss is about.

205 miles per hour on a Minnesota highway. That number alone says a lot about what state troopers are up against out there.

His brother played a decade in the NFL and now Shane Bouman is bringing his own winning record to St. Cloud. There's a family connection to this campus that runs pretty deep.

The cooling system that's been running under the Herb Brooks arena since 1989 is finally getting replaced, and the upgrade is a lot bigger than most people realize.

St. Joseph put together one of those complete team efforts Thursday — thirteen hits, three triples, and a shutout that Becker never really had an answer for.

Sartell Post 277 found a way to win a championship game without even outhitting their opponent — and that's a story worth hearing.

Four teenagers from Central Minnesota just got back from Washington D.C., and they didn't go as tourists — they went to make a case for their neighborhood.

The Benton County Fair is back, and this year it's bringing something the grandstand has never seen before — and that's saying something after all these years.

The Bemidji area saw a significant law enforcement push last week — quiet on the surface, but behind the scenes, more than a dozen agencies were moving at once.

Tanner Recchio just rewrote the Northwoods League record books — and it happened right in the middle of a six-run swing that flipped this game wide open.

The kind of weekend where you feel the air before you even step outside — that's what's coming, and a few counties south of St. Cloud are already under an Extreme Heat Watch.

A St. Cloud Metro Bus driver continues his dominance in bus roadeo competitions after winning his fourth statewide competition.

Minnesota duck hunters might soon have a new option that could change who shows up in the blind — and it all comes down to a number.

Three demolition derbies back to back — Stearns County Fair in Sauk Centre is apparently the only fair in Minnesota pulling that off.

That old Herbergers space in downtown St. Cloud has been sitting empty for eight years. Now there's a Minneapolis group with some ideas — and the mayor's already had a sit-down with them.

The F-22 Raptor is coming to St. Cloud, and the pilot leading that demo team grew up about an hour from here. There's something kind of cool about that.