Life is funny. I started out my radio career, disc-jockeying 70s and 80s hits. I transitioned into news and for the last dozen years, I've been working in digital media. So when the opportunity came up to play the music I love, I jumped at the chance. Because the music on 96.7 The River is quite simply the soundtrack to my life (and probably yours, too). Technically, I'm the Digital Managing Editor for Townsquare Media St. Cloud. The chief web dude, if you will. But in this little space of the world, I'm an announcer again, playing the music I love. Full circle. Life is funny.
Tim Lyon
Jeffrey Kipka, 70, Sauk Rapids
Memorial Services will be at 10:30 AM on Tuesday, November 16, 2021 at Williams Dingmann Funeral Home in St. Cloud for Jeffrey Kipka, 70, who passed away on November 11.
Vincent “Vince” R. Thiel, 58, Waite Park
Vincent “Vince” R. Thiel, age 58, of Waite Park, MN died Tuesday, November 2, 2021 at the St. Cloud Hospital after a hard fought battle with pancreatic cancer.
Richard L. DeGree, 80, St. Cloud
Memorial Services will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, April 23, 2021 at Williams Dingmann Family Funeral Home in Sauk Rapids for Richard L. DeGree, age 80, who passed away Friday at his home.
Lloyd M. Liebelt, 95, Sauk Rapids
Lloyd M. Liebelt, age 95 of Sauk Rapids died on Wednesday, December 9, 2020.
Carter L. Schinkel, 47, St. Cloud
Carter Lynn Schinkel, age 47, St. Cloud, MN, died peacefully in the arms of his wife on August 17, 2020 at the St Cloud Hospital after a courageous battle with cancer.
Jeffery S. Myers, 64, Princeton
Jeffery S. Myers, age 64, passed away on Tuesday, May 12, 2020, at his home in Princeton.
COVID-19: Signs of the Times [PHOTOS]
As the St. Cloud area hunkers down during #StayHomeMN, here are some of the temporary signs of the time.
Here’s How to Stay in the Loop with WJON
WJON is providing extensive local coverage of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic and its impacts around the world, in the United States, here in Minnesota and in the St. Cloud metro area. Here are the many ways to keep-up with the latest news that impacts you.
Townsquare Media Announcers, Reporters go Live from Home Studios
Our Townsquare Media announcers and reporters are working all over the place in these times of social distancing. Check out their home studios that allow them to broadcast from their kitchen tables.
Kevin R. Phillipp, 52, St. Wendel
Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 10, 2020 at St. Columbkille Catholic Church in St. Wendel for Kevin R. Phillipp, age 52, of St. Wendel, who passed away on Friday, March 6, 2020 at Quiet Oaks Hospice.