Red Rock On Air

Today is a special day in Pine City as all of the students from the elementary school will head outdoors today to compete in games for the 44th Annual Harter Memorial Field Day…

Regan Kohler is the editor of the Isanti-Chisago County Star, and she makes a weekly radio appearance on WCMP to promote the latest edition of the newspaper. She visited again with our Jesse Logan, and discussed some big local stories including a recent break-in at Casey’s Gas Station in Cambridge and some progress being made in contract negotiations in the North Branch School District.

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Thursday night seniors from Pine City High School took over the airwaves on 100.9FM, WCMP.

The seniors played their own music, talked about memories they had from school, and also what they will be doing once they graduate. There were also a few jokes spread out throughout the program.

You can listen to the replay of the Pine City Senior Night on WCMP right here!

This afternoon we have another high school broadcast on WCMP AM 1350.

Although playoffs are approaching in both baseball and softball, we’re finishing strong on our regular season schedule. Today, Josh Miggler will be on hand as the Cambridge-Isanti Bluejackets will host Becker in a Mississippi 8 Conference matchup. The Bluejackets are currently sitting third in the conference standings with a 6-4 record, while Becker is bringing up the rear at just 2-8 in conference play.

You can listen to the entire replay of today’s game right here.

Pine County Sheriff Robin Cole shared more information with our listeners on Thursday morning in his regularly scheduled report. Cole had a lengthy list of items to cover in his summary of the three districts in the county. Cole visited with our Mike Hughes and Jesse Logan as usual.

Our news director Jesse Logan interviewed Pine City Pioneer editor Mike Gainor once again on Thursday morning. The two talked about some cases of whooping cough that have been diagnosed in Pine County recently, and a bevvy of other topics including a controlled burn in Pine City, local parks gearing up for a busy summer, and the recent DAPE track and field day that took place.

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The state Department of Public Instruction reported Thursday that graduation rates in Wisconsin are on the rise.