Free Range Conversations

RISON'S OWN SPARTAN CATCHES THE FEVER - Rison's Les Walz, pictured here competing in a Spartan Race in 2021, sits down for this week's episode of the Herald's Free Range Conversations podcast. He shares stories of his time as Cleveland County's extension agent, growing up in Germany, and how he caught the competitive exercise fever.

RISON'S OWN SPARTAN CATCHES THE FEVER - Rison's Les Walz, pictured here competing in a Spartan Race in 2021, sits down for this week's episode of the Herald's Free Range Conversations podcast. He shares stories of his time as Cleveland County's extension agent, growing up in Germany, and how he caught the competitive exercise fever.

Free Range Conversations, Episode 4: Walz's 'Mid-Life Crisis' Becomes His New Passion

News Staff
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
RISON - While others may call it a mid-life crisis or simply crazy, Les Walz of the Macedonia community calls it fun and a challenge he is ready to meet head-on.Walz, who is perhaps best known for being the former agri agent for the Cleveland County Cooperative Extension Office for 23 years, shares...
NASHVILLE CONNECTIONS - Rison in the Fall organizer Douglas Boultinghouse (right) with this year's festival headliner, Charles Esten (left), during a visit to Nashville in 2014.

NASHVILLE CONNECTIONS - Rison in the Fall organizer Douglas Boultinghouse (right) with this year's festival headliner, Charles Esten (left), during a visit to Nashville in 2014.

Free Range Conversations, Episode 2: Boultinghouse Uses Music City Contacts to Revive Rison Festival

News Staff
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
RISON - As the Rison in the Fall Festival was starting to fade and was in badly need of a makeover, Douglas Boultinghouse used his connections with the music scene in Nashville to turn the event into one of the premier festivals of the region.Boultinghouse along with Roy Phillips, one of the...

First 'Free Range' Podcast Episode Now Streaming

News Staff
Wednesday, July 3, 2024
RISON - The first episode of the Free Range Conversations podcast is now streaming.The podcast is Cleveland County Herald's first as part of expanding into a new media platform according to publisher Britt Talent.The first episode is an introduction to the hosts, and features background on how the...