WWIB/WOGO Podcasts

4/9/26 Softball: McDonell Lady Macks 3, Fall Creek 2 (9 innings)

noreply@blogger.com (Caleb) — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:55:00 +0000

In their home opener, matched up against the defending conference champs and a team that had beaten them nine consecutive times, the Lady Macks (3-2, 2-0 Western Cloverbelt Conference) were locked in a pitchers' duel with the Crickets (1-5, 1-1 WCC), as both teams backed up their starter with solid defense.

Tied at one after the seventh, the game headed to extras. Fall Creek added a run in their half of the eighth, but McDonell answered in the bottom of the frame before blanking the Crickets and walking it off in the bottom of the 9th, their first win against Fall Creek since 2021.

Freshman right fielder Taylan Hanson delivered the final blow with a walk-off single, one of her two hits on the night. Junior catcher Lizzy Leibrandt crushed a solo shot to tie the game in the bottom of the fourth, and junior pitcher Kelsey Bremness ripped two doubles while striking out 7 and going the distance.

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THANK YOU to our incredible local sponsors:

Northwestern Bank!
Quality Propane and Fuels!
Stelter, Inc.!
Toycen Ford of Chippewa Falls!
24/7 & West Wisconsin Telcom!
Mower Sperry Insurance!
Royal Credit Union!
ABC Supply Chippewa Falls!
The YMCA of the Chippewa Valley!
Gibson's WaterCare!
Metropolis Resort & Action City!
The Medicine Shoppe of Chippewa Falls and Menomonie!
Chippewa Valley Insulation!
Wiersgalla Plumbing, Heating, & Air Conditioning!
Post Glass & Mirror!
Grace Home Respiratory!
Kristo Orthodontics!

4/9/26 Morning Show Highlights!

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Halvorsen) — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:42:00 +0000

First Thoughts: Jerry Urdahl passing at 93; Bob Goff Devo on Humility
365promises.com Devo on Ephesians 2:5-6
Minnesota Funeral Bread
Live Longer by Shopping
Single Mom Saturday Early Giving: Thanks to Sue in Bloomer, Ron & Linda in Cameron, & Julie in Rice Lake!
Get Paid to Road Trip; Route 66 is Turning 100!

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4/8/26 Morning Show Highlights!

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Halvorsen) — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:18:00 +0000

First Thoughts: Election Results; TIH; Bob Goff devo
Win It, Wednesday: Four Rounds: Winner-Keith in Eau Claire knew the average person spends close to 150 hours a year picking out their clothes to wear
Halvo's "Single Mom Saturday" Challenge: "Please Join Me in Giving a Little More, a Little Sooner this year"

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4/7/26 Softball: Chippewa Falls Girls 7, Hudson 2

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Halvorsen) — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:15:00 +0000

After giving up a leadoff homer to Hudson(1-0-1, 0-1) junior CF, Carly Meyer(a Univ. of Minnesota commit), Cards pitcher, Violet Mc Ilquham, turned in a dominant performance, striking out 12 and giving up only two more hits and one more run in helping propel Chippewa Falls(1-0, 1-0) to a 7-2 season opening win at Hudson.

After scoring one run in the 4th to tie the game on a Gracie Amundson sac fly, the Cards put up three more runs in the 6th, and then finished their scoring with a 3-run HR in the 7th from Willa Risinger.

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4/7/26-Morning Show Highlights!

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Halvorsen) — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:17:00 +0000

First Thoughts: Spring Election; TIH; "Evil Always Looks Like it's Going to Win--Right Before it Doesn't"-Bob Goff Devo
Summary of Savannah Guthrie's Easter Message/"I Still Believe"-Jeremy Camp
Hotels Owe Us Billions in Loyalty Points
Tuesday Trivia: Rounds 1-3
Please Pray for Jon Reddick who's brother, Sam, died this past Thursday

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4/6/26 Baseball: Chippewa Falls 11, Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln 3

noreply@blogger.com (Caleb) — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 01:52:00 +0000

On a chilly Monday in Chippewa Falls, the Cardinals (1-0, 0-0 Big Rivers Conference) started off their 2026 campaign with a home opener against the Red Raiders (1-1, 0-0 Wisconsin Valley Conference).

