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01/11/2026

1/10/26

HLO-F defeats RRC 71-23

Cottonwood County Corn and Soybean Growers players of the game were Ashton Reierson of HLO-F and Brailynn Olson of RRC

01/11/2026

Welcome to 2026! You made it. Now it’s time to prepare for the rest of the year. Music helps. This page will guide you through the first part of the year (until about June or so) to let you know who is releasing albums each week, and what to look out for.

Welcome to 2026! You made it. Now it's time to prepare for the rest of the year. Music helps. This page will guide you through the first part of the year to let you know who is releasing albums each week.

01/10/2026

1/9/26

MCC defeats MLA-C 84-63

Cottonwood County Corn and Soybean growers players of the game were Aidan Swenson of MCC and Aidan Olson of MLA-C

01/10/2026

12/20/25- Weekend Kidcaster is Connor a 6th Grader from Lakefield.
Kidcaster News is sponsored by Hwy 71 Storage of Windom A division of A Red Shed ME&C LLC in Windom’s Industrial Park, Bubble Wash Magic Laundromat LLC in Heron Lake, Windom Towing on E Highway 60, and Tyann Hall-Marcy Agency Farm Bureau Financial Services in Windom & St James.

We are looking for future News Kidcasters!! IF you know anyone from 2nd grade to 12th grade that would like to participate, please contact [email protected] or text 507-822-7136. We have lots of openings to fill in 2026. (Requirement is to be able to read sentences.) It's a fun experience and we would love to feature your talented kiddos.

You can catch the Local Kidcasters Headline News each weekend on the radio on both KDOM 1580AM/103.1FM and Hot Country 94.3FM or catch us on-the-go with App or listen through our website at www.windomradio.com

News times are as follows:
Hot Country 94.3FM
Saturday and Sunday at 7am and 8am and 9am
KDOM 1580AM/103.1FM
Saturday- 6:07am 7:32am 9:45am
Sunday- 6:45am 7:30am 8:05am and 11:40am
(all times can be within 10-minutes either way)

01/10/2026

One of the biggest breakout duos in 2025 is perhaps one of the most unlikely. Nobody could have predicted that an Old Order Amish couple could become a viral sensation. But that’s what Pennsylvania’s Ben & Rose have done.

The rise of Ben & Rose is counterintuitive to everything we think we know about virality, social media algorithms, and the other modes of success in the modern era of music. Ben & Rose only appear in the online world thanks to their producer and fellow musician Conrad Fisher. But that’s also what is so appealing about what Ben & Rose are doing. It’s wholesome, it’s authentic, it’s uncorrupted by the sticky residues of the modern music business. It’s simply a young married couple singing from the heart. Check out “Slowly But Surely and “ When You Say Nothing At All” on my ‘Facebook Post of the Night’

One of the biggest breakout performers in country music in 2025 is perhaps one of the most unlikely in the genre's history. Nobody could have predicted that an Old Order Amish couple could become a viral sensation.

01/09/2026

1/9/25-Cottonwood County Sheriff's Office sent out the following Press Release late this morning.

On Monday January 5th at 10:23 am, Cottonwood County received a 911 call from a person stating they were working in their garage at a residence in Westbrook when there was an explosion. They further stated their garage was on fire and they were burned. The Westbrook Fire Department and Ambulance Service were dispatched to the scene. When responders arrived, the garage was fully engulfed. Mutual aid was requested from Storden and Dovary Fire Departments. The victim Frank Wood, 58 of Westbrook, was taken to Sanford Westbrook Medical Center and transferred to the Hennepin Healthcare Burn Center in Minneapolis. His current condition is unknown.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation. Assisting at the scene were the Cottonwood County Sheriff’s Office, Westbrook Fire Department, Storden Fire Department, Dovary Fire Department, Westbrook Ambulance Service, Minnesota State Patrol, Minnesota State Fire Marshal’s Office and the US Bureau of Alcohol, To***co, Fi****ms and Explosives (ATF)

01/09/2026

1/8/25

RRC over HLO-F 65-47

Cottonwood County Corn and Soybean Growers players of the game were Henry Stavnes of RRC and Bryce Nielsen of HLO-F

01/09/2026

1/8/25

MLA-C defeats HLO-F 60-45

Cottonwood County Corn and Soybean Growers Players of the game were Julia Brinkman of MLA-C and Apada Okuch of HLO-F

01/09/2026

In what is his first official solo effort after moving on from his original band Promise of the Real, Lukas Nelson flexes his songwriting skills, shows off the latitude of his musical prowess, and perhaps once and for all establishes a legacy under his own name. American Romance is what the album is called, and like the title implies, it’s a journey through the seasons of relationships, from a future full of promise, to irreparable implosion and failure.
What’s hard to assign to the album is the designation of “Traditional Country,” even though the Grammys felt inclined to rubber stamp it as such when it was submitted to the Recording Academy, receiving a nomination in the new category. Instead it’s the breadth of influences, textures, and moods that Lukas Nelson works with that’s one of the album’s strong selling points, and keeps the listener intrigued throughout the dozen tracks.
Yes, there’s traditional country here, namely the fiddle and steel-driven “Outsmarted,” which in early pass thrus of the album immediately reveals itself as a keeper. The heartbreaking ending of “You Were It” is reminiscent of the sparse moments of Red Headed Stranger, and is a sensational tune itself. But there’s so much more going on here, including rock and a greater amalgam of roots. American Romance is a textbook Americana album according to the conventional definition of such things. 2 songs from Lucas are featured on tonight’s ‘Facebook Post of the Night’

There's one way to remove yourself from the overbearing shadow of a maternal or paternal legacy in music, and quell the criticisms of privilege. You can just be so damn good, you blow past all that banter.

01/08/2026

1/8/26- The Onion Report was broadcasted today, if you missed it, you can
Join Steve and Monica Muller on Kaleidescope as they carry on the tradition and memory of Leo Bartosh. Leo was hardly every wrong... Let's see what Monica has to say! You can catch her interview at https://windomradio.com/kdom-podcasts/

01/08/2026

In late December of 1970, the late, great Loretta Lynn was at #1 on the country chart with her signature tune “Coal Miner’s Daughter.” It also became her first song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 all-genre chart.
The song was a solo write by Loretta, and was by far the most significant of her career, leading to her 4th , 2nd Gold album, and a famous biographical musical film of her life that won an Academy Award and two Golden Globes.
In an interview with Blue Railroad years ago, Loretta explained a little more background on her inspiration for it.
My daddy would work all night in the coal mine. During the day he would work in the cornfields. There were ten of us. He had to make a living for us. Eight kids. I was second, so I would take care of the kids while Mommy did the sewing and the cleaning and everything else. I think that’s why I sing. I’d rock the babies to sleep and sing to them.”
The song] says we’d go without shoes in the summer. We would wear our shoes out before it would be warm enough to be without shoes. We’d have holes in our shoes, and put paste-board in our shoes. But halfway to school the paste-board would come out. One time my daddy found me by the creek with my shoes off, just crying, cause it was so cold from those shoes with holes. And Daddy picked me up and carried me home. And Daddy only weighed 117 pounds. I don’t know how he did it, but he did.”
The song doesn’t tell half of it. If I told the whole story nobody would believe it now anyway.” I have Loretta’s great performance from the old Ed Sullivan show circa May of 1971.

A RIFF on what country is really about.

01/07/2026

1/7/26

KDOM Leading Edge Credit Union Player of the Week is Windom/ML Cobra wrestler Damian Aguirre!