small town

WJON's Small Town Friday series took us this time to Rice, Minnesota. Rice is a community of 1,275 people, located in Benton County north of Sauk Rapids. For this feature I talked with Mary Ostby from the Benton County Historical Society, Rice Mayor Brian Skroch and Rice Police Chief Ross Hamann.

Bowlus is a town of 279 people that was settled in the early 1900s, platted in 1907 and became incorporated in 1910. Bowlus has an operating post office since 1907, a lumberyard, meat market, hair salon, restaurant, gas station, liquor store, boutique, fire department, park with bike trail going through it, Legion, and Catholic Church.

St. Augusta in an incorporated town just south of St. Cloud in Stearns County. The town has approximately 30 square miles and has a population of 3,497 people based on the most recent census.

I had no clue that Randall had a quilt shop, and I had even less of a clue as to how awesome that quilt shop is.

You know you're from a small town when...

What makes it so special is that anyone and anything can be in it. There's no entry fee. If you want to be in it, you just show up!

Every year Bowlus celebrates "Fun Day" on the first Sunday in July, and is sponsored by the Bowlus Fire & Rescue & Bowlus First Response.

If you've never attended the Leader Area Pig Races, you need to add it to your summer bucket list. This event is fun for all ages and truly great entertainment.

The saga of Dino the Dinosaur has finally reached a happy ending.

An amateur screenwriter from Finland is looking for some insight into life in small-town Minnesota for his script.