Breakfast Club 5/22/09

Marv's Weather:

Today - Partly sunny, High 70
Tonight - Mostly cloudy with isolated thunderstorms, Low 50
Saturday - Partly sunny, High 70
Sunday - Partly sunny, High 70
Memorial Day - Partly sunny, High 70
(See a trend there? :)

6:50 - Agnes King won a cupcake holder during the KFIZ News Quiz for knowing that Gov. Doyle has required Wisconsin insurers to cover cochlear implants to help children with their hearing.

7:25 - Mary Hornburg won a quart of Culver's Frozen custard during CW Smith Jewelers Birthdays and Anniversaries today. She will also be dropped into a hat at the end of the year to win a $250 gift certificate to CW Smith Jewelers.

8:10 - Scott Swick from First Weber and Winfield Homes gave us the Real State of Real Estate. If you're looking to take advantage of the low prices in the housing market, call First Weber at 322-8877.

9:10 - Officer Steve Olsen from the Fond du Lac Police Department came in for Behind the Badge to take a look behind area law enforcement. Steve brought in Tony and Craig for an officer spotlight.

Breakfast Club 5-21-09

Karl's Weather:

Today - Partly Sunny with afternoon showers. High 75
Tonight - Cooler and mostly cloudy. Low 50
Friday - Partly sunny. High 68.
Saturday - Partly sunny with a chance of showers. High 70.

6:50 - Alice Fields won a backyard BBQ prize pack for knowing that Judy Goldsmith is the interim Dean at UW-FDL.

7:18 - Brian Carter checked in from FDL Seafood Co. Give Brian a call at 517-TUNA to order your seafood for Memorial Day Weekend.

7:48 - Steve Weisnicht won two tickets to Miller Park for the Brewers game on May 27th when they take on the St. Louis Cardinals. Steve won the tickets for knowing that Ryan Braun was a Miami Hurricane before coming to the Brewers.

8:20 - Paula Price called in from the Ripon Area Chamber of Commerce to give all the details on what's happening in Cookie Town USA. For more information on any events in Ripon, call the Chamber at 920-748-6764.

Breakfast Club 4/28/09

6:17 - Karl's Weather:

TODAY...COOLER AND MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A HIGH OF 56.
TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS DOWN TO 37.
WEDNESDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A HIGH OF 58.
THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS AT 63.

8:20 - We talked with Norm Martin from the Fond du Lac Area Job and Career Center, 349 N. Peters Road. For more information on what's available in the area, call 920-929-3900 or visit jobcenterofwisconsin.com

9:10 - Charter Chatter with John Miller of Charter Communications. If you're looking for some services from Charter, visit Charter.com or call 1-888-GET-CHARTER. John told us about the Pawsitively-A-Ball at the UW-FDL Commons this Saturday from 6 to 11pm that Charter is a sponsor of. Also, be sure to check out your On Demand service for hit NBC network programming.

Breakfast Club 4/27/09

6:17 - Karl's Weather:

Today - Cloudy and a chance for rain and thunderstorms throughout the day with a high of 68.
Tonight - Colder and mostly cloudy with a chance of light rain, low 42.
Tuesday - Partly sunny with a high of 55.
Wednesday - Mostly sunny with a high of 56.

7:18 - We spoke with Jim Hoepfner from the FDL Fire Department about their annual brat fry to benefit the Fond du Lac Red Cross today. The brat fry goes from 10:00am to 2:00pm at the Main Street Fire Station. Brats and hamburgers are $2.00 each. Delivery is available for orders over 25 items.

8:10 - Figaro's Italian Pizza and Blimpie Subs are now open on Winnebago Drive in the Harborview Plaza in Fond du Lac and we got the update from Art. Be sure to stop by and get some delicious pizza and subs and don't forget they sponsor Ticket Window Thursday on KFIZ. Tune in at 7:48 every Thursday morning to win a pair of tickets to Miller Park!

8:20 - Kay Vandervort gave us an update on the Volunteer Center of Fond du Lac County alongside Lindy Kimball from Solutions Center. For all of the volunteer opportunities, call 920-926-1414 or visit FDLVolunteer.com For information on Solutions Center, call 923-1743.

Breakfast Club 4/16/09

Today's KFIZ Three-Day Forecast:

Today - Sunny with a high of 67

Tonight - Clear with lows down to 31

Friday - Sunny with a high of 70

Saturday - Mostly Cloudy with highs near 64

6:50am - Lynn Hinz won a Warm Delights prize pack for knowing that Merle Harmon was the Brewers Broadcaster from 1970 to 1979 who passed away last night.

7:20am - We spoke with Brian Carter at Fond du Lac Seafood to see what he's got cooking up this weekend. Give him a call to order some fish or reserve your shrimp boil at 517-TUNA or stop in on Main Street in Fond du Lac.

7:48am - It's a Ticket Window Thursday! Jeff won two tickets to the Brewers April 23rd game against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Another pair of tickets will be up for grabs one week from today on KFIZ.

8:20am - We talked with Paula Price from the Ripon Chamber of Commerce to see what's on the schedule in Cookie-Town USA. Call the Chamber at 920-748-6764.

Under the Weather

That phrase, "Under the weather" is a weird one if you ask me. Aren't we all technically "under the weather?" Doesn't weather typically come from the sky? Either way, I was definitely under the weather this weekend into Monday. I'll spare you the details, but it was bad enough to land me in the hospital for a good chunk of Sunday. I'm definitely feeling better now though, and I'm glad to be back in the studio. I find that it is pretty tough to get back into the swing of things though, especially after an unforeseen absence. I was unable to work ahead to get things taken care of for my day away and it is sometimes a little unnerving to come back and try and get my head back above water. Thankfully I work with the best people in the business and they have helped me out this week and before. So thanks everyone at KFIZ and our sister stations for making my transition back to my feet a smooth one!

Cereal: Food of Kings

I am a huge fan of cereal. Cold cereal, mind you. Not Cream of Wheat or Grape Nuts or anything like that. I'm talking Cheerios, Lucky Charms, Count Chocula, Frosted Flakes and Crispix. I love it all. My favorite cereals though have since been discontinued and I just found a cool article that goes through some of the popular discontinued brands. They do a nice job of covering quite of few of my favorites like Cinnimon Mini Buns and Dunkin' Donuts Cereal. However, they missed a few as well.

The original S'Mores Crunch cereal was amazing. Sure they've got a re-branding of the cereal, but it's nowhere near the quality of the first. It was like Golden Grahms has a child with chocolaty marshmallows to create the closest thing to having actual s'mores for breakfast. Pure genius.

The other one they missed was the re-make of Crispy Critters. The cereal originally tested poorly in the sixties and they re-branded it in 1987. I loved the commercials that had their character Crispy singing songs in the style of Jimmy Durante and had the weird yet catchy "Ah-Cha-Cha" trademark. Great cereal, great commercial.



I think in a former life I was a cereal pioneer, helping deliver the maximum amount of sugar into a child's meal before 8:00am.