Small Town

If you're familiar with the town of Grand Detour, Illinois you might be asking if there are even 10 businesses, let alone 10 restaurants in the town of 459 people.

There seems to be a relatively even split on the correct way to say Grand Detour.

This week we head due south for the seventh stop on Q98.5's "Small Town Throwdown" tour. This week we visit: Monroe Center, IL!

This week we head north for the sixth stop on Q98.5's "Small Town Throwdown" tour. This week we visit: Caledonia, IL!

This week we make our fifth stop of our Q98.5 "Small Town Throwdown" tour. Stop #5: Creston, IL!

The fourth stop on Q98.5's "Small Town Throwdown" tour. This week Q985's Mark Charvat visited: Lindenwood,IL!

Our third stop on Q98.5's "Small Town Throwdown" tour. This week we visit: Clare,IL!

Our second stop on Q98.5's "Small Town Throwdown" tour. Today we visit: Chana,IL!

This week we kick off the Q98.5 "Small Town Throwdown" tour. Our first stop: Esmond, IL!

I read an interesting article in the Chicago Tribune that featured Brett Eldredge. They highlighted that the artist comes from the tiny town (population 9,000) Paris, IL. Brett said that no matter what is happening in his life he always returns home to get centered and "put his feet back on the ground." I'm much like Brett in that aspect. We both grew up in a small town and we both, when