"and Watkins. As well, he performed his last ""News from Lake Wobegon"" segment, with its final closing description of the fictional town, where “all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average.” Thile made his debut as permanent host on October 15, 2016. On November 29, 2017, Minnesota Public Radio terminated its contract with Keillor because of ""allegations of his inappropriate behavior with an individual who worked with him."" Because Keillor still owned artistic rights and the trademark to the show's name, MPR also announced that it would change the name, which"
"Lake Wobegon Lake Wobegon is a fictional town created by Garrison Keillor as the setting of the ""News from Lake Wobegon"" segment of the radio program ""A Prairie Home Companion"". Lake Wobegon is also the setting of many of Keillor's stories and novels. It is described as a small rural town in central Minnesota, and is peopled with fictional characters and places, many of which became familiar to listeners of the broadcast. The events and adventures of the townspeople provided Keillor with a wealth of humorous and often touching stories. Keillor has said that people often ask him if it"
"of bizarre incidents in the fictional town's early history, akin to the events in Black River Falls in ""Wisconsin Death Trip"". Keillor identifies the original founders of what became Lake Wobegon as New England Unitarian missionaries, at least one of whom came to convert the Native American Ojibwe Indians through interpretive dance. A college was founded at what was then called New Albion, but the project was abandoned after a severe winter and numerous attacks by bears. The project had only one survivor, a very practical woman who married a French Canadian fur trapper who fed her in exchange for"
"of Perpetual Responsibility, and descendants of Norwegian and Swedish immigrants, who attend Lake Wobegon Lutheran Church. Keillor's family were members of the Sanctified Brethren. The 800 residents (1950 Census: 728) are proud of the ""Statue of the Unknown Norwegian"" (so called because the model left before the sculptor could get his name). Lake Wobegon is in competition with its fictional rival, St. Olaf, for having the most descendants of the same common ancestor. Lake Wobegon became a secret dumping ground of nuclear waste during the 1950s. The fictional town is the home of the Whippets baseball team, tuna hotdish, snow,"
"outside the changing house, and the sites are typically marked with white buoys from late spring to October. The lake's name is a pun on the well-known fictional town of Lake Wobegon, purportedly located in Minnesota. Also since Ore is no longer mined from these pits, Ore be gone is also a pun on no longer mining ore (Iron ore). Lake Ore-be-gone Lake Ore-be-gone is a artificial lake, formed by the flooding of three open-pit iron ore mines, within the city limits of Gilbert, Minnesota, US. Since the flooding of the mining pits, the area around the lake has been"
"Lake Wobegon Days Lake Wobegon Days is a novel by Garrison Keillor, first published in hardcover by Viking in 1985. Based on material from his radio show ""A Prairie Home Companion"", the book brought Keillor's work to a much wider audience and achieved international success. Like some of Keillor's other books, it is unusual in that it could be said that the audiobook preceded the publication in written form. The work is a humorous account of life in fictitious Lake Wobegon, Minnesota, a heartland small town. Its early chapters are written in the form and style of a history of"
"Lake Wobegon Trails The Lake Wobegon Trails are two paved recreational rail trails in central Minnesota, named after the fictional Lake Wobegon in Garrison Keillor's ""Prairie Home Companion"". Each trail is marked with mileposts every , corresponding with the mile markers of the former railroad lines. Snowmobile use is allowed on the trail in winter, conditions permitting. The main trail is a trail along a former Burlington Northern Railroad line, beginning near milepost 81 in St. Joseph and ending near milepost 130 in Osakis. This trail runs parallel to I-94. The trail passes through the cities of Avon, Albany, Freeport,"
"compared to the Minneapolis Greenway. Lake Wobegon Trails The Lake Wobegon Trails are two paved recreational rail trails in central Minnesota, named after the fictional Lake Wobegon in Garrison Keillor's ""Prairie Home Companion"". Each trail is marked with mileposts every , corresponding with the mile markers of the former railroad lines. Snowmobile use is allowed on the trail in winter, conditions permitting. The main trail is a trail along a former Burlington Northern Railroad line, beginning near milepost 81 in St. Joseph and ending near milepost 130 in Osakis. This trail runs parallel to I-94. The trail passes through the"
"Pontoon: A Novel of Lake Wobegon Pontoon: A Novel of Lake Wobegon is a novel by Garrison Keillor, a humorous fictional account of life in the fictitious heartland town of Lake Wobegon, Minnesota. It was first published in hardcover by Viking Press in September 2007. Lake Wobegon is one of the habitats of the radio show Prairie Home Companion. The novel begins with the death of 81-year-old Evelyn Peterson in her sleep. Evelyn was a widow who had a reputation for staying positive yet straightforward with the way she lived life in her later years, in direct counter to the"
