My Life

WJON's My Life series brings us to State Representative and House Minority Leader Lisa Demuth of Cold Spring. Demuth for the first 7 years of her life grew up in Paynesville with her mother and plenty of extended family in the area.

State Representative Bernadette Perryman joined me on WJON to participate in our "My Life" series. Perryman grew up in Belleville, Illinois with her 2 brothers and a sister.

Longtime Waite Park Police Chief Dave Bentrud joined me on WJON for our "My Life" series. Dave experienced many challenges at a young age with the death of both of his parents before he graduated from high school.

It all started for State Senator Aric Putnam in Maryland but he grew up in east San Jose. This is the story of Aric Putnam as part of WJON's "My Life" series. Putnam's father served in Vietnam and comes from a family of military veterans.

Sartell will have a new Police Chief for the first time since 2004. That's because Jim Hughes has retired from the position after 32 years in Sartell. Hughes joined me on WJON for another edition of our My Life Series.

Everyone has a story and this is the story of Stearns County Sheriff Steve Soyka. Soyka grew up in St. Cloud and was interested in law enforcement at an early age. He says he remembers as a young boy playing cops and robbers and he always had to be a cop.

Everyone has a story and WJON's My Life series takes a look at the story of St. Cloud School Superintendent Laurie Putnam. Putnam grew up in a small town in central Maine of around 2,000 people named Skowhegan.

Former St. Cloud Area Chamber of Commerce President Teresa Bohnen joined me on WJON to talk about her life on WJON's My Life Series. Teresa grew up in Lebanon, Missouri as a kid.

My guest this time on WJON's My Life series is Stearns County Commissioner Joe Perske. Joe is a Central Minnesota native having grown up in Sauk Rapids and St. Cloud. He is an Apollo High School graduate before moving on to college at St. John's. He and his wife Jan met in high school and have been married for 42 years.

This time on WJON's My Life series I talked with longtime Marco CEO Jeff Gau. Jeff grew up in Little Falls, Minnesota with his parents and 3 brothers. He says he and his brothers enjoyed playing sports as a kid like hockey, golf and football.