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10 Must-Hear New Country/Americana Releases: Joy Oladokun, Billy Strings, Willie Nelson, Molly Tuttle & More Original
This week's column also includes new music from Mya Byrne, Kip Moore, Brett Kissel and David Nail. This week’s roundup of new country/Americana releases includes sterling new albums from Joy Oladokun and Kip Moore, a sizzling collab from Billy Strings and Willie Nelson, a tale of old-school love from Colter Wall and a dance-worthy track from Jamie Floyd.
DAVID NAIL OPENS UP TO ACM LIFTING LIVES FOR THEIR ORIGINAL SERIES, THE CHECK-IN, ABOUT HIS MENTAL HEALTH JOURNEY
(click to download) Watch Here NASHVILLE, Tenn. (November 8, 2022) – GRAMMY-nominated country singer David Nail recently sat down with the Academy of Country Music for a new episode of their original ACM Lifting Lives digital series, The Check-In. Nail has been open and candid about his struggles through the years – he’s even penned a few songs about it.
Trump's action won't trigger premium hikes in Minnesota
ST. PAUL, Minn. - President Trump's decision to halt payments to insurers shouldn't affect insurance rates next year for shoppers who buy their own coverage. The White House announced late Thursday it would end cost-sharing reductions that help control premiums after months of speculation. States across the nation are preparing for premium spikes of 20 percent or more in the individual market.
Trump's health care decision could cost North Dakotans
BISMARCK - North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread says President Donald Trump's plan to stop payments to insurers under the Obama-era health care law could potentially raise health insurance costs as much as 10 percent for up to 42,000 state residents. Godfread plans to ask insurers who sell policies on the health insurance exchange to absorb some of the impact to keep costs down for consumers.
This Is The Most Picturesque Place To Get Engaged In Wisconsin!
I've never knew this amazing view existed in Wisconsin. Check it out below!
Self Driving cars navigate Senate despite concerns
WASHINGTON (WKZO AM/FM) -- A bill co-sponsored by Michigan Senator Gary Peters that would authorize the manufacture and sale of thousands self-driving cars each year that would be exempt from federal safety standards has cleared a senate committee. But auto safety advocate and former federal administrator Joan Claybrook says anyone who buys one of these cars is putting their life at risk. She says they will become crash test dummies for the auto industry.
Traverse City death may have drug connection
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) -- The preliminary investigation into the death of a 22-year-old Traverse City woman found dead in her van on the bottom of the Boardman River suggests that heroin use may have been involved. They found needles and spoons in the van of Morgan Elmer. While there were no signs of trauma on the body of the young woman found during an autopsy in Kalamazoo, toxicology tests are pending.
Opioid bills move to House floor
LANSING (WKZO AM/FM) -- The number of opioid deaths in Michigan have more than doubled in the last five years from 622 in 2011 to 1,689 in 2016, according to statistics just released by Chief Medical Office Eden Wells to the House Health and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee. It came as they were considering a package of bills to fight opioid abuse.
Girl helps save family from fire
COMSTOCK (WKZO AM/FM) -- A young girl is being credited with helping to save the life of her family after a fire broke out in her home on School Street in Comstock Township. 10-year-old Sarah Hernandezwoke up at about 2 am yesterday and smelled and saw smoke in her room and alerted everyone else. A call was put into 9-1-1 and they all escaped unharmed. The fire department arrived in time to keep the damage to a minimum. They suspect the fire began in a wall and may have been an electrical problem.
Man facing 28th drunken driving charge
FERGUS FALLS, MN (KFGO) - A rural New York Mills man who holds the record for the most DWI convictions in Minnesota has been arrested again. Danny Bettcher, 64, was arrested after leaving the VFW in New York Mills. An off-duty deputy saw him drinking and get into his car. Another officer followed Bettcher on Hwy. 10. He was going about 10 mph and swerving. It's Bettcher's 28th DWI arrest. He was sentenced to two years in prison after his last conviction in 2010.
