98.1 - Minnesota's New Country

The Tilt-A-Whirl went from blueprint to the Minnesota State Fair in the same year it was designed.

Chase Matthew is kicking off Lakes Jam 2027 on Thursday night, and the Brainerd crowd is going to have a lot to look forward to that weekend.

Rock N Roll Christmas Spectacular returns to the Paramount in St. Cloud Dec. 19-23 with live band performances of holiday classics.

Minnesota Renaissance Festival runs Aug. 22 through early October, with themed weekends, parking tips, and ticket prices worth knowing before you go.

Grey crowned cranes are endangered, and Como Zoo just pulled off something it had never done before, successfully hatching two chicks that are now thriving behind the scenes.

Minnesota's largest nudist club is about an hour from St. Cloud, and it's been welcoming families for more than 50 years.

Something new is showing up at this year's car show, and if you like arts and crafts mixed in with your classic cars, you won't want to miss it!

Trying to dodge the Minnesota State Fair crowds this year? Two specific weekdays have historically drawn well under 150,000 visitors.

Mötley Crüe hits Mystic Lake Amphitheatre Aug. 21 with Tesla and Extreme. Tickets start at $26.

A free outdoor jazz concert is coming to Buffalo's Sturges Park Bandshell, and the musicians playing it are active-duty members of the U.S. Air Force.

Fire and Wave is bringing sushi and customizable hot pot to Mall of America's fourth floor, which has sat mostly vacant for years.

A prep kitchen is going in at Iron Street's tasting room, which means cocktails and food could soon be on the menu at the same time.

Charles Lindbergh was more than the man who crossed the Atlantic. A free public event in Little Falls is taking a closer look at the full story.

A Friday night crash at 14th Avenue and Highway 23 in St. Cloud sent one driver to the hospital after a chain-reaction collision involving three vehicles.

A Friday night collision on Highway 71 near Elrosa left a Melrose motorcyclist with life-threatening injuries after a pickup truck turned into his path.

A Friday afternoon crash on Highway 15 near Kimball sent a motorcyclist to St. Cloud Hospital after a collision with a turning Jeep.

The festival runs Thursday through Saturday with outdoor stages, student showcases, and a lineup built to support central Minnesota musicians.

A Sauk Rapids teenager has been charged with cutting down a St. Cloud License Plate Reader camera.

If you fly out of MSP, the shrinking schedule at Sun Country is worth paying attention to, especially if you've been counting on lower fares.

Minnesota has somewhere between 12,000 and 18,000 black bears, and sightings are climbing. Trail cameras and doorbell cams are catching a lot more than people expected.

The Stearns County Jail is out of room, and inmates are being sent to neighboring counties while a new facility takes shape on the west side of St. Cloud.

The city council is expected to weigh in Monday on a plan that would put an animal shelter inside City Hall, right where lockers used to be.

Lindsey Stirling played violin while descending a silk beanstalk at Waite Park's Ledge Amphitheater, and that's just one moment from a wild Thursday night show.

Sherburne County is the latest government organization to discontinue the use of license plate reading cameras.