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Title:	WGFA News With Carl Gerdovich
Description:	Join Carl Gerdovich Daily For The Latest Happenings In East Central Illinois and West Central Indiana

When severe weather threatens East Central Illinois and West Central Indiana we’ll pass along the latest weather warnings and information as well as cancellations as they are available. Listen mornings as they are announced approximately every 10 minutes and every hour at 40 minutes past the hour on 94.1 WGFA. We’ll also post the latest cancellation information here.

This list will be updated as cancellations come in after we announce them on-air.  If you have a closing or cancellation, please call WGFA Radio at (815) 432-4955.  We’ll be happy to help you get them online and on-air for you. 

IL ROAD CLOSURE INFORMATION - IN ROAD CLOSURE INFORMATION

Show your Fighting Illini Pride Thursday with the “Ron Zook Coaches Show” at 7:05 every Thursday through mid-November. If you’re an Illini Fan, call in during the show at (800) 223-9397. Its Fighting Illini Football action all season long on 94 Point 1 WGFA.

Listen Live on Game Night - Stream Is Live from Game Start to End of Game

Tune in weekday mornings at 7:40 for the latest WGFA Prep Sports action with Carl Gerdovich as well as what’s happening with the Fighting Illini and other regional sports action. Join Tom Conn every Saturday morning at 8:15 for the Saturday Morning Sports Show on WGFA. Tom will recap all of the local sports scores as well as the Miller Hydraulic Illiana Race Report, peculiar story of the week along with a recap of Dralle’s Game of the Week and other scores from the week as well on 94 Point 1 WGFA.

Local Sports Links and Information

http://illinoishsglorydays.com/ - http://www.illinoishighschoolsports.com/ - http://indianahsbasketball.homestead.com/ - http://indianahsfootball.homestead.com/ - http://www.EIBaseball.com

TOM CONN joined the WGFA sports team in 2006 as a play-by-play man and color commentator. In March 2008, he became host of WGFA’s Saturday Morning Sports Show.

Growing up in Atlanta, GA, Tom longed to be a game show host, TV weatherman or sportscaster. After interning with CNN/SI while attending Oglethorpe University, he became a mobile DJ, performing at weddings and other parties. Once he came very close to being the P.A. announcer for the NBA’s Hawks, but had to settle for Pop Warner football. Tom even competed—but lost—on “Wheel of Fortune” in 1986 and “The Price is Right” in 1998. He’s also been an extra in several movies filmed in Chicago.

Tom met his eventual wife Jenn on the Web in 1998, and as a result, moved to Kankakee County in 2000, where they are happily married in St. Anne with their 2 dogs, Kerry and Addison. He works full-time in marketing for a healthcare group. Outside work, Tom enjoys trivia (no surprise!), golf, bowling, fishing and dining out.

Title:	WGFA Sports
Description:	Join WGFA Saturday Morning at 8:15 For A Complete Look At The Weeks Sports

2008-2009 WGFA High School Basketball Schedule

Day/Date - Game 1/Game 2 (TAPE DELAYED)

Tue 12/2 7:10 PG St. Anne @ South Newton (TD Illini game that airs at 6:30p)
Fri 12/5 7:10 PG CPCI @ Momence/St. Joe Ogden @ Iroq West
Sat 12/6 7:10 PG Watseka @ Donovan Milford @ CPCI
Tue 12/9 7:10 PG Central @ Watseka
Fri 12/12 7:10 PG Watseka @ Milford/GSW @ Donovan
Tue 12/16 7:10 PG Iroquois West @ St. Anne

Thu 12/18 – Tue 12/23 Watseka Holiday Tournament

Tue 1/6 7:10 PG Central @ CPCI
Fri 1/9 7:10 PG CPCI @ Donovan/PBL @ Watseka
Tue 1/13 7:00 PG Watseka @ Herscher
Fri 1/16 7:10 PG Donovan @ Grant Park
Sat 1/17 7:10 PG Grant Park @ Watseka/Coal City @ Central
Tue 1/20 7:10 PG Central @ Iroq West (Illini 6p…go to local game & give Illini reports)
Fri 1/23 6:40 PG Frontier @ South Newton/Momence @ Central
Sat 1/24 5:10 PG Newark @ Iroq West/Watseka @ Prairie Central
Tue 1/27 7:10 PG St. Anne @ Momence
Fri 1/30 7:10 PG PBL @ Iroq West/St. Thomas More @ Central

