John Anderson’s Blog

Hy-Vee Inc. announced that they have awarded 156 One Step Garden Grants totaling $156,000 to community organizations and Hy-Vee stores as part of the Hy-Vee One Step program. The $1,000 grants will be used to purchase seeds, plants, garden tools and food preservation equipment for community gardens...

You're out somewhere, you see a dog sitting in a completely locked up and closed up vehicle. It's hot out and the animal appears to be not doing well. Can you break into the vehicle and free the animal? According to Minnesota law, you might face a fine for doing it...

Kitty-corner from the Cathedral of Our Merciful Savior in Faribault, a homeowner is trying to get a treasured lawn ornament back that was stolen.                   Why someone would want to steal a lawn ornament I do not know. Unless maybe a gnome. Some of those can be ...

Friday, June 2, is your last chance to try to milk the KDHL Cash Cow for $1,000. Just listen each day for the code words -- one in the morning at 7:30, one in the afternoon around 3:30. Then log on to the contest at kdhlradio.com and enter in the code words and you could win ...

On a great afternoon for some section baseball at Thompson Park in Wells, the Cardinals saw their season come to an end as the rebels won 6-2. Luke Donkers went the distance and took the loss. I had him for 84 pitches, three strikeouts, two walks and the Rebels getting 12 hits off him, and I had the Cardinals for four errors ...

It's that first holiday weekend to get out and enjoy the outdoors. I don't know how bad they will be this Memorial Day weekend with all the rain we have had. But it's a good idea to be bug aware. Now a couple of weeks ago I told you about the CDC's (Center for Disease Control) concern for blacklegged ticks, or deer ticks, and the Powassan virus...

If you own a Graco My Ride 65 Convertible child restraint, it may have been recalled. Graco children's products is recalling eight models because your child may not be properly restrained in the event of a crash, according to the NHTSA. The recalled Graco My Ride 65 convertible child restraint models are 1871689, 1908152, 1813074, 1872691, 1853478, 1877535, 1813015 and 1794334...

My kids are grown up, but even though there were the hassles of some things (the kids wanting to go on trips, or to fun parks and the inevitable chorus of "are we there yet") there are good things about it.  

It's the first unoffical weekend of summer. And after you've gotten everything else into your Memorial Day weekend, you can finish it by checking out the Little Big Town Kickoff to Summer event on KDHL and kdhlradio.com. The show runs from 2-6PM on Memorial Day...

The Minnesota State Fair announced today that one of the tallest Ferris Wheels in North America will be at the State Fair this year. If you want to check out a 156-foot-high view of the fair, this ride is for you and it will only cost you $5 for the ride...