1919 was an important year in Granite Falls, Minnesota.  Amidst the hubbub of that year, people at the time wouldn’t have thought that a new...

Many organizations work to raise money for local causes. That is the case for the Kiwanis Club in Granite Falls, Minnesota. However, you may be...

The folks here can tell you the exact date two brothers started, what to them, must have seemed to simply be a side business to...

Prisoners have used many different methods to escape from their cells.  A man in this jail crawled through pipes of raw sewage, not once but...

If you seem to be busy, but going nowhere in life, you might be said to be a “hamster in a wheel.”  The prisoners of...

There are a lot of studies that show high consumption of sugary drinks is bad for your waistline and your health.  But one study actually...

If someone walked into a restaurant and said, “Shoot me a Waco,” no one would probably know what they meant.  They’d actually be asking for...

Today it is just a historic site overlooking the Oregon’s Wilamette River…yet the man who lived here is regarded to have saved the lives of...

Perhaps you’ve seen the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia.  But have you see the Liberty Bell in Goessel, Kansas?  The version that was crafted by 200...

This community in central Kansas traces their lineage to the Netherlands, Poland and the Ukraine.  During their journey it was a chance meeting with one...