benton county history

For nearly 100 years now a group of nuns have led a very quiet simple life on a hill in the middle of Sauk Rapids.

Little Rock Lake has a long history in Benton County.

We have a follow-up story for you on the community formerly called Briggsville. It was an area along the west side of the Mississippi River once owned by Sauk Rapids.

Why is it that Sauk Rapids is only on one side of the Mississippi River when its neighbors Sartell and St. Cloud have land on both sides?

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.

Back in the 1920s Benton County had a pretty famous resident - a dog named Nero.

It's now a home for eagles, but for decades the island in the Mississippi River below the Bridge of Hope on Highway 15 was home to people.

It is very unusual for a smaller town like Sartell to be on both sides of a major river like the Mississippi. Here's a little insight on how that happened.

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.