S.D. getting funds for recreation and conservation
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) -- The US Department of the Interior is sending over $864-thousand to South Dakota to support outdoor recreation and conservation projects. The funds come from the Land and Water Conservation Fund and enable state and local governments to improve existing parks and other recreation areas in their communities through rehabilitation and upgrade projects.
Homegrown with Brad Tyler
Brad Tyler in the studio with 'Wild" Bill. Brad had some great success with his "No Sweat" CD. Now, he's got a whole new project going on. Take a listen.
REVIEW: Sioux Falls worships at Church of St. Garth!
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) -- For the 12,000 souls at the Sanford PREMIER Center last Friday night, it was not an arena but a church. Bathed at times in white light and looking beatific from the church goers' undying adulation, Saint Garth Brooks of Tulsa held sway in the pulpit of country music, nostalgia, and personality for nearly three hours.
"Pet Of The Week - Madame Pince!" (September 13th, 2017)
Say "meow" (which is "hello" in cat speak" to Big Country's "Pet Of The Week"...MADAME PINCE! What a cutie! Madame Pince is a 5-year-old kitty who unfortunately has been at the shelter since February.
Small fire quickly extinguished in the Vine Neighborhood
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo Public Safety is investigating to determine the cause of an early Sunday morning fire in the Vine neighborhood that damaged a home in the 900 block of Neumaier Court. The couple in the home woke up to the smell of smoke coming from the living room just after 7 a.m. and tried to douse the fire with water. They were driven from the home by the accumulating smoke. Arriving PSO’s were able to quickly knock down the fire.
Kalamazoo Schools looking for mentors
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo Schools put a lot of stock in providing mentors to help students who are struggling, and they are always looking for more volunteers to serve as mentors. Its another peice in the puzzle. Another tool to help get more students "Promise" -ready who might not otherwise have the influences in their lives to facilitate that possibility.
South Dakota Dreamers waiting for what comes next
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) There could be more than 500 so-called Dreamers in South Dakota, according to government statistics. The Trump Administration has decided to phase out DACA and give Congress six months to come up with legislation to cover the issue. Dreamers are undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children, usually with their parents. DACA essentially made them legal.
Lincoln County fatal crash, no seatbelts
CANTON, S.D. (KELO.com) A 45-year-old man died Tuesday morning in a one-vehicle crash north of Canton in Lincoln County. He was the only one in the car at the time. The family is being notified, so his identity has not yet been released. Authorities say the victim lost control of his 2000 Chevrolet Impala LS on a rural road and rolled several times. He was thrown from the car. He was not wearing a seatbelt. South Dakota’s Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.
Houston Man Goes Viral - Catches Fish With Bare Hands in Flooded House
This man decided to catch dinner for his family...right in his house! With the devastation in Texas due to Hurricane Harvey some people are posting photos/videos to gain support or make the best of a terrible situation. The Red Cross is taking donations. Just text "Red Cross" to 90999 to donate $10. It will appear on your phone bill. Also..they need blood. Go to redcross.org for more details. VIDEO
Motorcyclist suffers severe head trauma
BATTLE CREEK (WKZO AM/FM) -- A motorcyclist from Battle Creek suffered life threatening injuries over the weekend and remains in rough shape at Bronson Methodist in Kalamazoo. Calhoun County Sheriffs say they believe that Richard Winner Jr. was going too fast, had been drinking and wasn’t wearing a helmet when he lost control on a curve on Dickman road near Base Avenue. Deputies say he left the pavement and crashed into a ditch at about 6:30 Saturday night.
Boats collide on Diamond Lake
DIAMOND LAKE (WKZO AM/FM) A man and his son had to abandon ship to avoid being run over by a speedboat on Diamond Lake Sunday afternoon. Cass County Deputies say a 17-year-old piloting a boat towing a wake boarder at about 3 pm and didn’t see 61-year-old Thomas Blakemore and his son who were fishing from the small boat. You might call it distracted piloting. The Blakemore’s saw the speed boat coming and jumped into the water, avoiding injury. Both were wearing life jackets.
