Viola Township, Olmsted County, Minnesota

The Gopher Count is an annual community festival held in Viola, Minnesota, United States. Since 1874, the event has been on the third Thursday in June. Some the events include a parade, a tractor show, a nail-driving contest (women only), a pie-eating contest, fireworks, and dancing. Gopher Count is one year older than the Kentucky Derby. The festival is named for the practice of collecting a bounty on killed gophers, still paid by the township as of 2009, though other aspects of the festival are more actively promoted.

Viola is an unincorporated community in Viola Township, Olmsted County, Minnesota, United States. It is the site of a yearly Gopher Count festival, which began in 1874. The community is located along Olmsted County Road 2 (Viola Road) near 105th Avenue NE and Center Street. State Highway 42 (MN 42) and Olmsted County Road 24 are also in the immediate area. Nearby places include Eyota, Elgin, and Rochester. The North Fork of the Whitewater River flows through the community.

The Viola Creamery is a rural building on the National Register of Historic Places in Viola, Minnesota, United States. It was designed by architect Harold Crawford and in built in 1924.

The Great River Ridge State Trail is a multi-use recreational rail trail in southeastern Minnesota, United States. It is planned to run 15 miles (24 km) from the city of Plainview through Elgin to Eyota on the former right-of-way of a branch line of the Chicago and North Western Railway. Currently the final two miles (3.2 km) leading into Eyota are incomplete, but the rest of the route is paved and, south of Elgin, includes a parallel unpaved trackway for horseback riders and snowmobiles. An extension providing access to Carley State Park is also planned.

KDOC-FM (103.9 MHz; "Fun 104") is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits format, simulcasting KFNL-FM in Spring Valley, Minnesota. KDOC-FM is licensed to Eyota, Minnesota, and serves the Rochester metropolitan area. The station is owned by Townsquare Media. The station is not related to KDOC-TV, based in Los Angeles, California.

KDCZ (107.7 FM, "Sasquatch 107.7") is a radio station broadcasting a classic rock format. KDCZ is licensed to St. Charles, Minnesota, and serves the Rochester, Minnesota metropolitan area. The station is owned by Townsquare Media.

Elgin is a city in Wabasha County, Minnesota, United States on Minnesota State Highway 42. The population was 1,089 at the 2010 census. Its annual festival is Elgin Cheese Days.

Elgin Township is a township in Wabasha County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 787 at the 2000 census. Elgin Township was organized in 1858.

Rochester Air Force Station (ADC ID: M-101) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located 7.3 miles (11.7 km) east-northeast of Rochester, Minnesota. It was closed in 1957.

KRPR (89.9 FM) is a non-commercial radio station licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to serve the community of Rochester, Minnesota. It is the only locally owned and programmed station in the city. The studios are located at 2630 (Suite 500) South Broadway in Rochester, Minnesota. The station broadcasts from a transmitter site East of the city and plays an expansive variety of classic rock. Being a non-commercial station, KRPR presents brief underwriting messages produced by station personalities rather than commercials. KRPR is a member of AMPERS, The Association of Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations.

KNXR (97.5 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station in Rochester, Minnesota. It broadcasts a classic hits radio format and is owned by John Linder and Lynn Ketelsen, through Blooming Prairie Farm Radio, Inc. The radio studios and offices are on 16th Avenue NW in Rochester. The transmitter site and tower are on 70th Avenue NE (County Highway 119) at Silver Creek Road in Rochester. With its effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts and 317 meters (1,040 ft) in height above average terrain (HAAT), KNXR can be heard through much of southern Minnesota, western Wisconsin and northern Iowa.

KMSE (88.7 FM) is a radio station licensed to Rochester, Minnesota. The station is owned by Minnesota Public Radio (MPR), and airs MPR's "The Current" network, consisting of an Adult Album Alternative music format originating from KCMP in Northfield, Minnesota. See also Minnesota Public Radio