Fri 2/6 7:10 PG Westville @ Milford
Tue 2/10 7:10 PG Donovan @ Central
Thu 2/12 7:30 PG Milford @ South Newton
Fri 2/13 7:10 PG Watseka @ Iroquois West
Tue 2/17 6:40 PG Milford @ Hoopeston
Fri 2/20 7:10 PG CPCI @ Iroq West

Possible Additional Games
Sat 1/3 3:10 PG Bureau Valley v Watseka @ Illinois Wesleyan (3:30p)
Tue 2/24 6:40 PG South Newton @ North Newton

Mon-Fri 2/23-2/27 Illinois Regionals (Illini games during this time TBD thru finals)
Tue, Fri, Sat 3/3, 3/6, 3/7 Indiana Sectionals
Tue, Wed, Fri 3/3, 3/4, 3/6 Illinois Sectionals
Tue 3/10 Illinois Super-Sectional
Fri-Sat 3/13-3/14 Illinois State Finals
Sat 3/14 Indiana Regionals
Sat 3/21 Indiana Semi-Finals
Sat 3/28 Indiana Finals

We’ll also be covering the following Illini games that don’t interfere with the schedule above…

Date Opponent / Event Location Time / Result

11/28/08 vs. Kent State South Padre Island, Texas 5:00 p.m. CT
11/29/08 vs. Texas A&M/Tulsa South Padre Island, Texas 7:30/4:30 p.m. CT
TAPE DELAYED 12/02/08 vs. Clemson Assembly Hall 6:30 p.m. CT
12/06/08 vs. Georgia Chicago, Ill. (United Center) 11:00 a.m. CT
12/08/08 vs. Hawai’i Assembly Hall 7:00 p.m. CT
12/10/08 vs. Chicago State Assembly Hall 7:00 p.m. CT
SCORES ONLY UNLESS NO INTERFERE WITH WAT HOLIDAY 12/20/08 vs. Detroit Assembly Hall 7:00 p.m. CT
SCORES ONLY UNLESS NO INTERFERE WITH WAT HOLIDAY 12/23/08 vs. Missouri St. Louis, Mo. (Scottrade Center) 6:30 p.m. CT
12/28/08 vs. Eastern Michigan Assembly Hall 1:00 p.m. CT
12/30/08 at Purdue * West Lafeyette, Ind. 6:00 p.m. CT
01/04/09 at Michigan * Ann Arbor, Mich. 11:00 a.m. CT
01/10/09 vs. Indiana * Assembly Hall 2:00 p.m. CT
01/14/09 vs. Michigan * Assembly Hall 7:30 p.m. CT
01/17/09 at Michigan State * East Lansing, Mich. 3:00 p.m. CT
SCORES ONLY 01/20/09 vs. Ohio State * Assembly Hall 6:00 p.m. CT
01/24/09 vs. Wisconsin * Assembly Hall 3:00 p.m. CT
01/29/09 at Minnesota * Minneapolis, Minn. 8:00 p.m. CT
02/01/09 vs. Iowa * Assembly Hall 1:00 p.m. CT
02/05/09 at Wisconsin * Madison, Wis. 8:00 p.m. CT
02/08/09 vs. Purdue * Assembly Hall 12:00 p.m. CT
02/12/09 at Northwestern * Evanston, Ill. 8:00 p.m. CT
02/15/09 at Indiana * Bloomington, Ind. 12:00 p.m. CT
02/18/09 vs. Penn State * Assembly Hall 6:00 p.m. CT
02/21/09 at Ohio State * Columbus, Ohio TBA
02/22/09 at Ohio State * Columbus, Ohio TBA
02/26/09 vs. Minnesota * Assembly Hall 6:00 p.m. CT
02/28/09 vs. Michigan State * Assembly Hall TBA
03/01/09 vs. Michigan State * Assembly Hall TBA
03/03/09 at Penn State * University Park, Pa. TBA
03/04/09 at Penn State * University Park, Pa. TBA
03/05/09 at Penn State * University Park, Pa. TBA

The World’s Greatest Farming Area Listens to WGFA!

