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MORNING-MidwestDigest-01-16-18

Max Armstrong talks about the truck of the year. (audio)

The truck of the year is the Lincoln Navigator. It tows and hauls like a truck even if it doesn’t look like one. It starts at $72,000.

There’s an aggressive strand of flu this year that will end up costing employers $9 billion in lost productivity.

Custom combiner Chad Olsen from Hendricks, Minn., has picked up his 500th new combine. He was at plant for Gold Key tour. He has stayed true to John Deere.

Are you a Cracker Barrel fan? The Cracker Barrel restaurant chain will turn 50 next year. Each store features horseshoe over door and stoplight by bathroom. Each has over 1,000 pieces of décor and includes the checkerboard by the fireplace.

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