Despite allowing multiple baserunners, the Cardinals defense held Rapids to a single tally in the first frame, and then the offense came through in the bottom of the inning, giving Chi-Hi their first lead.

Though the visitors briefly regained the advantage in the fourth, the Cards scored nine straight to end the contest, collecting 11 runs on just six hits, and only committing one error.

On the hill, seniors Brady Smith and Evan Weiler struck out four apiece, with only one combined walk. Seniors Connor Kolinski and Gavin Thompson each tallied 2 RBIs on the day, with Thompson, Kolinski, and sophomore Mason Chittendon each scoring twice.

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4/5/26 CVTW: Eau Claire City Council President; State Supreme Court Races

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Halvorsen) — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Chippewa Valley This Week

With publicly available financial records showing two organizations are spending over 60-thousand dollars in trying to helping elect Jeremy Gragert Eau Claire City Council President, we get reaction from Gragert and his opponent, Scott Rogers. Plus, we bring highlights from Thursday night's only debate between Wisconsin's two State Supreme Court candidates, Appeals Court judges Chris Taylor and Maria Lazar, ahead of Tuesday's election.

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4/6/26 Morning Show Highlights!

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Halvorsen) — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:24:00 +0000

First Thoughts: TIH; "A Body that Honors Every Part Reflects How God Loves Us"-Bob Goff Devo
Birthdays
Weekend Highlights-Randy in Stanley; Keith in Owen; Halvo & Caleb
We're Speaking Fewer Words
Bigfoot Hunters Interviewed
4 Things You Didn't Know Yesterday

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4/3/26 Morning Show Highlights!

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Halvorsen) — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:28:00 +0000

First Thoughts: TIH; Cottage Cheese; Jonathan the Tortoise; "Loving People the Way Jesus Did" devo from Bob Goff
Film Friday--Andrea Polnaszek
CCM Song Showdown--Final: Toby Mac's "Faithfully" narrowly defeated Phil Wickham's "The King is in the Room" to give Toby this year's title
"It's Still the Cross"--FFH and Commentary from Caleb
Humor in the Headlines
Mom's Night Off Winner-Brie Larson, Eau Claire
Our Biggest Free Fuel Friday Winner Ever!
Best of the Week

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4/2/26 Morning Show Highlights!

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Halvorsen) — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:46:00 +0000

First Thoughts: 15th Anniv. Teamwork Africa event; TIH; "Jesus...Wanted Us to be Participants"-Bob Goff
Game Plan for America's Future--Coach K
CCM Song Showdown: Phil Wickham's "What an Awesome God" advances over For King & Country's "Love Me Like I Am"
Secrets from the Experts(Consumer Reports)

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4/1/26 Morning Show Highlights!

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Halvorsen) — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:39:00 +0000

First Thoughts: Ticks; TIH; "Love Costs Everything" devo from Bob Goff
CCM Song Showdown: Toby Mac's "Help is on the Way" advances over Josiah Queen's "My Promised Land"

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3/31/26 Softball: Somerset 12, McDonell Lady Macks 10

noreply@blogger.com (Caleb) — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 04:15:00 +0000

Once again playing indoors, this time for a split doubleheader inside the Sonnentag Fieldhouse in Eau Claire, the Lady Macks (1-1, 0-0 Western Cloverbelt Conference) battled the perpetually strong Spartans (2-2, 0-0 Middle Border Conference), a program looking to repeat as a conference champ.

After Somerset jumped out to three early runs, the Lady Macks battled back to a tie at the end of four. both teams equaled one another in the 5th and 6th, plating two and then three runs, but in the seventh the Spartans put three across and stifled McDonell's final charge.

