Our Story | News and Events from the Midwest
From the Executive Producer
From the Executive Producer
11/15/2011 - In case you haven’t already guessed it, we’re big believers in Midwestern small towns—and all their businesses, points-of-interest, museums, historic sites, and incredible hospitality venues! And that includes libraries, too! You now can read The Road to OUR STORY magazine in over 100 libraries throughout OUR STORY country! So patronize your local library, and take a peek at our magazine when you do.
There are a few new faces at Our Story Productions. Dani Kainz has joined our sponsorship enlistment team, and is proving to be a brilliant photographer, too! Scott Evans is helping us widen our Internet presence on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, as well liaising with our sponsors—and, as we say in Sweet Swine County, “That ain’t the half of it, folks!” Read more about Dani and Scott on our website under the “ABOUT US” tab.
We hope you remember to catch the latest news about the zany goings-on in Sweet Swine County at www.sweetswinescoop.com. Sweet Swine Scoop always keeps you in the loop!
So many wonderful communities have recently joined the Our Story “family.” Take a look at the newest additions on our “Featured Towns” dropdown list to the left. Our expansion in Iowa continues unabated, and we’re also really happy to introduce you to the scenic town of Ellsworth, Wisconsin. Read about all your favorite communities in Our Story country on this website!
6/20/2011 - Well, friends, hold onto your seed-corn caps! The intrigue is building to unbearable levels on Our Story’s zany reality soap opera “As the Corn Grows” since Cousin John (JR Olson) was shot! Tune in to watch the latest developments. We also are very excited to keep welcoming more and more communities into the Our Story “family.” Check out the discoveries we’ve made recently in Flandreau, Yankton, Milbank and Madison, South Dakota, and you’ll soon be reading much more about our expansion into Iowa, too. Readers are also raving about our magazine, The Road to OUR STORY. Take a peek at it here on our website. And for all the latest “news” in Sweet Swine County, don’t miss reading our Sweet Swine Scoop blog at www.sweetswinescoop.com. At Our Story, we’re always working hard to bring you more about “small-town living at its best”!
10/16/2010 – What an exciting month it’s been for OUR STORY PRODUCTIONS! Karla, Wanda and I have been discovering some incredible communities and are pleased to welcome Nicollet, Lake Crystal, Jackson, Lake City, Marshall, Hendricks and Red Wing into OUR STORY’s family of spotlighted towns—totaling 63 in Minnesota and Iowa now! We’re also happy to announce that three new sales representatives have joined the OUR STORY team: Andrea Christensen, Sherrie Knapp (both are covering southeastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin) and David Glader (covering southwestern Minnesota and eastern South Dakota). Welcome! Andrea, Sherrie and David have quickly helped OUR STORY to expand its presence into Hudson, Wisconsin and Milbank, South Dakota. We’re on the road to more exciting growth in OUR STORY’s four-state area! So, stay tuned as OUR STORY continues to explore Small-Town Living At Its Best!
9/13/2010 – It’s always very thrilling for OUR STORY PRODUCTIONS to welcome new communities into our family! New Ulm and Jordan, Minnesota are the latest additions to our spotlighted-towns’ list, bringing the total to 56! OUR STORY is now over half way to our goal of spotlighting 100 towns that represent Small-Town Living At Its Best! Big News: OUR STORY’s premiere issue of the magazine “The Road to OUR STORY” has hit the stands! You can read it right here on our website, too! Take a peek and see why the reviews have been great! Here’s a special thanks to Samantha Lund-Hillmer (Super-Creative Department Director/Graphic Art & Design) and Bryan Peterson (Why-Me Managing Editor) for all their hard work!
8/18/2010 – This month, OUR STORY PRODUCTIONS will be spotlighting the communities of Kenyon, West Concord and Wanamingo, Minnesota. Watch for some great features about their interesting businesses! Also, I’d like to welcome Karla Grev as the newest member on the OUR STORY PRODUCTION team as Regional Sales Manager. And big applause to the entire cast and crew of “AS THE CORN GROWS” for the completion of 50 episodes of OUR STORY’s top-rated soap opera!
7/12/2010 – OUR STORY PRODUCTIONS gives a big welcome to the Minnesota towns of Waterville, Mantorville, and Kasson for joining our family of spotlighted communities. Each of these towns shares a rich history that represents “Small-Town Living At Its Best”! You’ll be seeing some great programs about them. We also wish to welcome Ed Powers to the cast of OUR STORY’s zany soap opera “AS THE CORN GROWS”! Ed is playing the character of suave Sergio Ferleone, and made his debut in Episode #49. How many autographs have you already signed, Ed?
6/7/2010 – OUR STORY PRODUCTIONS is excited to announce that two Minnesota towns have newly joined our family—St. Peter and New Prague—bringing our total number of spotlighted communities to 48! We are sure you will enjoy learning about their incredible downtown shops and unique points of interest. We would also like to congratulate OUR STORY’s “AS THE CORN GROWS” characters, Betty Thompson (Joan Suhr) and Mrs. Swanson (Bonnie Fjelstad), on a job well done for being the celebrity judges at the summer-long Holy Hot Dish Cook-Offs at local churches leading up to Interlaken Heritage Days held in Fairmont, MN. The community response to this series of events was astounding.
5/24/2010 – Hurray! OUR STORY PRODUCTIONS is expanding our television programming into Northern Iowa! We welcome Emmetsburg as our first Iowa town to be spotlighted! This incredible community will soon be featured on our television show and in our magazine, The Road to OUR STORY. We would also like to welcome two new characters to the cast of AS THE CORN GROWS: Sarah Morphew plays Daisy Mae, who debuted in Episode 42, and our youngest cast member Logan Von Felt plays Little John, who debuted in Episode 38. Watch those episodes right here on our website!
For information about program segments and sponsors, contact:
Jeff Rouse
Executive Producer
507-236-5607
jeff@ourstorymn.com