As a member of the National Association of Farm Broadcasters, Colleen Callahan was born and raised on the farm in Iroquois County, Colleen is a national spokesperson for agribusiness interests and Illiana farmers in the WGFA listening area on 94.1 WGFA. As a past President of the NAFB, WGFA Agribusiness director Colleen Callahan has received the 2005 Friend of Agriculture Award, the 2005 IL Farm Bureau Eagle Award for Excellence and is the WEEK-TV’S 25 Women in Leadership Award recipient in 2004. Colleen has been an active member of the NAFB for over 30 years.

Colleen Callahan grew up with and at WGFA and has returned as the Voice of Agriculture in Illiana for the 19 counties served by WGFA Radio. WGFA programs an unmatched daily schedule of local, state and national farm programming. Our broadcast day is packed with the critical information local agriculture professionals need to make sound business decisions, including the latest agricultural news, local market prices, and comprehensive local weather forecasts, rain gauge reports, and severe weather coverage.

Ag Programming Highlights on 94.1 WGFA

5AM

• Farming America/National Farm Report
• Ag Weather
• Agribusiness
• RFD’s Illinois Livestock Reports with Rita Fraiser

6AM

• Almanac of American Agriculture
• Colleen’s Agri Business Report – Monday, Wednesday, Friday
• Illini Farm Report
• Ag Calandar
• Colleen’s Farm Focus - Tuesdays and Thursdays
• Soybean Reports with Rita Frasier

7-9AM and throughout the day

• Pollen Reports
• Soil, Moisture and other weather info
• Local News, Weather, Sports, Regional/Local Items
• Colleen’s Ag Connection

9AM

• Opening Markets for Grain and Livestock
• 10:40, 11:20, 12:30, 1:50 Market Reports plus Closing Grain/Livestock Reports

10AM

• AgriTalk on AM 1360

NOON HOUR

• Colleen’s Agri Business Reports – Monday, Wednesday, Friday
• Colleen’s Ag Connection on Thursdays
• Other News, Weather and Ag Related Reports.
• RFD Noon Block on AM 1360

AFTERNOON
News/Weather/Sports/Markets Spread Throughout

Listen for the latest Heritage FS Rain Gauge Reports every morning following a rainfall. We’ll pass along all of our reports at 7:30 Monday through Friday on WGFA during the Breakfast Club. If you’d like to call in a report, our phone number is (815) 432-4997 or you can submit it on our contact page.

Water Levels - Milford @ Sugar Creek
Water Levels - Iroquois @ Renssalaer
Water Levels - Iroquois @ Foreseman
Water Levels - Iroquois River @ Iroquois
Water Levels - Iroquois @ Chebanse
Water Levels - Kankakee @ Davis Route 30 Bridge
Water Levels - Kankakee @ Dunns Bridge
Water Levels - Kankakee @ Kouts
Water Levels - Kankakee @ Shelby
Water Levels - Kankakee @ Momence
Water Levels - Kankakee @ Wilmington

Join the WGFA Breakfast Club with Justin Kaiser, Jenny Dombrowski, Carl Gerdovich, and Agribusiness Director Colleen Callahan mornings on WGFA for the latest news, weather, and agri-business information as well as tidbits to get your day started on the right foot. Dr. James Dobsons Focus on the Family, the Point of Law, Time out with M’Liss, Kim Komando, Colleen Callahan and more are heard daily on WGFA.  Submit your birthdays and anniversaries online through our contact page. Every morning at 8:35 Justin Kaiser passes along those birthday wishes during our WGFA Workday Birthday and Anniversary Celebration.  Submit your birthdays online call them in mornings from 6-8:30 at .

