Monday 8th December 2025
Pack the Backpack, presented by Central Office Supply, a division of Minuteman and Kix 101.1! Each month during the school year, we will be awarding $101 to a Kix Country classroom to help out with supplies. We will award the prize on the last Wednesday of the month. You can listen to each new winner at 8:30a on the Morning Kix Start.
Our 1st winner of the School Year is Kelsea Anderson – 4th Grade Teacher at South Tama County Elementary School. She was nominated by co-worker, Maci Fritz, who wrote to Kix 101.1:
Every year, I see Kelsea going above and beyond her roles as a teacher. One thing that she does, which I think is so special, is raise money to buy each of her students in her class a book, every month! The students get to keep this book and take it home. The goal is to expand her students’ home library, which is amazing! In our community, we have a good handful of our students whose parents can’t necessarily afford to buy them books, or even school supplies for that matter, so the fact that she is doing this is so admirable. As a young teacher myself, she has always been someone whom I’ve looked up to and respected! Kelsea deserves this recognition and more!
She could use things like: pencils, crayons, sticky notes, Kleenex, paperclips, note books, folders & much more.
Take a listen to our surprise interview with Kelsea Anderson!
Nominate your Kix Country class at Kixweb.com.
Welcome to The List,
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are allegedly tying the knot on Saturday, June 13, 2026 because of course Taylor would lock in a date with a giant “13” stamped on it. Geo TV claims she even paid off another bride to secure that exact wedding date at Ocean House. The couple has been engaged since August and is now ditching the “intimate wedding” idea for options like her Rhode Island mansion or — casual flex — a private Caribbean island.
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Bunnie Xo is keeping her chaotic Christmas tradition alive with a brand-new holiday video, this time starring Jelly Roll as the world’s grumpiest reindeer. Now she’s remade “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer.” But the moment everyone’s losing their minds over? Jelly Roll in full Rudolph gear, angrily driving a sleigh that sends grandma flying. Bunnie even shared behind-the-scenes footage — and Jelly looks like he’s rethinking his marriage in real time.
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Ella Langley told CMT she is not dating anyone, despite fans linking her to every man with a beard and a guitar. She said, “Every time I turn around, I’m being linked to some country singer or celebrity. Trust me, if I was dating anyone, I’d be the first to tell everybody.”
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A new Men In Black movie is reportedly in the works, and producers want Will Smith back in the black suit and sunglasses. Meanwhile, Vin Diesel is writing..yes, writing… the Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots movie he’s starring in.
You can catch The List, weekday afternoon at 4:20 with Jonathan Knight. Only on Iowa’s BEST Country KIX 101.1