"names. They mask the ethnic heritage of the town, which I wanted to do, since it was half Norwegian, half German."" The English word ""woebegone"" means ""affected with woe."" Keillor's weekly monologue about Lake Wobegon included recurring elements: Lake Wobegon resembles many small farm towns in the Upper Midwest, especially western Minnesota, North Dakota, and to some extent, northern Iowa, Wisconsin, eastern South Dakota and northeastern Montana. These are rural, sparsely populated areas that were settled only in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, largely by homesteading immigrants from Germany and Scandinavia. One of these, Holdingford, Minnesota, which Keillor"
"Leaving Home: A Collection of Lake Wobegon Stories Leaving Home: A Collection of Lake Wobegon Stories is a short story anthology written by Garrison Keillor, a humorous fictional account of life in small-town Minnesota set in the fictitious heartland town of Lake Wobegon. It was first published in hardcover by Viking Penguin, Inc. in 1987. The book is a collection of thirty-six of the author's ""News from Lake Wobegon"" monologues from his radio program ""A Prairie Home Companion"", slightly revised for print publication. They are prefaced by ""A Letter from Copenhagen."" At the time of the book's initial publication, Keillor"
"7.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.3% of those under age 18 and 14.3% of those age 65 or over. Garrison Keillor, creator of Lake Wobegon and host of the radio variety show A Prairie Home Companion, has written that Stearns County in general and Freeport specifically, in addition to other small Minnesota towns, were inspirations for his fictional town, Lake Wobegon. In 1998, the county honored Keillor and his show by naming a section of abandoned rail line the Lake Wobegon Trail. An aerial shot of Freeport, including the iconic water tower, was featured in"
"vocals for some of the show's musical numbers. The show airs from the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul. After the show's intermission, Keillor reads clever and often humorous greetings to friends and family at home submitted by members of the theater audience in exchange for an honorarium. Also in the second half of the show, Keillor delivers a monologue called ""The News from Lake Wobegon"", a fictitious town based in part on Keillor's own hometown of Anoka, Minnesota, and on Freeport and other small towns in Stearns County, Minnesota, where he lived in the early 1970s. Lake Wobegon is a"
"is a real town, and when he replied that it was not, they seemed disappointed, because ""people want stories to be true"". So he began to say it was in ""central Minnesota, near Stearns County, up around Holdingford, not far from St. Rosa and Albany and Freeport, northwest of St. Cloud"", which he says is ""sort of the truth, I guess."" Keillor has said the town's name comes from an old Native American word meaning ""the place where we waited all day in the rain [for you]."" Keillor explains, """"Wobegon"" sounded Indian to me and Minnesota is full of Indian"
"system is combined with that of neighboring Audubon. The high school (7-12) is in Lake Park and the elementary school (1-6) is located in Audubon. The school's mascot is the Raider, a traditional depiction of a Pirate. The former mascot for Lake Park, was the Parker Penguin. The school's current Victory song/cheer has lyrics written by the first High School Principal for the newly formed LPA School District, Ron Fleming's daughter, using the chords from the Notre Dame Victory March. Lake Park, Minnesota Lake Park is a city in Becker County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 881 at the"
"to New Orleans). To balance the religious and ethnic demography of Stearns County with the rest of Minnesota, Keillor ""imported"" Lutheran and Scandinavian elements into the town, making it more recognizable and therefore more interesting to the rest of the state. Lake Wobegon is the seat of Mist County, Minnesota, a tiny county near Minnesota's geographic center that supposedly does not appear on maps because of the ""incompetence of surveyors who mapped out the state in the 19th century"". The town's slogan is ""Gateway to Central Minnesota."" Holdingford now has the same slogan. Lake Wobegon is occasionally said to be"
"Cayugas are boys and girls who completed pre-k and kindergarten prior to the start of camp, Oneidas are 1st and 2nd graders, Mohawks are 3rd and 4th graders, Hurons are 5th and 6th graders, and Senecas are 7th-9th graders. In 2016, the camp began accepting three year olds in a new age group called the Pequots. Camp activities included traditional arts and crafts and swimming, but also had full sized basketball courts, tennis courts and playing fields. Its specialty was boating, especially windsurfing. Campers would have boating, led by the famous Brother Louie, and could canoe, kayak, sail or go"
"edge of the prairie."" Keillor often poked fun at central Minnesota's large Scandinavian-American and German-American communities, and many of his fictional characters have names that reflect this. The ""News from Lake Wobegon"" did not have a set structure, but featured recurring characters and places such as the Chatterbox Café, the Sidetrack Tap, Pastor Ingqvist of the Lake Wobegon Lutheran Church and his successor Pastor Liz, Father Emil of Our Lady of Perpetual Responsibility Roman Catholic Church (a parody of Our Mother of Perpetual Help), the Lake Wobegon Whippets sports teams, various members of the Bunsen and Krebsbach families, and an"
