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The Origins of Clear Lake in Central MN
The Origins of Clear Lake in Central MN
The Origins of Clear Lake in Central MN
Clear Lake is a town of 641 people in Sherburne County located 13 miles southeast of St. Cloud at the intersection of Highway 10 and Highway 24. Clear Lake is the focus of this Small Town series on WJON. I talked with longtime Clear Lake resident and author Bud Stimler and Dave McDonald and Jennifer Dierkes from McDonalds Meats.
How Rice, Minnesota Got its Name and More About Rice
How Rice, Minnesota Got its Name and More About Rice
How Rice, Minnesota Got its Name and More About Rice
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.
A Sense of Community… That’s Bowlus
A Sense of Community… That’s Bowlus
A Sense of Community… That’s Bowlus
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.

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