Way back in the early days of Benton County, before there was a county fair, there were Market Days pretty much in every community and they were wildly popular.
Your local historical society is a great place to preserve old artifacts and facts from our past, but sometimes they are called on to do a little detective work too.
Municipal Park along the Mississippi River on the north end of Sauk Rapids is a very popular park. However, at one point that was a completely different townsite.
Downtown Sauk Rapids has gone through many changes over the years with a lot of development and redevelopment. What's left today are just seven buildings in downtown that date back more than 100 years.
Sauk Rapids is marking the 136th anniversary of the deadly tornado that devastated the town. The storm happened at about 4:00 p.m. on April 14th, 1886.