Big Stone County, Minnesota - Living Rural and Loving it!
Thanks to the help from the University of Minnesota’s Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships and their Tourism Center we’ve been working on identifying a deeper understanding of our ttourism potential and ways to develop opportunities – and we have been busy identifying assets… Big Stone Lake, Big …
Excellent meeting last night in Appleton! Â I have uploaded the video for those of you here on the MNbump that were unable to make the meeting. There were many from Big Stone County that were employed by the Appleton prison – they were a significant …
The City of Ortonville has obtained the assistance of the National Park System in preparing a City Park Plan. Â What an opportunity to evaluate their community’s Park System and tie in with the area’s land uses and assets!
The fresh look at our area from students (and professors) is a great reminder to those of us that live here of the beauty that surrounds us daily!
Check out the website that has been created for this Park Plan process and watch the videos of the first meeting with the students.
Link to blog post & video on their first meeting:
https://ortonvilleparks.wordpress.com/2016/02/23/park-plan-first-meeting-meet-the-group/
A video with a few highlights from events held here on the MNbump in Ortonville –
Events & Fun… Living Rural and Loving it!
We’ve included a few highlight videos that we have posted throughout this past year from a few of our events to provide a glimpse of life here on the MNbump.  Hope you enjoy!
The Celebrate Families Picnic on June 2nd in Ortonville at Lakeside Park on Big Stone Lake
A fun Big Stone Arts gathering in May at the GuestHouse
6th Grade Art Open in Ortonville
The first video is a few clips taken from various videos in Ortonville in 2015:
The clip below was a compilation of video and pictures provided from a few that attend the Arctic Open in Clinton:
Clinton’s Women’s Group as an annual Taster’s Tea
Fun in Ortonville – Snowflake Lighting to kick off the Christmas Season:
Check out just one of the MNbump’s lake rental properties.
Big Stone Camp for Christ – Church Youth Groups from the area come together for an evening of fun:
The release of Lake Sturgeon on Big Stone Lake
A little fun at the 2016 Sports & Leisure Show
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!
