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The Trinity and West Lake Johanna Lutheran church parish held a joint service at the Brooten city park on Sunday, July 27. The worship was a special farewell service for Pastor Jeanne Megorden and her husband, Pete, as she is retiring from the Lutheran Ministry at the end of the month. Pastor Jeanne and Pete have been in Brooten with the Trinity/WLJ Parish since they moved to Brooten in June 2022. The full worship video is attached here. Additional coverage from worship will follow in the July...
Bonanza Valley Royal Strutters was thrilled to have 55 youth attend Jakes Day on Saturday, July 26 at the Belgrade Sportsmen's Range. Additional coverage followed in the July 31 issue of the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper. In the attached video, Ethan Spanier works with youth in the handgun station. The event is sponsored by the BV Royal Strutters and the National Wild Turkey Federation....
The Brooten Farmers Market, which still invites vendors to join, continues the 2025 season on Thursday, July 31 at the city park. The Farmers Market runs from 4 to 7 p.m. Available on that evening are baked goods by the Zimmermans (breads, pies, cookies, cinnamon rolls, granola) plus other vendors with flowers, leaf lettuce, spinach, strawberries, jellies and jams, Val TeVelde's hand-crafted cards, Blissful Rebound Bagels and Bread by Lyndsay Ampe and more. (She takes pre-orders by Tuesdays to...
Lincoln's Bar and Restaurant will be open on Thursday, Friday and Saturday (July 31, August 1, August 2) this weekend from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. with the bar and grill open in the front bar. The back dining room will open in August as they add more staff. The local phone number for the restaurant is 320-346-2323. Also, Lincoln's is still looking to hire additional staff with positions of a prep cook, servers and bartenders. In the near term, Lincoln's seeks to fill out shifts on Thursday, Friday,...
A wildly successful Birch Coulee Ranch Rodeo helped get the Pope County Fair off to a remarkable start in Glenwood on Thursday, July 31. Activities continue all day on Friday and Saturday, August 1-2. The main event on Sunday, August 3 features a Demolition Derby at the grandstand at 2 p.m. Livestock, open class and 4-H general projects are released on Sunday. The fairway will include Ninja Anywhere and Knockerballs from 1 to 9 p.m. on Friday and Saturday of the fair. The main event on Friday...
It's enjoyable to poke fun at them when they're so wrong so often....
The Pope County Fair had a truly tremendous day of activities on Friday, August 1 in Glenwood. With temperatures hovering in the mid-70s and full sunshine, conditions were perfect for the outdoor events taking place at the fair. In the 4-H cattle show at Jack Morris Arena, they had 150 cattle registered. On Thursday night, the Birch Coulee Ranch Rodeo had 33 teams participate. In the attached video, one of the ribbon races is shown during the Pope County Fairgrounds 4-H Horse Show. This was...