Severe weather possible Sunday night and again later Monday
UNDATED (KELO AM) - There are a couple chances for severe weather coming up, according to the National Weather Service. The first will be tonight as scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop across the area by late evening, and continue through the overnight. The Sioux Falls area is in a marginal threat for severe weather tonight. Isolated strong to severe storms are possible, with hail to golf ball size as the primary threat.
Republican Campbell to seek Senate seat held by Heitkamp
GRAFTON, N.D. - Republican state Sen. Tom Campbell says he is running for the U.S. Senate seat held by Democrat Heidi Heitkamp. Campbell, a potato farmer from Grafton, said in a statement Wednesday that he wants to bring "conservative, North Dakota values to Washington D.C.'' Heitkamp hasn't officially announced her re-election plans, but has stockpiled $3 million for a run. A spokesman for Heitkamp declined to comment about Campbell's announcement.
Guessing game ahead of Dakota State celebration
MADISON, S.D. (KELO AM) South Dakota State University's first major new building in decades will be grand-opened Sunday, August 20, with a bit of mystery spicing up the celebration. Governor Dennis Daugaard and a host of VIP's will be part of the 'Welcome to the Future' celebration for the Beacom Institute of Technology. Dakota State is keeping everyone guessing by saying that there will be a "major announcement" made at the celebration in Madison.
YWCA looking for volunteers to help with sexual assault exams
KALAMAZOO (WKZO-AM/FM) -- Kalamazoo's YWCA chapter will host a training session next month for on-call volunteers who want to help with sexual assault examinations. The organization says it's the only provider of sexual assault nurse exams in Kalamazoo County, offering the medical forensic assessments free to victims. Cathy Brown, the YWCA's Director of Victim Services, says volunteers play an important role.
Public Safety stiffens enforcement at Interfaith homes
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) -- Citizen tips and a new surveillance system set up at Interfaith Homes to address the high rate of crime and gun violence in the complex have resulted in a drug raid and an arrest. K-VET officers and the Community Policing Unit joined forces yesterday to execute a search warrant at a townhouse inside the complex and seized heroin and evidence of drug dealing. A 27-year-old was arrested for being a parole absconder and could face additional charges later.
Bond denied for man suspected in double murder
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) -- Formal charges have now been leveled at Zachary Patten in Kalamazoo County for the shooting death of 31-year-old Graciela Portillo-Esparza. The 34-year-old Portage man who is suspected in two back to back murders two weeks ago has been ordered held without bond as prosecutors in Kalamazoo and St. Joseph Counties work with the local courts and each other to make sure the families of both victims get some measure of justice.
Man wanted for assault on police officer arrested after altercation and tasing in Dilworth
DILWORTH, MINN. (KFGO) - A man wanted on a felony warrant for assault on a police officer was arrested in Dilworth following a traffic stop, tasing, and a scuffle with a Dilworth police officer. 27-year old Stephen Hietala of Perham, Minnesota was pulled over on Highway 10 for a burned out headlight. The officer ran the plates and found Hietala was wanted on the assault warrant. He twice refused orders to get out his vehicle when advised he was under arrest.
Workplace death under investigation
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) -- A Kalamazoo man was killed when a tire on a front end loader that he was filling with air reportedly exploded like an overfilled balloon, but with a great deal more force. . The name of the 45-year-old victim who was a new hire at Holland Pallet Repair, has not been released. Public Safety officers were dispatched to the 2200 block of Palmer Avenue at about 2:30 Tuesday afternoon when several people in the area heard the explosion.
WMU's new President on the job
Edward Montgomery participates in his first Kalamazoo Media scrum at the Bernhard Center. (photo by John McNeill) KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) -- WMU’s new President met with the local media on his first day on the job Tuesday. Dr. Edward Montgomery says he became interested in the job partly because his son is a recent graduate of the Haworth College of Business at Western. He says he isn’t planning on any big changes short term. He says if it isn’t broken don’t fix it.
