Podcast

Today on WJON's 2-Cent Tuesday listeners and I talked about concerns with the St. Cloud School District, the diversity in the community, and many opinions were shared about a variety of things.

Paul Hamilton from Medicare Insurance Advisors joined me on WJON today. He explained that medicare is changes for some people in 2019. He said there is 4 forms for medicare starting with traditional medical that involves doctor visits, ER visits and co-pays and then there is expanded health care coverage and drug coverage.

Gail Cruikshank from the Greater St. Cloud Development Corporation joined me today on WJON. She is their Talent Director. We discussed networking and how it is an ongoing process for those who currently have jobs and for those that don't.

St. Cloud School Board Chair Al Dahlgren joined me on WJON today. He gave us an update on construction of the new Tech High School, how Apollo is recovering from the fire damage, test score challenges, and busing.

Today on WJON's 2-Cent Tuesday listeners talked about the city's deal with Costco, the new Tech high school, politics, Keith Ellison, Tech football, the changes for the Vikings at kicker and more.

Today on WJON's What Up Wednesday listeners talked quite a bit about religion. Listeners weren't happy with how the Catholic Church has handled sexual abuse cases, we talked about religion in schools, praying rooms, and adding religion to school's curriculum.

Today on WJON Stearns County Attorney Janelle Kendall joined me. She indicated that investigative information from the Wetterling case will be released soon. Janelle also walked me through the process they go through when bring a case to trial.

Today on WJON's 2-Cent Tuesday listener looked back at where they were 17 years ago when the attacks took place in New York City, Washington D.C. and Pennsylvania. They discussed how life has changed and how we felt about the attacks at the time.

Today on WJON's Stump the Panel the Panel finished 7-6. We answered questions like; What type of restaurant bought the Urban Lodge in Sauk Rapids? General Motors makes a vehicle called a Suburban.

Today on WJON I talked with longtime and now retired HR Director Dick Owen. Dick has been working with local authorities to help find employment for former felons. Dick explained how one of the prominent reasons for felons to re-offend is because they cannot find jobs.