
This Central MN Small Town Formed Along an Ox Trail
WJON's Small Town Friday series took us this time to Rice, Minnesota. Rice is a community of 1,275 people, located in Benton County north of Sauk Rapids. For this feature I talked with Mary Ostby from the Benton County Historical Society, Rice Mayor Brian Skroch and Rice Police Chief Ross Hamann.

![Rice Days Winds Down Summer Festivals [PHOTOS]](http://townsquare.media/site/67/files/2024/08/attachment-DSC04098.jpg?w=980&q=75)







![Rice, Minnesota in Pictures [GALLERY]](http://townsquare.media/site/67/files/2022/07/attachment-American-Legion.jpg?w=980&q=75)