Junior center fielder Rylie Christianson crushed the Lady Macks' first homer of the season and accounted for three of the team's 14 hits, sophomore shortstop Claire Ruf collected four hits of her own, freshman right fielder Taylan Hanson added three hits, junior catcher Lizzy Leibrandt drove in three runs, and junior pitcher Kelsey Bremness struck out a half dozen Spartans batters while also going 3-for-4 at the plate.

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3/30/26 Morning Show Highlights!

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Halvorsen) — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:40:00 +0000

First Thoughts: TIH; Bob Goff Devo
Weekend Highlight--Vicki, Eau Claire
Huge Carrot Cake Baked for 80th Birthday
CCM Song Showdown: Toby Mac's "Heaven on My Mind" advances over Jamie Mac Donald's "Ain't No Way"
Who Invented Chicken Nuggets?
Tuesday is World Backup Day

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3/29/26 CVTW: Neighbors Outreach; Family Promise "Community Dinner & Stories"

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Halvorsen) — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:39:00 +0000

Chippewa Valley This Week

Liz Greenley talks with us about the new ministry she and her husband, Raymond Greenley, are launching, Neighbors Outreach, primarily to the unhoused in the Chippewa Valley, particularly Eau Claire. We also hear from the Executive Director of Family Promise of the Chippewa Valley, Semone Thomas, about their upcoming Community Dinner & Stories. Thomas says the first-time event will held at the VFW on Starr Ave in Eau Claire with doors opening at 5:30 and the program running from 6-7.

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3/31/26 Morning Show Highlights!

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Halvorsen) — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:28:00 +0000

First Thoughts: 2nd Lady Launches Childhood Literacy Podcast; "Quit Settling for a Reasonable Faith" devo from Bob Goff
Birthdays; March "Celebration" Winners
Usha Vance on her new Podcast
Our March "Maid-Pro" Winner!
CCM Song Showdown: Phil Wickham's "Homesick for Heaven" moves on over Jeremy Camp's "Anxious Heart"
Evenings with Friends Boosts the Immune System
Congrats to our "Hoop Partner" Grand Prize Winner, Ann Vollendorf
Non-Athletic Hall of Fames

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3/27/26 Morning Show Highlights!

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Halvorsen) — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:36:00 +0000

First Thoughts: TIH; "Labels are Helpful for Groceries, Not People" devo from Bob Goff
A Listener Memory as Bill Gaither Turns 90 Saturday
Film Friday Conversation with Andrea Polnaszek
CCM Song Showdown: For King and Country's "Burn the Ships" moves on over Zach Williams', "Less Like Me"
Humor in the Headlines
Interview with Collective Arts Executive Director, Mike Rambo, on "Rain."
Best of the Week

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3/26/26 Softball: McDonell Lady Macks 13, Altoona 10

noreply@blogger.com (Caleb) — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 01:34:00 +0000

Inside the beautiful Sonnentag Fieldhouse in Eau Claire, the Lady Macks (1-0, 0-0 Western Cloverbelt Conference) got their season started in a non-conference battle with the Railroaders (0-1, 0-0 Middle Border Conference), a team that took them to extra innings the previous year.

McDonell roared out of the gate offensively, plating 7 runs in the bottom of the first. Altoona had a ready answer, responding with 7 runs of their own in the top of the second.

As the pitchers settled in, the game outcome remained in the balance, but the Lady Macks made enough plays on both offense and defense to create some separation down the stretch.

Junior second baseman Aleah Bowe accounted for 3 RBIs, while freshman Ella Amodt and junior Miranda Johnson drove in two apiece. Juniors Claire Ruf, Kelsey Bremness, and Lizzy Leibrandt each collected a pair of hits.

Junior pitcher Kelsey Bremness struck out four batters, while fellow junior Rylie Christianson played strong defense in center field before taking the circle in the 4th, fanning two in a crucial 5th inning.

