Untold Stories of Central Minnesota

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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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The Book Munsinger Clemens Gardens: The Jewel of St. Cloud and the Untold Story of Its Publication
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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As spring showers are truly bringing May flowers to St. Cloud, Arts and Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack brings us an Untold Stories of Cent...

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  • Added: May 08, 2015
  • Length: 26:06
  • Purchases: 1
The Future of Sustainability in the St. Cloud Area Begins Now
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In this installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack brings us multiple perspectives abou...

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  • Added: Apr 28, 2015
  • Length: 30:20
  • Purchases: 1
SCSU School of the Arts
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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During this past year, St. Cloud State University's School of the Arts has brought a wide variety of multidiscipline events to the community throug...

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  • Added: Apr 20, 2015
  • Length: 26:20
  • Purchases: 1
St. Cloud Residents Devour the 5th Annual Edible Book Festival
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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Have you ever wanted to see someone eat their words? In this tasty installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts and Cultural Herit...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2015
  • Length: 30:39
Behind the Scenes of KVSC'S 36th Annual Trivia Weekend: Game of Trivia, Quest for Futile Facts PART 2
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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Arts and Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack continues with Part 2 of KVSC’s 36th Annual Trivia Weekend, Game of Trivia: A Quest for Futile Fac...

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  • Added: Mar 04, 2015
  • Length: 32:03
  • Purchases: 1
Behind the Scenes of KVSC'S 36th Annual Trivia Weekend: Game of Trivia, Quest for Futile Facts PART 1
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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Arts and Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack takes us on a two part journey through KVSC’s 36th Annual Trivia Weekend, Game of Trivia: A Quest ...

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  • Added: Mar 04, 2015
  • Length: 29:42
  • Purchases: 1
Creative Minnesota Report Finds Arts Industry in Minnesota to have $1.2 Billion Impact
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, it’s all about a great investment, the arts! Recently, Minnesota Citizens for t...

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  • Added: Feb 24, 2015
  • Length: 31:42
  • Purchases: 1
Brian Fox Ellis Brings Charles Darwin to Life in St. Cloud
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In this new installment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, Arts and Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with storyteller Brian “...

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  • Added: Feb 09, 2015
  • Length: 30:36
  • Purchases: 1
Independent Quarry Cinema in Cold Spring Defies Corporate Censorship and Fears, Becomes One of a Handful of Minnesota Theaters to Screen Sony's The Interview
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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Recently, Sony was hacked, and because of this hack and the ensuing threats that followed, the company decided not to widely release their film “Th...

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  • Added: Jan 02, 2015
  • Length: 26:39
  • Purchases: 1
Small Midwestern Towns Unite for HAMLET at St. Cloud State University
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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Upon Shakespeare’s birth some fifty and four hundred years gone, Tis Hamlet! In this instalment of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota where “t...

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  • Added: Nov 20, 2014
  • Length: 30:51
  • Purchases: 1
Jim and Hazzy's Tropical Habanero Jam
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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From a mother’s suggestion to make jam from a grapevine growing on the side of a house to a friend helping out another with a broken down van on th...

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  • Added: Sep 24, 2014
  • Length: 30:16
  • Purchases: 1