Big Stone County, Minnesota - Living Rural and Loving it!
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 …
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 – as soon as the log-in information was sent to her she was working on the site!  She was also busy collecting Clinton area business information before she was sent the log-in information and has quite a list of updates.  The business listing on MNbump will be updated with those additions today!
If you are in the Clinton area and have a business or an event that you’d like covered, please contact Janine.  Link to Clinton’s Blog and Janine’s contact information:  MNClinton.wordpress.com
Bloggers for Ortonville, Graceville & Johnson, and Beardsley & Barry will be going on-line soon!
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 …
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 little gear icon at the bottom right of the video to change to HD!) Continue reading The St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Graceville
The Auto Tour at the Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge (located just south of Ortonville on Hwy 7/75) is open and already drawing people anxious to get out and enjoy our great weather! Â Earlier in the day, you’ll see
History was made tonight on Big Stone Lake as Paul Ell of Big Lake, MN brought in the largest walleye ever weighed on the certified scale at Artie’s Bait & Tackle and former Bud’s Bait in the last 20 years! The walleye tipped the scale …
The award-winning Fishing the Midwest Television series announced today that the show’s episode airing the weekend of January 24 and 25 will feature Big Stone Lake. The episode will show spring walleye fishing and then conclude with an ice fishing segment featuring the lake’s jumbo …
