Donnelly news

July 30th-Aug.6th
Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news
Weather news:  After a very hot and muggy weekend it has cooled off some this week. Crops continue to look fantastic, have seen some grain harvesting going on
St. John’s Kongsvinger news: There will be 140th anniversary celebration for Kongsvinger on Sept. 18th
Annual garden (block) party today (Sat.) with serving starting at 4 p.m. on west side of St. John’s free will offering to benefit the Stevens County Food Shelf. Hopefully some of the stuff planted in our community garden will be part of the menu
Good Shepherd news: none
Faith Lutheran Church- Morris events: Potluck Picnic – July 31st at 5:00 p.m. at Pomme De Park
 Vacation Bible School Day Camp August 1 –4th at Faith-Morris sponsored jointly by Faith and First Morris and Trinity Cyrus contact faith for more info or to register
Polka Worship on July 31st at 1:00 p.m. at Eastside Park sponsored by First Lutheran-Morris
Summer Games VBS will be held on Mon, Aug 1, - Aug 4th, from 6- 8:00 p.m. each night at 1st Baptist Morris

There will be a Family fun run 2K and 5K run benefiting Alexandrea’s miracle mission on Aug. 13th starting with registration at 7 a.m.

Community news:  There will be a meet the candidates’ forum for the Threshing Bee royalty contestants on Aug 1st at 7:30 p.m. at the Donnelly Community Hall everyone welcome
Donnelly City Council and Rendsville 4-H will meet on Aug 1st at 7 p.m at the hall and St. John’s Lutheran church
Donnelly Community club will meet on Aug. 8th at 7 p.m at the community hall. This will be our last meeting before the bee which is Aug. 27 and 28th and the feature is John Deere. Buttons will be on sale soon at Donnelly business or may be purchased from community club officers. I have left some posters at McCollar’s Jewelers or may be viewed on line at http://www.donnellythreshingbee.com/Artwork/donnelly%20threshing%20poster%202016.pdf. Also work schedules will be mailed out soon if you would like to help out contact one of the officers or e-mail: donnellythreshingbee@runestone.net
Death notice Verle Dunn of Donnelly passed away on July 24th  I will miss him, he was a good friend, former  neighbor and land renter, I used to call him frequently to talk about crop progress for this column
Former Donnelly area resident Fern Rasmussen of Bloomington passed away on July 25th survivors include her daughter Renee (Paul Jr.) Ersted of Lowry and their family; her sister Carolyn Smith of Donnelly and her family, Paul Jr. is a former Donnelly resident
Business news Paul’s Paint and Repair is now part of Rupp Body Shop HQ in Elbow Lake
West central wiring and consulting (Walt Biesterfeld) has now merged with Info Link HQ in Morris
There will be an open house bridal shower in honor of Cassidy Hennen, bride to be of Matt Huot  today ( Saturday), from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Pomme de Terre Golf Club, 24860 State Highway 9 Morris. Cassidy is the daughter of Rick and Carrie Hennen of Morris. , Darin and Nancy Huot, of Donnelly are Matt's parents
MHS class of 1961 will have their 55th class reunion of on August 27th at Hotel 200 (old Prairie INN)
Celebrations Wyatt Vavra recently received the Eagle Scout award
The Morris eagles won the Land of Ducks baseball championship team members included Bryce Jergenson
The Morris 2 team won the 18U softball championship on Tuesday.  Brooke Gillespie was the winning pitcher and earned player of the game honors
I need to clarify something about the sources of news for my column.  I regularly check area church bulletins, newsletters, newspapers, websites, Facebook posts etc. for info to put in my column.  I consider any info in them to be public info and thus I am free to use for my column unless otherwise requested.
The threshing bee royalty were part of the Grant County Fair parade in Herman on July 23rd


Past wk. soils lab field day, Larry Kill visitation at funeral home , Evelyn Graff funeral in Alex, Glenwood and Herman fairs

Donnelly news

July 23^rd—29th

Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news

Weather news:  after some more rains over the weekend it has turned very hot and muggy. The crops I saw today on at the swan lake research farm sure looked fanatic

St. John’s Kongsvinger news: As of July 17th services times have switched with services at St. John’s Sundays at 9 a.m. and WOW at Kongsvinger at 7 p.m.

