Jim Bartlett
December 31, 2017
When I was a kid, I was quite a nerd. (Cue people who know me personally: “What do you mean, ‘was’?”) I used to watch baseball games on TV and keep statistics in my own little scorebook. And for a lot of years before I was old enough to do anything else on New Year’s […]
Kathryn Vaughn
December 30, 2017
Some Christmases really hold up to the test of time. Back in the day, all my in-laws and I would celebrate the day by first going bowling. There were 20 of us taking over the lanes. They were all good bowlers, but if I broke 100, I was thrilled. It didn’t matter, though. I got […]
Magic 98
December 21, 2017
If you have an Amazon Echo device, you’ll want to know how to get it to play Magic 98. Here’s how: First, some definitions: Alexa is Amazon‘s voice service, used by different types of Echo devices such as Echo, Echo Dot, Echo Tap, and Echo Show. Skills are similar to apps on your phone. Just […]
Cailynn Hensen
December 18, 2017
We are celebrating Christmas with my side of the family on Saturday the 23rd and with my fiancée’s family on Christmas Day, and that has me thinking of peanut brittle. When I think of Christmas, the memories usually include peanut brittle … the making of it, the eating of it, the cravings after it’s gone. […]
Ellie is our Kid of the Week! She’s from Rio, she’s 2 1/2, and she was nominated by her grandma, Natalie. Natalie says, “Ellie became a big sister in May to Harper. She has been the best big sister. There is always music in her soul as she is always singing and dancing. Ellie has […]
December 15, 2017
No matter how cold it gets, I must go for my walk every day. I’m lucky to live so close to the Yahara Trail! I do love being out in nature, and animals are really so interesting. These days the geese and ducks sit on the ice floes, swim around, and goof off as if […]
December 11, 2017
Hope you had a good weekend! A great way to get through Monday is to play “Three-Word Weekend.” You pick three words that describe your weekend. (That’s it! No hard-hitting rules here.) Those three words can string together a sentence or they can be three separate words having nothing to do with each other—it’s totally […]
Meet our latest Kid of the Week, Joseph. He’s 15 months old and lives in Reedsburg. Joseph was nominated by his dad, Tony, who says, “Joey is a happy baby. He is always smiling and loves having his picture taken. He likes playing with his dogs and hanging out with his grandma.” Joseph wins prizes […]
December 8, 2017
Holiday Wish Day is one of our favorite days of the year at Magic 98. Here are a bunch of pictures from behind the scenes. To learn more about Holiday Wish or to make a donation, click here. Check our Facebook page to see videos from Holiday Wish Day, too. Ginger is one of the […]
December 7, 2017
In December of 1980, John Lennon‘s comeback single, “(Just Like) Starting Over” was riding high on the charts. On December 8, 1980, a Monday, he was shot to death in New York City. This left the producers of American Top 40 with a dilemma. The show for the next weekend, December 13/14, had already been […]