Big Stone County, Minnesota - Living Rural and Loving it!
Yesterday was the annual 4th of July Parade in Odessa, here on the MNbump! They start at noon with a (mostly) lawnmower parade followed by a community potluck meal at City Hall. City of Odessa history Link! Thanks to Rob Rakow for sharing a few …
Meet Main Street Industries! Although most of us are aware of the annual Main Street Industry’s auction and dinner, I’m not sure that many know of the extent of services that they offer – both to businesses and residential homes. In this time of low …
This marked the third year for this new event on Big Stone Lake in Ortonville. Those who worked so hard to start Lake Days wanted the focus to be the lake and getting people together to enjoy the park and each other. As with most, there is great food, beverages, and music – this event focuses on gathering people to enjoy a volleyball tournament, bean bag tournament, pickleball – and the youth had an opportunity to learn how to fish – they had
workbooks, class, treats & then some hands-on opportunities with their new fishing rod, tackle box, and some tackle!  4-H helped to sponsor the youth fishing event – and more activities for the kids. Although the weather threatened a bit, all the activities went forward and the weather passed. It was a great (full!) day at Lakeside Park on Big Stone Lake!
One minute video – highlights from the event:
Thank you to the Big Stone Lake Area Chamber, Big Stone County 4-H, the Downtown Revitalization Committee and the City of Ortonville for sponsoring this event!
As always, events do not happen without the dedication of lots of volunteers! Thank you to all!
Quote from the MPR Article: Bonnie Carlson was skeptical. Making money as a small-town grocer was tough enough. How would selling a local guy’s garlic for a premium possibly help her?  But she didn’t say no when Big Stone County farmer Russ Swenson and Kathy Draeger, …
The Thursday Night Music on Main group brought their “get together” time down to Lakeside Park for the first (I hope there will be more) Music Wednesday in the Park last night! It was a perfect evening by Big Stone Lake – and the …
July looks to be another busy month, here on the MNbump!
June 30th & July 1st
The Graceville Women’s Organization Facebook Page (Link!) is always a great place to watch for the latest information!
Link to the Big Stone County Fair Facebook Page!
this video taken from last year’s Fair gives a special spotlight on our AWESOME 4-H Youth – they ROCK!
Photo of the Course from last year’s Tournament
There were 22 teams (ranging from 9 to 11 people) with a total of 226 number of participants!! Total weight lost:Â 1,863 pounds (WOW!) Winning teams (I’m hoping they send in a group photo from each of their celebration gatherings!) were: 1st Place:Â Main Street …
It is getting so busy, so here are reminder links gathered together for activities coming up and a few highlights from recent MNbump events. #MNbumpLife Updated…. 6/17/2018 6/19: Barrel Race tonight June 19th is going to be rescheduled due to the weather. I’ll post …
What a wonderful day! I heard so many great comments while out on the art crawl today – hoping our artists make this an annual event (well, some thought it would be great every weekend!) THANK YOU to all those that helped plan this event!!
There were 24 artists representing a unique variety of arts and mediums with the artists available to discuss their works. It will be interesting to see the art created during the children’s art activity. This activity had to be moved to Main Street due to the off/on again morning rain.
Check out a few highlights from the day –
It was a beautiful evening at Lakeside Park along Big Stone Lake for this year’s annual DREAM for Kids & Someplace Safe’s old-fashioned family picnic! This is their third year – and has been a hit with the kids from the first. Hills family brings …