Untold Stories of Central Minnesota

Series produced by KVSC

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The Untold Stories of Central Minnesota is a Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Legacy funded program where your host Jeff Carmack brings listeners a series of features about the parts of our local central Minnesotan culture that may have been lost within the mist of history.

Did you know that the Mayor of St. Martin, MN, served on the USS Essex during the Bay of Pigs Invasion then went on to be a NYPD Detective for over 30 years?

Did you know that one of KVSC founding members from 1967 is actually Santa Claus?

Did you know that there are hundreds of ghost towns in Minnesota?

All these stories and more can be found right here!

The Untold Stories of Central Minnesota is made possible through support from the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.

The Untold Stories of Central Minnesota is a Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Legacy funded program where your host Jeff Carmack brings listeners a series of features about the parts of our local central Minnesotan culture that may have been lost within the mist of history.

Did you know that the Mayor of St. Martin, MN, served on the USS Essex during the Bay of Pigs Invasion then went on to be a NYPD Detective for over 30 years?

Did you know that one of KVSC founding members from 1967 is actually Santa Claus?

Did you know that there are hundreds of ghost towns in Minnesota?

All these stories and more can be found right here!

The Untold Stories of Central Minnesota is made possible through support from the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund.


300 Pieces

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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Art & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack visits the Charles Lindbergh House and Museum for a com...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2018
  • Length: 29:51
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In today’s installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack visits the Minnesota Department o...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2018
  • Length: 26:29
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In today’s Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack revisits St. Cloud State University’s University Pro...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2018
  • Length: 29:06
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In this installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts and Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with an SCSU student who has...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2018
  • Length: 26:32
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Sometimes a performance needs a gripping title in order to convey not only content, but also the subtlety of emotional weight found within, and Ifr...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2018
  • Length: 27:28
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Her career began in the era of bell bottoms and disco, and it doesn’t look like she’s stopping any time soon. In today’s Untold Story of Central M...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2018
  • Length: 29:01
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Ever wonder what it takes to get a kid to do their homework? In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff ...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2018
  • Length: 31:35
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In this tasty Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack sits down at the dinner table with St. Cloud Soup. ...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2018
  • Length: 30:44
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Today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota is Part 2 of Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack’s interview with Professor Jud Newborn in hon...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2018
  • Length: 28:31
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Today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota honors International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Saturday, January 27, with the first half of a two-part...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2018
  • Length: 30:12
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In today's Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage producer Jeff Carmack talks about the Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast held ...

  • Added: Jan 21, 2018
  • Length: 30:45
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In the final installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota for 2017, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with Leslie LaCu...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2017
  • Length: 30:23
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As the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota wraps up 2017, Arts and Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack sits down with St. Cloud Mayor Dave Klei...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2017
  • Length: 35:34
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack visits backstage at one of St. Cloud’s newer holiday t...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2017
  • Length: 29:59
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It’s been a year of challenges and transitions for the Paramount Center for the Arts in St. Cloud, and in today's Untold Story of Central Minnesota...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2017
  • Length: 28:01
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It’s called The Story Project and its mission is just as straightforward as its name, to documents the stories of students, faculty, staff, and alu...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2017
  • Length: 26:32
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Midnimo, which means “unity” in Somali, is a multi-partner project anchored with the Cedar Cultural Center that was bringing world renowned Aar Maa...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2017
  • Length: 29:41
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About ten years ago, the Herberger School of Business on the campus of St. Cloud State University moved to its current location in Centennial Hall,...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2017
  • Length: 31:09
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In today’s Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack takes us down to Lake George to experience the first...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2017
  • Length: 30:36
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In this mostly musical piece, we settle down into the audience of nearly 200 supportive students and staff at the University Program Board's Fall 2...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2017
  • Length: 28:16