Big Stone County, Minnesota - Living Rural and Loving it!
A beautiful program by the Ortonville School! Video 1: Posting of Colors by the VFW Post 3964 and VFW Auxiliary; National Anthem by the OHS Band Directed by Mr.s Chris Petersen; Welcome by Master of Ceremonies: CSM Retired Joseph Eustice; Veterans’ Day Poem “Thought for …
A beautiful August evening in Beardsley! Â The Beardsley Fire & First Responders Pork Supper was held on August 17th in the Beardsley City Park. Â At the end of the event, the Beardsley Fire Department and the Browns Valley Ambulance Service performed a Live “Auto Extrication” …
A quick reminder post to plan your week!
The Big Stone County Fair is now in full swing – through Sunday!
Check out their Website for list of activities (and MNbump Facebook has their Event Flyer pinned to the top of the page for easy reference!) Â Website: Â www.bscfair.org
Hartman’s SuperValu Foods’ Ribfest & Fill it Fresh day is on Friday! Â Check out the details on their Facebook Post (link)!
Beardsley Day is on Saturday – Check out their Event Flyer (Facebook link) for all the activities that are planned for the day!
Odessa Fireman’s Appreciation Day is on Saturday – Check out the list of events (Facebook link) for all the activities that are planned for the day!
The Big Stone County Get Together!
Another busy weekend planned for June 24 & 25th! Click on each of the flyers below for a larger view! Last weekend (June 16, 17 & 18) Recap! Tee’d Off at Cancer Golf Tournament in Graceville It may take a moment for the Facebook embed …
Video of the Program is below. On Friday, June 9th, Dr. Bob (Dr. Robert S. Ross) was honored during the Ortonville Area Health Services’ Â Customer Appreciation Day at Lakeside Park for his 40 years of service. Â Dr. Bob was quick to confirm when he, at …
The DREAM for Kids’ old fashioned picnic (in its third year!) was a hit last night! (estimating about 250 people in attendance!)
Taken from the event’s invitation: Â It’s time to celebrate how lucky we are to have our families… all kinds, shapes, and sizes! Â YOU ARE INVITED
They started serving dinner at 5:30 with the activities starting at 6:00 p.m.
DREAM for Kids and Someplace Safe thanked all of their partners:
For more information on youth opportunities, daycare, schools, check out our All About Youth page!
Update: Â Unfortunately we were unable to video all of the Memorial Day programs that were held in Big Stone County. Â The video below is from the Ortonville Program. Representative Jeff Backer attended the Memorial Highway Dedication for Staff Sergeant Kevin Witte and shared a few …
We enjoy (in so many ways) a strong arts community, here on the MNbump. Â They are weaved into our daily lives, with their music during our festivals, arts activities during our events such as Lake Days (in June), Cornfest (in August), they host events …
One of our annual events here in Big Stone County is golfing on ice! We get creative, here on the MNbump!
Golfing starts mid-morning and goes into the afternoon with a bean bag tournament starting mid afternoon at the Memorial Building and ending the evening with a Sweetheart Dance at the NorthStar Saloon.
The first video is a few highlights from this year’s Arctic Open (thanks to MNbump Blogger, Janine Teske, and also the awesome Amanda Tatro!!) The second video is a blast from the past – thanks to Pioneer Public TV for the interview (and allowing our use of their video all these years later!)
I’m pretty excited about this new business (of course I’m excited about EVERY business here on the MNbump!) It was funny to hear the story of their opening  – they had listed a few of their “old” bikes on-line and as Kevin described “We had …