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KDNK Daily News

Friday, August 7, 2026

By Marilyn Gleason,
Mike Lemmer
Published August 7, 2026 at 6:49 PM MDT

News host Marilyn Gleason brings listeners Friday's news, including a visit to the Garfield County Fair with 4H, news of a salmonella outbreak, and a young composer's world premiere honoring the 140th anniversary of Cortez, Colorado.

KDNK Daily News
Marilyn Gleason
Marilyn Gleason is the graduate of CU Boulder's journalism school. She started her radio career in the Roaring Fork Valley at KAJX in Aspen, then came to KDNK in 2000 as the station was in the early stages of forming a local news program. Marilyn returns to direct a growing news team at KDNK.
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Mike Lemmer
Mike served as the News Director for KNUJ Radio in Southern Minnesota for over a decade before moving to the Roaring Fork Valley in 2014. Mike hosts the morning news on weekdays from 6am-8am, as well as offering his expertise with additional news reporting duties, engineering, live broadcasts, and DJing his music show ALL MiXED UP when time permits. Mike is also the Entertainment Coordinator at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park, and occasionally guides cave tours
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