"Kabekona Lake Kabekona Lake is a clear lake in northern Minnesota, United States, located 2.5 miles south of Laporte in Hubbard County. Kabekona has a surface area of and a maximum depth of 133 feet (41 m). Kabekona (""Gabekana"" in the Ojibwe language) means ""End of the Trail"" to dissuade others from venturing to the very clear lake. Kabekona is the 2nd clearest lake in Minnesota. This spring-fed lake is known for its loon birdlife. At one point it was thought to be the source of the Mississippi River. Among the most popular fishes in this lake are yellow perch,"
"Lake City, Minnesota Lake City is a city in Goodhue and Wabasha counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It lies along Lake Pepin, a wide portion of the Mississippi River. The population was 5,063 at the 2010 census. Most of Lake City is located within Wabasha County with only a small portion in Goodhue County. The city of Lake City is located southeast of the Twin Cities at the intersection of U.S. Highways 61 and 63 on the Mississippi River at Lake Pepin. Lac de Pleurs (Lake of Tears) was the name given to Lake Pepin by Father Louis"
"a popular summer getaway located on Waubee lake. Lakewood, Wisconsin Lakewood is a town in Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 875. The census-designated place of Lakewood is located in the town. In March, 1952, three children disappeared during a late spring snow storm. A two-day search for them involved 1,000 people. Mary Ann Church, age 4, was the only one of the children who survived. The other children were found frozen to death in a nearby outbuilding in the Gillet Lake area. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town"
"Long Lake, Washburn County, Wisconsin Long Lake is a town in Washburn County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 737 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Nobleton is located in the town. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 37.8 square miles (97.8 km²), of which, 32.6 square miles (84.5 km²) of it is land and 5.1 square miles (13.3 km²) of it (13.59%) is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 737 people, 284 households and 211 families residing in the town. The population density was 22.6 people"
"line, including 11.6% of those under age 18 and 8.8% of those age 65 or over. In the children's video series ""VeggieTales"", there is an ongoing gag regarding the city of Moose Lake. In the video ""The End of Silliness?"", a petition to bring back ""Silly Songs with Larry"" is read by Archibald Asparagus who tells Larry the Cucumber that it was signed by """"the entire population of Duluth, Minnesota and even someone from Moose Lake"""". The petition in the video is a digitized version of the actual petition drive created by Duluth Christian radio station WNCB (now The Refuge)"
"and Lake Wobegon trails combine for a continuous trail. Central Lakes State Trail The Central Lakes State Trail is a paved recreational rail trail in central Minnesota, USA, running along a former Burlington Northern Railroad line. The trail is marked with mileposts every mile, corresponding with the mile markers of the former railroad line. Snowmobile use is allowed on the trail in winter, conditions permitting. The trail begins in Osakis at the western end of the Lake Wobegon Trail and runs parallel to Interstate 94 before ending in Fergus Falls. This trail passes through the towns of Nelson, Alexandria, Garfield,"
"bass, northern pike, and walleye. Kabekona Lake was formerly known as ""Friendship Springs"". Kabekona Lake Kabekona Lake is a clear lake in northern Minnesota, United States, located 2.5 miles south of Laporte in Hubbard County. Kabekona has a surface area of and a maximum depth of 133 feet (41 m). Kabekona (""Gabekana"" in the Ojibwe language) means ""End of the Trail"" to dissuade others from venturing to the very clear lake. Kabekona is the 2nd clearest lake in Minnesota. This spring-fed lake is known for its loon birdlife. At one point it was thought to be the source of the"
"Sheboygan, Wisconsin Sheboygan is a city in and the county seat of Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 49,288 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Sheboygan, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city is located on the western shore of Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Sheboygan River, about north of Milwaukee and south of Green Bay. Before its settlement by European Americans, the Sheboygan area was home to Native Americans, including members of the Potawatomi, Chippewa, Ottawa, Winnebago, and Menominee tribes. In the Menominee language, the place is known as ""Sāpīwāēhekaneh,"" ""at"
"purple and white. Its athletic teams sport the moniker of the Logrollers, and the mascot is Larry the Logroller. Because of low enrollment, Wabeno High School often co-ops programs with nearby Laona High School. These teams employ the nickname Rebels and the colors black and silver. All Rebel and ""Roller"" teams are members of the Northern Lakes Conference. As of 2013, all sports from Laona High School are combined with those from Wabeno, marking the end of the Laona Kellys. Wabeno, Wisconsin Wabeno is a town in Forest County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,166 at the 2010 census."