There will be 140^th anniversary celebration for Kongsvinger in Sept.

Annual garden (block) party on July 30^th beginning at 4 p.m. on west side of St. John’s free will offering to benefit the Stevens County Food Shelf

Good Shepherd news: none

Faith Lutheran Church- Morris events: Potluck Picnic – July 31st at 5:00p.m and Vacation Bible School Day Camp August 1 – August 4, 2016

Polka Worship! Mark your calendars for a POLKA WORSHIP on, July 31st at 1:00p.m. at Eastside Park sponsored by First Lutheran-Morris

Summer Games VBS will be held on Mon, Aug 1, -Thur., Aug 4, from 6- 8:00p.m. each  night at 1^st Baptist Morris

Death notice: Evelyn Graff of Alex passed away on July 15 survivors include her husband former Donnelly area resident Dale Graff

Larry Kill of Morris passed away on July 18^th survivors include his son and daughter in law (Doug (Peggy (Kopel) Peggy is a former Donnelly area resident

ROBERTA Koepke of Orlando passed away recently survivors include her husband former Donnelly area resident Jim Koepke of Orlando

Community news:  The Threshing Bee buttons are here right now they may be purchased from any of the Community Club officers; they will be on sale at businesses in Donnelly soon. Posters are also here and we will be getting them up in the area in the next few weeks. I will leave some at McCollar’s jewelry if you want one. Reminder the bee is Aug. 27 and 28^th and the feature this year is John Deere. On Aug 26^th the West Central Cattleman will be serving a hamburger supper along with kid games and tractor Olympics, you must have a button for the supper and cost is $5 

Also work schedules will be mailed out soon, if you are not on the list but would like to help, contact me or one of the officers or e-mail donnellythreshingbee@runestone.net

There will be a meet the candidates’ forum for the Threshing Bee royalty contestants on Aug 1^st at 7:30 p.m. at the Donnelly community hall everyone welcome

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Celebrations the pirates are the Morris little league champs this year Brandon Jergenson was the winning pitcher

There will be an open house bridal shower in honor of Cassidy Hennen, bride to be of Matt Huot on Saturday, July 30, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Pomme de Terre Golf Club, 24860 State Highway 9 Morris. Cassidy is the daughter of Rick and Carrie Hennen of Morris. Matt's parents are, Darin and Nancy Huot, of Donnelly.  Matt graduated this spring from the U of M Crookston

Thorstein David Larson was born on July 19, at Stevens Community Medical Center in Morris to David and Hannah Larson of Donnelly Grandparents are Corrine Larson and the late Elroy Larson from Donnelly and Rick and Mary Hilton of Woodbury. Great grandparents are Bertha Larson from Donnelly and Reverend Dale and Margie Hilton from Kernersville, North Carolina

The annual VFW Cancer Salad Luncheon will be 11 A.M. - 1 P.M. July 28th at Old #1 South side. Free Will Offering.

The Donnelly Youth Club met July 20th. The children enjoyed the air conditioning except for at the end when they went out into the 92 degree heat and armed with slices of watermelon had a seed spitting competition.

I need to clarify some thing about the sources of news for my column.  I regularly check area church bulletins, newsletters, newspapers, websites, Facebook posts etc. for info to put in my column.  I consider any info in them to be public info and thus I am free to use for my column unless otherwise requested.

Past wk. open house at Rockin C Ranch services at LWLC in Alex visited some friends, en-route home, and Cliff Bjorlin funeral. RTA mtg -Barrett, bbb at Met Lounge big stone county fair-Clinton relay for life Pomme De Park

donnelly news

July 16^th-22nd

Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news

Weather news:  well the crops continue to look good thanks to some abundant rains we have had in the past week. Thankfully we did not have some of the severe weather other parts of the state i.e. Browns Valley did Sat eve.