Double murder suspect in Kalamazoo Thursday
KALAMAZOO (WKZO AM/FM) -- Zachary Patten, the Portage man who is suspected in two back to back murders two weeks ago is now scheduled to be arraigned in Kalamazoo District Court on Thursday. He has already been formally charged in St. Joseph County with the shooting death of Shane Richardson. On Thursday he will be charged with the killing of 31-year-old Graciela Portillo-Esparza of Kalamazoo.
Alldredge dies after July 22 traffic accident
KALAMAZOO, MI (WTVB) - A Coldwater man died Tuesday at Borgess Medical Center after a July 22 traffic accident at River and Union City Roads in Branch County's Girard Township. 23-year-old Zack Alldredge suffered head and numerous other injuries in the crash. Alldredge was removed from life support systems and his organs will be donated. He and his fiancé recently became parents of a baby girl and had just bought a house.
S.D. Chamber: Lack of health reform "stunning"
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO-AM) -- The failure of the U.S. Senate to pass any type of health care reform is sending ripples across the country. Dave Owen, president of the South Dakota Chamber of Commerce and Industry, says the lack of action on a major issue is stunning. Owen says part of it is the way the federal government is designed to work, or not work. Senate leaders have said they will now move on to tax reform. Owen says that could be another issue with big consequences in the state.
Sanford Health opens new Fargo hospital
FARGO (KFGO) - Sanford Health's new hospital is open in So. Fargo. The nearly $500 million hospital along I-94 opened at 5 a.m. Tues. The downtown emergency room is closed, but the downtown surgery center, Roger Maris Cancer Center and other clinics across the metro will stay open. Planning for the hospital began about seven years ago. It has 284 beds with room for expansion to 380. Sanford says it was the largest private construction project in the Dakotas.
Trump polling strong in South Dakota
UNDATED (KELO AM) 57 percent of South Dakotans approve of the way President Trump is handling the job, according to newly released Gallup numbers. Thats the third highest support among the states, behind West Virginia (60%) and North Dakota (59%). The results are based on Gallup Daily tracking from January 20 to June 30, including interviews with about 280 South Dakotans.
Video captures gunshot that narrowly missed Glyndon police officer
GLYNDON, Minn. (KFGO) - The sound of a gunshot can be heard on a Glyndon, Minn. police officer's dash cam video when a bullet flew by the officer during a traffic stop in June. Officer Brandon Boe was citing a driver along U.S. Highway 10 when the gunshot came from an area northeast of his location. KFGO News obtained the video through an open records request. “I think I just took a shot” Boe said in a law enforcement radio transmission.
CRP access expanded once more
Washington, D.C. (KELO AM) - The US Department of Agriculture has opened nearly all CRP acres in South Dakota to producers for haying and grazing. The move comes after South Dakota's congressional delegation wrote a series of letters to Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue calling for CRP to be opened for grazing.
West Fargo's new police chief sworn in
WEST FARGO (KFGO) - More than four months after West Fargo Police Chief Mike Reitan was terminated, the department’s new chief has been sworn in. Former FBI supervisory agent Heith Janke became the department’s new leader. Janke says it's "awesome to be back..." and he's eager to move forward with his new job. Janke says he’s ready to make a change. He said he will emphasize building trust with his staff and his community.
Converting a Bus Into a Tiny House on Wheels
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KCSO: Suspicious satchel not an explosive
COMSTOCK TOWNSHIP (WKZO-AM/FM) -- Authorities say a suspicious "satchel-type package" found attached to a fire hydrant late Monday morning in Comstock Township wasn't an explosive and wasn't dangerous. A Kalamazoo County Sheriff's bomb technician responded to the 8600 block of East ML Avenue around 10 a.m. after a concerned citizen contacted dispatchers, according to a press release from the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office.
