When I was a kid there was no better restaurant on Earth than Circus Pizza in Burnsville, Minnesota. It was a Chuck E. Cheese-type place with pizza, arcade, rides and an animatronic band called The Rock-afire Explosion.
If you are an outdoor enthusiast you should know Minnesota is about to have more options. SITKA has announced it will be opening up a retail store inside the Mall of America and one just 25 minutes from St. Cloud in Maple Grove.
Northwestern Minnesota has a fair amount of elk. The elk hunt in Minnesota took place from September 21-29. Glen Schmitt from Outdoor News says only 10 permits were available to hunters and he says 8 elk were shot. Schmitt explains all 8 were male, bull elk.
The 3rd annual LEDGEtober Flannel Fest will take place from 2-7pm Saturday October 5 at the Ledge Amphitheater in Waite Park. Ledge Facility Event Supervisor Meredith Lyon, and performers Ted Manderfeld (Deuces Wild) and Michael Shynes joined me on WJON to talk about the event. Lyon says Flannel Fest is "going to another level in 2024".