New artist, Noel Parmateer, and outstate artist, Jim Purtell round out this hour’s entertainment. And we tell you about a Swedish beer that’s designed for the shower!

Jeanne Cooney lives in Kennedy, MN. Her third book in the “Hot Dish Heaven Mystery” Series — A Potluck of Murder and Recipes — was recently published.

Jeanne has also been very active in Kennedy after moving there when she retired from the Department of Justice in the Twin Cities. Recently, she received a grant from the NWMAC to pay for a community mural painted by senior-citizen artists from around the area and for four art classes taught by those same senior-citizen artists.

A group of approximately six senior-citizen artists from around the area designed and painted a wall mural in Kennedy, with community volunteers–adults and teens– making this project a multi-generational, area-wide endeavor.

The legendary Handel’s Messiah was performed at Thief River Falls Redeemer Lutheran Church by a an all star group of talented local vocalists on December 18, 2016. The event was organized and coordinated by Jane Anderson, Barb Geer and Vanessa Martell.

Join Mark Johnson as he presents the Warren-Alvarado-Oslo High School Band and Choir Departments, under the direction of Molly Fridstrom and Mona Schroeder, Christmas Concert 2016.
The Following was recorded December 20, 2016 in Warren, MN.

The Music Room presents an evening of Holiday music from the Red Lake Falls 7-12th Grade Band and Choir Departments, under the direction of Lacie Hovland and Jennifer Wieland.
The following was recorded December 12, 2016 in the Lafayette High School Gymnasium in Red Lake Falls, MN.