"Compartmentalization" gets Congress's work done
Despite the allegations of Russian assistance to the Trump campaign and the current stalemate on the health care reform bill, Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) says Congress is getting things done. "We compartmentalize," he told The Greg Belfrage Show this morning. For example, Rounds says his Armed Services Committee just unanimously passed out a defense authorization bill. He says there is bi-partisanship on Dodd-Frank changes. He also said there a number of items that go through on the consent calendar.
5 Horrifying Shark Encounters Caught On GoPro
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Alcohol saturations announced
Alcohol saturations announced Monday, July 10, 2017 10:39 a.m. CDT by Paul Jurgens KFGO file photo FARGO (KFGO) - The highway patrol is planning alcohol saturation patrols in Cass County Tues. through Sunday. 17 people have died this year across the state in drinking-related crashes.
Death investigation in Platte
Death investigation in Platte Saturday, July 08, 2017 11:34 a.m. CDT by Stan Allen Death investigation (Image source: Midwest Communications) PIERRE, SD (KELO AM) - Several law enforcement agencies are investigating a death in Platte. A body was discovered at a residence early Friday morning. The Platte Police Department, Charles Mix Sheriff's Office and the Division of Criminal Investigation are investigating. Authorities say the public is not at risk.
July means Sioux Falls road construction
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO-AM) -- You may not be able to get there from here this month because of all the road construction projects going on. The City announced seven projects Monday, six of which begin today. Beginning 8:30 a.m. today, North Marion Road will be closed between West Madison Street and West Maple Street. Kempf Excavating and Black-Top Paving will be performing utility and paving work. This work is anticipated to be complete by the end of the day on July 7, 2017.
If there was a 4th of July parade, Noem was probably there
U,.S. Rep. Krisit Noem in Deadwood 4th of July parade, 7/4/17. Photo from Noem for Governor campaign. A young Kristi Noem supporter in Lennox, S.D., 7/4/17. Photo from Noem for Governor campaign. DEADWOOD, S.D. (KELO-AM) -- U.S. Representative Kristi Noem walked in 4th of July parades from one end of the state to the other. Noem was in Kranzburg and Lennox in the east and Spearfish, Deadwood, and Belle Fourche in the west.
Cause of West Fargo house fire undetermined
Cause of West Fargo house fire undetermined Thursday, June 22, 2017 4:06 p.m. CDT by Paul Jurgens West Fargo house fire June 1 (photo: KFGO News) WEST FARGO (KFGO) - The cause of a fire that gutted a West Fargo home earlier this month remains unknown. Fire Chief Dan Fuller says the blaze began outside the house at 940 44th Ave. W on June 1. He considers the investigation complete. Neighbors and police were able to save the family's pets.
Fargo-based hotel developer TMI Hospitality sold
FARGO (KFGO) - A major Fargo hotel developer and management company has been sold. TMI Hospitality has been acquired by Aimbridge Hospitality of Plano, Texas. Aimbridge is the largest independent hotel investment and management firm in the country. The company says it currently owns or manages about 500 upscale hotels with nearly 70,000 rooms across the U.S. and the Caribbean.
Woman Picks Up Rattlesnake Thinking It's Dog Toy!!
Can you imagine going to pick up a "dog toy" and finding it move, slither and RATTLE in your hands!! AHH! That's what happened to this woman caught on hotel security footage! VIDEO
Spicy Smoked Shrimp
Looking for something fast and easy to make in the smoker? Then try this recipe. Start with a pound of peeled, deveined shrimp. Put the shrimp in a resealable bag, and squeeze in the juice of 2 limes. Add the rub (above) and coat the shrimp well. Return to the fridge until the smoker is ready. Get your smoker up to temp, about 225°. Make sure the water basin is full. Add the shrimp, and smoke on full smoke for 25-30 minutes. The Oneida Market is our sponsor, and they have great local sourced products.
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