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THANK YOU to our incredible local sponsors:

Northwestern Bank!
Quality Propane and Fuels!
Stelter, Inc.!
Toycen Ford of Chippewa Falls!
24/7 & West Wisconsin Telcom!
Mower Sperry Insurance!
Royal Credit Union!
ABC Supply Chippewa Falls!
The YMCA of the Chippewa Valley!
Gibson's WaterCare!
Metropolis Resort & Action City!
The Medicine Shoppe of Chippewa Falls and Menomonie!
Roadside Diner & Ice Cream!
Chippewa Valley Insulation!

3/26/26 Morning Show Highlights!

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Halvorsen) — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:55:00 +0000

First Thoughts: TIH; "Every Unselfish Act of Love Whispers God's Name" devo from Bob Goff
CCM Song Showdown: Josiah Queen's "Dusty Bibles" moves on over Mercy Me's "Happy Dance"
Pringles Flavors From Around the World
Touchscreen Nail Polish

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3/25/26 Morning Show Highlights!

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Halvorsen) — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 15:16:00 +0000

First Thoughts: Halvo's Dream; Hoop Partners; TIH; "Humble Voices Always Carry the Farthest" devo from Bob Goff
CCM Song Showdown: Phil Wickham's "Battle Belongs" moved on over Anne Wilson's "Southern Gospel"
Eat Chocolate to Improve Your Workout
Two New "Lord of the Rings" Movies are in the Works

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3/24/26 Morning Show Highlights!

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Halvorsen) — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 15:30:00 +0000

First Thoughts: Morning Exercise; TIH; "When You Love Jesus You'll Discover You Love Being Last in Line" devo from Bob Goff
The Real Scandal of Christianity--Rich Villodas
CCM Song Showdown: Toby Mac's "Have a L'il Church" moves on over Ben Fuller's "Chasing Rebels"
Humorous Home-Buying Tips
Appreciate Toilet Paper Day(3/25)

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3/22/26 CVTW: 4th Sobriety House; Eau Claire City Council Prez; Red House of Hope

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Halvorsen) — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Chippewa Valley This Week

From Friday's Ribbon Cutting at 621 Washington St. in Eau Claire, we hear from Eau Claire Sober Living's Founder and Executive Director, Michelle Markquart, as she opens their fourth Sober Living house in Eau Claire(the Tayler House) and their second for men. From Thursday night's forum we hear from the two candidates vying for Eau Claire City Council President, Scott Rogers and Jeremy Grager. Finally, the Founder and Executive Director of the Red House of Hope, Melissa Walczak, updates us on the latest and invites everyone to their April 18th fundraiser in Chippewa Falls.

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3/23/26 Morning Show Highlights!

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Halvorsen) — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:42:00 +0000

First Thoughts: Tax Tip; TIH; Don't Separate Into Groups What God Said was a Family--Bob Goff Devo
CCM Song Showdown: Jeremy Camp advances with "No Survivors" over Forest Frank's, "The Rock."
4 Things You Didn't Know Yesterday
World's Largest Laundromat

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3/20/26 Morning Show Highlights!

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Halvorsen) — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 15:33:00 +0000

First Thoughts: Grieving the Loss of an Area Worship Leader; "Love has the Kind of Power that Criticism only Wishes it had"--Bob Goff Devo
CCM Song Showdown: Zach Williams' "Jesus Loves" moved on over Rend Collective's "Undignified"
Humor in the Headlines
Best of the Week
Free Fuel Friday Winner

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3/19/26 Morning Show Highlights!

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Halvorsen) — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 15:14:00 +0000

First Thoughts: Sleep; TIH; Bob Goff Devo
CCM Song Showdown: Josiah Queen's "The Prodigal" comes from behind to beat Lauren Daigle's "You Say."
Odd Museums

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3/18/26 Morning Show Highlights!

noreply@blogger.com (Mark Halvorsen) — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 15:34:00 +0000

First Thoughts: TIH; Bob Goff Devo from "Live in Grace, Walk in Love"
CCM Song Showdown: For King & Country's "Joy" advances over Sidewalk Prophets', "Don't Sweat It"
Govin's Farm Interview: The Lambing Barn is Opening Up--Farmer John
Most of us Don't get enough Exercise

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