"includes: Garrison Keillor Gary Edward ""Garrison"" Keillor (born August 7, 1942) is an American author, storyteller, humorist, voice actor, and radio personality. He is best known as the creator of the Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) show ""A Prairie Home Companion"" (called ""Garrison Keillor's Radio Show"" in some international syndication), which he hosted from 1974 to 2016. Keillor created the fictional Minnesota town Lake Wobegon, the setting of many of his books, including ""Lake Wobegon Days ""and """". Other creations include Guy Noir, a detective voiced by Keillor who appeared in ""A Prairie Home Companion"" comic skits. Keillor is also the"
"Lakewood, Wisconsin Lakewood is a town in Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 875. The census-designated place of Lakewood is located in the town. In March, 1952, three children disappeared during a late spring snow storm. A two-day search for them involved 1,000 people. Mary Ann Church, age 4, was the only one of the children who survived. The other children were found frozen to death in a nearby outbuilding in the Gillet Lake area. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 72.4 square miles"
"in 1895; and four of their nine children survived him: Mrs. D.C. Reed was still living in the village; son Oscar A. Edwards lived in Rhinelander, and two married daughters lived in Tacoma, Washington. After the Treaty of Poygan in 1852, by which the Menominee ceded more land in this area to the United States, Winneconne expanded its land west of the Wolf River. Chief Oshkosh negotiated with the President to keep other lands in this area, as more than 2500 of his people refused to move to Minnesota, as was desired by the federal government. The Menominee Indian Tribe"
"Ramos; Christian Vanderbush; Julia Christensen; Malika Glover; Emmet Dettweiler; George Spears Okemos High School: Carrie Burgess; Darby Dudley; Kevin Vermeesch; Kelsey Behan; Kelly Conlon; Sarina Seger; Christopher Luoma; Lauren Dudley Williamston High School: Matthew Sowle; Taylor Stevens; Scott Bowlin; Chad Rhiness; Rebecca Imthurn; Taylor VanStreain; Shelbi Lyn Chase Mark Meadows (Michigan politician) Mark S. Meadows (born 1947) is the Mayor of East Lansing, Michigan, a former member of the Michigan House of Representatives, and an attorney. He was appointed as an Assistant Attorney General for the Michigan Department of Attorney General in 1975 and was assigned to represent, at various"
"Garrison Keillor Gary Edward ""Garrison"" Keillor (born August 7, 1942) is an American author, storyteller, humorist, voice actor, and radio personality. He is best known as the creator of the Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) show ""A Prairie Home Companion"" (called ""Garrison Keillor's Radio Show"" in some international syndication), which he hosted from 1974 to 2016. Keillor created the fictional Minnesota town Lake Wobegon, the setting of many of his books, including ""Lake Wobegon Days ""and """". Other creations include Guy Noir, a detective voiced by Keillor who appeared in ""A Prairie Home Companion"" comic skits. Keillor is also the creator"
"from Lake Wobegon"", was the show's best-known feature during his long tenure. Distributed by Minnesota Public Radio's distribution arm, American Public Media, ""A Prairie Home Companion"" was heard on 690 public radio stations in the United States at its peak in spring 2015 and reached an audience of four million U.S. listeners each week. The show borrowed its name from a radio program in existence in 1969 that was named after the Prairie Home Cemetery near Concordia College, in Moorhead, Minnesota. It inspired a 2006 film of the same name, written by Keillor, directed by Robert Altman, and featuring Keillor,"