For the holiday, Steve Alexander is sitting in for Max Armstrong and shares news of what's ahead for college bowl games including the Rose Bowl, not being played in Pasadena. Steve looks at grain entrapments and a family that helped raise money to buy rescue tubes for volunteer fire departments. Steve recaps the closing prices for commodities for the last trading day of 2020. And he shares news of a big tip for a carry out order.

Midwest Digest is a twice-daily audio feature produced by Max Armstrong, offering news and commentary from across the Midwest.

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