My Life

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.

Longtime St. Cloud State Sports Information Director Tom Nelson joined me for WJON's My Life series. Tom is a Mendota, Illinois native and the youngest of 3 boys in his family. Mendota is south of Rockford.

St. Cloud State University President Dr. Robbyn Wacker joined me on WJON for our "My Life" series. Wacker grew up in the small town of Security, Colorado as the 3rd of 3 children. Her older sister is 12 years older and her older brother 4 years older. She says both of her parents valued education and her mother worked for the local school district for many years.

WJON's My Life series is featuring longtime football and basketball official John Lieser. John is also the former Apollo golf coach, Apollo and North Junior High English and History teacher and golf writer for the St. Cloud Times. John grew up in Freeport in Central Minnesota and graduated from Melrose High School.

St. Joseph Mayor Rick Schultz joined me on WJON for our "My Life" series. Rick grew up with two siblings in a small town west of Sauk Centre called Osakis. He was very involved in sports and band growing up.

This time on WJON's My Life series I talked with longtime WJON and WWJO personality Nancy Fox. Nancy grew up on a dairy farm in the Albany/Freeport area and is one of 8 children. She was a self-described tom boy who was involved in speech and public speaking starting in middle school.

This week on WJON's My Life series I talked with longtime WJON morning show host and Program Director J.G. Preston. J.G. was born in a small town in Ohio but spent most of his grade school years living in Kentucky before his family moved to Long Island, New York where he graduated from Paul Schreiber Senior High School.