Max Armstrong opens with a look at the continued search for a small plane that went down in Lake Erie which went down ahead of the New Year. Max looks at upcoming USDA reports ahead for 2017 including final production numbers and winter wheat seed acres. Max also talks about how important CPR training is including a law in Michigan, students must get training in CPR and use of external defibrillators. He looks at a snow mobile accident that killed a man near Grand Marais.

Midwest Digest is a twice-daily look at news from around the Midwest. Veteran broadcaster Max Armstrong offers news and commentary for the region.