Inspecting the Roots, Small Town, MN, USA; Chapter 21 from the audiobook, "Every Marriage Is...Flawed"

Small Town, Minnesota, roughly 30 miles from Minneapolis and St. Paul.  As an 80’s kid, it was a great place to grow up.  You were 15 minutes from shopping malls but you were far enough away to feel in the country.  30 minutes to get to work in The Twin Cities.  My town hosted one quaint elementary school built in the 1920s.  The school was conveniently located next to the IGA grocery store for an after-school candy fix.  When weather permitted, we rode our bikes to school every day.  No parental escort.  Kidnapping?  What the heck was that?