For the past month southern Minnesotans have been listening to the radio, frenetically collecting and entering codes for a chance to win $30,000.

Along the way, ten codes a day -- for twenty days -- produced two hundred $100 winners along the way, because each time a code was revealed someone who entered it won a hundred bucks.

The contest ran from September 16th through last Friday, October 11th. You didn't need to collect all 200 codes, but the more you were able to enter into our station apps, the better chance you had to win, because each code represented another instance that your name was stuffed into the virtual registration box.

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So Just What Can You Buy with $30,000

  • 6,000 chicken sandwiches
  • 10,000 large fries
  • 115 pair of Minnesota Viking tickets
  • 5,000 Starbucks pink drinks
  • 750 Stanley tumblers
  • 375 new pairs of Levi’s
  • 400 new iPhone 15s
  • 30 new laptops
  • 10,000 happy hour White Claws
  • Trip to Disney World
  • Trip to the Bahamas for you
  • Tuition at a Swiss boarding school (silence is golden)
  • 30,000 No. 2 pencils
  • ½ of 1% of a Berkshire Hathaway share
  • 2,000 Lush bath bombs
  • Tickets to see the Eagles at The Sphere in Vegas
  • 188 Officially Licensed Travis Kelce Jerseys
  • Tickets to Taylor’s ‘Eras’ Tour

And the $30,000 Cash Winner is...

Emily B. of Mason City, Iowa! Emily is a mom of two, and although she was shocked in the moment to get the big news, when asked what she thought she'd do with the money she initially said pay some debt and make a trip with the family to Universal Studios in Florida.

Let Emily be the shining example that, listening, collecting & entering those codes, and winning big can happen to any of us. What's the thing all of the winners have has in common? They never thought they would win -- but played anyhow, and won big.

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