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Title:	The WGFA Breakfast Club
Description:	Join Justin Kaiser, Carl Gerdovich, Jenny Dombrowski, and Colleen Callahan Daily For The Latest Happenings In East Central Illinois and West Central Indiana

• The Will County Sheriff’s department is investigating a fatal accident that killed a 21-year-old man. William Quigley Jr. of Wilmington Township died early Wednesday in a single-car accident. Police said his car rolled and caught fire after hitting a utility pole. There were no witnesses to the accident on Arsenal Road. Quigley was the only occupant in the vehicle.
• An armed robbery of a restaurant in Anderson, Indiana jailed three Kankakee residents. 20-yr-old Markis Harris, 18-yr-old Michael Randle, and 17-yr-old Jessica Clinton all face a felony charge of armed robbery. Bonds were set at $60,000 each. All three were jailed in Mandison County, IN. They allegedly robbed a robbed a Buffalo Wild Wings restauarant late Wednesday morning. Indiana State Police stopped a get-away car in Indianapolis about an hour after a restaurant manager was held up at gunpoint. Anderson Police said authorities found a handgun, $2,500 cash and clothing in the car; clothing that matched the description of the assailant.
• Warrants were issued Wednesday against two suburban Chicago men suspected of breaking into a Paxton convenience store and stealing $3,600 worth of cigarettes last month. The Paxton Record reports
  on his last day on the job, retiring Ford County State’s Attorney Tony Lee filed charges of burglary, felony theft and criminal damage to property against Jeffrey A. Kemp, 32, of Markham, and Allen T. New, 25, of Harvey. Identical charges were filed earlier this month against a third suspect in the Oct. 26 break-in at the Casey’s General Store in Paxton. 40-year-old William S. Oppelt of East Hazelcrest remains in the Ford County jail on a $25,000 bond. The trio are believed to be part of a professional burglary ring operating out of the Chicago suburbs that targets cell phone and convenience stores. They are suspected of committing three “smash-and-grab” burglaries within a three-hour period at stores in Ford, Iroquois and Champaign counties on Oct. 26. The others occurred at a convenience store in Clifton, where cigarettes were stolen, and at a cell phone store in Champaign, where multiple phones were taken. New remains in custody for two separate burglaries at cell phone stores in LaSalle Count. Kemp’s whereabouts are unknown.

Apartment fire in Fowler, IN…. Pontiac woman gets prison time for bank robbery….. Two Indiana men injured in traffic accident….. Ashkum residents face drug charges…… Black Friday shopping season……

A sunny Friday, high near 44. A cold wind from the west at 5-10. Sunny Saturday, high at 47. Snow likely Sunday, high near 39.

— Watseka Christmas Parade 7 pm this evening —

• A Thanksgiving night fire damaged an apartment in downtown Fowler, IN. Quick response by firefighters stopped the fire from doing major damage. The fire occurred in a second floor apartment on Fifth street. Fowler Fire Chief Bill Burton said that the fire was contained in a matter of 15 minutes, and he believes it to be an electrical fire. No one was in the apartment at the time of the fire, and those in the adjacent apartment were able to evacuate safely.
• A Pontiac woman was sentenced to four years in prison for her role in a December 2007, bank robbery in El Paso. The sentence is the second in a recent bank robbery case for 23-year-old Noelle Huss. She was sentenced in April to another four years for her involvement as a “tagalong” with her boyfriend in the November 2007, robbery of the Vermilion Valley Bank in Cullom. Jason Satterfield, 30, of Pontiac earlier received a 14-year sentence for the El Paso bank robbery and 10 years for the Cullom holdup. Woodford County State’s Attorney Mike Stroh said Satterfield and Huss robbed the El Paso bank to obtain money for drugs.
• Serious injuries reported to two Indiana men after an accident last night at the Kankakee-Will County line. 27-year-old Tylond Haden and 27-year-old Darian Robinson of East Chicago, IN were taken to Riverside Hospital. State Police report the vehicle left Route 1 and overturned. Haden was ejected; Robinson was trapped inside. Grant Park Fire and EMS also answered the call at 10:30 pm.
• Two Ashkum residents were arrested by State Police Wednesday after a stop for an expired registration sticker. 29-year-old Matthew Faulkner and 21-year-old Katherine Murphy face charges of possession of cannabis and drug paraphernalia.
• A Vandalia man—24-yr-old Derrick Leppard—was found passed out behind the wheel of his car near Iroquois County Road 150-E and Route 1. Hoopeston Police and State Police responded to a car parked on the highway at 4 am Thursday. Leppard was jailed in Watseka.

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