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I was joined today by Matt Flory from the American Cancer Society. He says more than 1,000 people in Stearns, Benton and Sherburne counties combined are Colorectal Cancer survivors. Colorectal cancer is the 3rd most common form of cancer. Last week the recommendation age of when a person should be screened for colorectal cancer changed from 50 to 45.

Sartell Mayor Ryan Fitzthum joined me on WJON today. He says the city of Sartell's east side of the Mississippi River where the old paper mill used to be is a blank canvas that could be developed into something similar to how Stillwater uses the St. Croix river. Fitzthum says they are a bit limited due to residential and County Road 1 on the west side of the river.

The Twins downed the Baltimore Orioles 7-4 Tuesday night to earn their 3rd straight win and 4th win in their last 5. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today. He says the Twins are winning lately the way he anticipated they would win with solid starting pitching, consistency from the bullpen and enough hitting.

A new survey from Go Fish Digital indicates that Minnesota ranks in the top ten among the friendliest neighbors while Wisconsin ranks in the bottom ten. Go Fish Digital Content Marketing Associate Mike Miller joined me on WJON. He says Minnesota ranks #7 in the nation of friendliest states and is just under 10% friendlier than the national average.

The Minnesota Wild stayed alive in the NHL first round playoff series with a 4-2 win at Vegas Monday night. Veteran Zach Parise scored his first goal of these playoffs in the win for Minnesota. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON Today. Parise was a healthy scratch for the first 3 games of the series before appearing in Games 4 and 5.

This week on WJON's Health Matters program I talked with Registered Dietician Kari Collett from A-to-Zinc Nutrition. We talked about healthy ways to eat this summer beginning with Memorial Day Weekend. She says a good place to start is with farmers markets. Collett says the fresher the better.

The Twins posted their first extra inning win of the season Sunday 8-5 in 10 innings at Cleveland after coughing up a 5-4 lead in the 9th inning. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today. He says despite Nelson Cruz missing all 3 games at Cleveland this week they are hoping he can return as early as tonight against Baltimore.

Souhan; Twins Turnaround Could Still Happen [PODCAST] The Twins are 14-27 entering play today after a 2-1 loss to the White Sox at Target Field Wednesday.  Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today.  He says even though the Twins have dug themselves a deep hole here in May there is hope on the horizon.  He says Alex Kirilloff is on a rehab assignment and could be back with the team soon and Byron Buxton may only be a few weeks away from returning from injury.  Miguel ...

70% of St. Cloud Area Veterans are Vaccinated [PODCAST] This month on WJONs Voices for Veterans segment I was joined by Barry Venable, Public Affairs Officer from the St. Cloud V.A. and Josh Goudge, Veteran Services Supervisor from the St. Cloud V.A.  Barry says 70% of veterans enrolled at the St. Cloud V.A. have been vaccinated for Covid-19  including more than 90% of those 85 years of age and older.  He says hed like to see veterans 50 and younger get the vaccine in larger numbers than wha...

Souhan; Fleury Tough to Crack for Wild [PODCAST] The Minnesota Wild lost 3-1 to the Vegas Golden Knights Tuesday night in Game 2 of their best of 7 NHL first round playoff series.  Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today.  He says Vegas goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury has been the best player in this series so far.  Jim says Fleury has made some fantastic saves and the only 2 goals he allowed so far in the series were goals that were tough chances for him.  He was scre...