I’ve lived in Faribault my entire life but my wife and I enjoy traveling all around Minnesota as well as the surrounding states. When I’m not at work I’m usually spending time with my grandchildren and my grown children. I enjoy going to watch the Vikings, especially at US Bank Stadium, concerts, taking my wife to various musicals and going out to eat… I really enjoy that, as my bathroom scale can attest. I love music and spend a lot of time on the weekends looking for CDs of big hair bands that I don’t currently have in my collection.
Mike Eiler
The Faribault Heritage Days Opening Ceremonies are Tonight
Can you believe it? The Faribault Heritage Days Celebration get's underway tonight with opening ceremonies, followed by a Flag Day ceremony in Central Park tonight at 6:30PM. This annual event runs through Sunday with a Classic Car Show in Tee Pee Tonka Park as the event that wraps it all up from 9AM to 3PM...
Wave the Flag Proudly
Today is Flag Day but what does that really mean? This is the day that we commemorate the adoption of the original American flag, consisting of thirteen alternating red and white stripes with thirteen stars in a circle on a field of blue, by the Continental Congress with the First Flag Act on June 14th, 1777...
Don’t Throw a Fit, Throw an Axe
Fun fact: Today is International Axe Throwing Day, that's right, International, as in celebrated around the world. Nothing as pathetic as just a national day. With this in mind, why aren't you outside throwing axes right now?
Okay, all kidding aside, there are probably a few axes being swung today, splitting some of the logs that homeowners have likely harvested from all the downed trees in the ar
Friday is Faribault Mainstreet Car Cruise Night
The next Faribault Main Street Car Cruise Night takes place this Friday night, June 16, during Faribault Heritage Days on the 300 block of Central Avenue in downtown Faribault. I’ll be crankin’ up the tunes and giving away prizes including Power 96 t-shirts, if you ask nicely, and $25 Chamber Checks throughout the event, so make sure you stop by and say “Hi” and find out how you could win...
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Return of the Medford Rooftop Toss
Next Saturday night, June 17, get ready for the annual Power 96 Rooftop Toss from the roof of the Medford Muni. That's just part of the night's festivities that also includes a live broadcast on Power 96 and a street dance with plenty of delicious beverages to slake your thirst and concessions to tame your hunger...
Water Park Fun in Waseca
A couple of weeks ago I posted a story about some of the area water parks that I thought covered most of the area pools but I was wrong. I realized my error when I was in Waseca on Sunday for a backyard barbecue. As I entered town on Highway 13 I saw the colorful awnings of some of the shade areas around the edge of the Waseca Water Park...
It’s National Chocolate Ice Cream Day
It's National Chocolate Ice Cream Day today. Does that mean we get to enjoy free chocolate ice cream all day?.. uhh, no. But you can celebrate by going out and buying a quart or gallon of that chocolate goodness and trying to eat it all in one sitting or, better yet, sharing with family and friends...
Please Secure Your Loads
Homeowners are taking advantage of this nice run of warm, dry weather to do some yard work, gardening and landscaping. I recently hauled in some rock for a little chore at my parents' house and trimmed back some branches and bushes. Both of these jobs required a truck and trailer to haul the rock in and remove the branches...
Today is D-Day
On this beautiful sunny day let us not forget, that 73 years ago, thousands of brave young men were landing along a 50-mile stretch of beach in Normandy, France, to secure our continued freedom. This was the beginning of the largest seaborne invasion in history and would eventually wrest control of Northern Europe from the Nazis and lead to an Allied victory on the Western Front known as D-Day or
Kayak Adventures on the Mighty Mississippi
If you've ever wanted to paddle the Mississippi River in the heart of the Twin Cities, but you don't own a boat, there's a new program available called the Mississippi River Paddle Share. You can rent one- or two-person kayaks at either North Mississippi Regional Park or the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization...