Mainstreet Radio's Catherine Winter has this remembrance of Terry Wilkey, former Bovey police chief. Wilkey spent more than 30 years on the town's police force and the 800-some residents of Bovey all knew him. But his fame spread much farther; to the Twin Cities, even as far as Texas and North Carolina…because of Terry Wilkey, the writer.

Wilkey contributed a police column called "Streets of Bovey" to Bovey's weekly newspaper. It became an underground hit. People clipped and mailed "Streets of Bovey" to distant relatives; it was posted on law enforcement billboards; and eventually became a humorous series on Minnesota Public Radio.

A memorial service was held in the little Iron Range town for Wilkey on February 2nd, 1998.