Big Stone County, Minnesota - Living Rural and Loving it!
The Clinton Women’s Civic Club’s first Holiday Expo was held this past Wednesday — and it was a hit! Â Between the Holiday Expo and the Main Street Fitness Open House celebrating 5 years it was difficult to find parking on Main Street (very nice problem …
If you want to hear the latest fishing report on Big Stone Lake, Artie’s Bait & Tackle’s Facebook page is an excellent site to keep bookmarked on your electronic devices! Â Link: Â Artie’s Bait & Tackle Facebook Page WCCO is calling for Saturday to be a …
We are looking forward to August 14th, 15th & 16th for the 77th Annual Cornfest in Ortonville!  This is always a big event in Big Stone County.
UPDATE! Â Check out pictures, video and a posting of all winners from the 77th Annual Cornfest celebrationÂ
We now have three Community Bloggers:  Mary Hillman covering Odessa & Correll, Janine Teske covering Clinton, and Julie French covering Ortonville.  We should have a new blogger on board soon for Graceville and Johnson.  Next on the list will be covering Beardsley & Barry.
If you’d like to see some Big Stone County highlights from July, check out the links below.  Lots of pictures & even some video highlights!
Ortonville’s first Downtown Festival
Pictures from the 2015 Big Stone County Fair
(thanks to Kris Lagred!)
Jr/Sr Golf Tournament in Ortonville
Ortonville Couples Golf Tournament
Great Coverage on Bonnie’s Hometown Grocery in the News!
Thanks Artie for the Fishing Opener update and picture! (report below) Great fishing and limits of walleyes were reported for the Minnesota/South Dakota border water opener on Big Stone Lake which started at midnight Friday April 17. The first BIG fish of the year may …
Great attendance at the Big Stone County Township Officers’ Annual Meeting! Â For those of you that were unable to attend, we have posted the complete meeting (separated into segments) on the MNbump YouTube Channel or you can view below (listed in the order of the meeting presentation):
The initial business meeting:
County Engineer, Nick Anderson
District Township Representative, Lyle Stai
UMVRDC Representative, Erin Smith
Veteran’s Service Officer, Dan Meyer
Big Stone Area Growth (BSAG), Vince Robinson
SWCD, Blayne Johnson
BSC Commissioner, Brent Olson
Our second Community Blogger went on-line last night!  Janine Teske will be blogging for Clinton – and she has been busy.  With Janine’s experience with WordPress (the blogging software used for this site) on the Clinton Celebration website, there was no learning curve for her …
Thanks to the gals at Minnwest Bank (esp. Kim Kuchenmeister!) for alerting me to the Bald Eagle find! Great opportunity to take the kids to see a group of Bald Eagles like no other in the area – head over to the Big Stone Power …
The Annual Sports & Leisure Show hosted by the Big Stone Lake Area Chamber of Commerce always draws quite a crowd!  They have shared the MNbump.com’s YouTube videos of the Just for Kix performances which took place at 3:00 yesterday at the Show.  The Show runs today from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Link to the Just for Kix Performance Videos
Link to the Chamber’s Info Page for the Sports & Leisure Show
One of the 13 videos taken at the Sports & Leisure Show yesterday
The annual St. Patrick’s Day celebration in Graceville is an event to mark on your calendar and plan to attend – every year! Â The weather was perfect yesterday! The video & pictures below are from their parade: (if you have good broadband, click on the …