St John’s/Kongsvinger news: July 17^th services time will switch with services at St. John’s Sundays at 9 a.m. and WOW at Kongsvinger at 7 p.m.

There will be 140^th anniversary celebration for Kongsvinger in Sept.

There will be a youth club meeting on July 20^th at 4 p.m. at ST. John’s

Annual garden (block) party on July 30^th beginning at 4 p.m. on west side of St. John’s free will offering to benefit the Stevens County Food Shelf

Good Shepherd news: as part of their fundraiser for the stork bus Alexandra’s Miracle Mission has a collection box at GS (and other churches in the area) for Willie’s paper bags

Rob Lucus, the manager of the Morris Pizza Ranch, has graciously given “Friends of Alex” permission to have lemonade and goodies stand every Wednesday from 11a.m.-1 p.m. in front of Pizza Ranch all summer long. So come out and have a drink and goody and all of the money with help Alexandra's Miracle Mission

Mi Mexico is donating 10% of all sales today (Saturday,) plus donations to Options for Women | Morris Stork Bus! A fun and tasty fundraiser to raise funds to benefit our local 6 county community! YUM!

Faith Lutheran Church- Morris events: Potluck Picnic – July 31st at 5:00p.m.; Junior and Senior High Youth Event – Sunday, July 17th 2:00-7:00p.m. at Pomme de Terre Lake Public Shelter and Vacation Bible School Day Camp August 1 – August 4, 2016

Polka Worship! Mark your calendars for a POLKA WORSHIP on, July 31st at 1:00p.m. at Eastside Park sponsored by First Lutheran-Morris

Summer Games VBS will be held on Mon, Aug 1, -Thur., Aug 4, from 6- 8:00p.m. each  night at 1^st Baptist Morris

Death notice:  Cliff Bjorlin of Donnelly passed away on July 12^th his funeral is July 20^th at 10:30 am at Hosanna worship center in Morris

Community news:  The community club met on July 11 as we continue to make plans for the bee and other events. The buttons are here right now they may be purchased from any of the officers; they will be on sale at businesses in Donnelly soon. Posters are also here and we will be getting them up in the area in the next few weeks. I will leave some at McCollar’s jewelry if you want one. Reminder the bee is Aug. 27 and 28^th and the feature this year is John Deere. On Aug 26^th the West Central Cattleman will be serving a hamburger supper along with kid games and tractor Olympics, you must have a button for the supper and cost is $5 

Also work schedules will be mailed out soon, if you are not on the list but would like to help, contact me or one of the officers or e-mail donnellythreshingbee@runestone.net

Today (Sat.) is the last day for applications will be taken for little Miss Donnelly (8-10) and Threshing Bee queen (14-18) applications can be emailed to werkcrewatrunestone.net or lsdunnatrunestone.net

There will be a meet the candidates’ forum for the Threshing Bee royalty contestants on Aug 1^st at 7:30 p.m. at the Donnelly community hall everyone welcome

There will be an Open house bridal shower for Xochil Mendez, bride to be of Mac Beyer, today Saturday, July 16 from 10 a.m. to noon at Faith Lutheran Church in Morris. Parents of the couple are Antonio and Maribel Mendez and Joel and Jamie Beyer. His Grandmother is Carol Wilcox

Rockin C Horse ranch will be open today (sat) from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. the ranch is located 8 miles w of Donnelly on 150^th St. admission is $5 at the gate

Donnelly fire department meets on July 18th at 7 p.m. at the fire hall

The Samuel and Catherine Smith family reunion is today (Saturday), in the main shelter at Pomme de Terre City Park just East of Morris. Registration, coffee and rolls at 10:30 a.m., potluck at 12:30 p.m. and lots of reminiscing during the afternoon. BBQ sandwiches, coffee, lemonade and utensils provided. Please bring a dish to pass. The Smith's had 12 children... spread this invite to all branches of our family tree. For more information call Marcia at 320-324-7414. Many of the Smiths from the Donnelly area are part of this family

 The Threshing Bee royalty were part of the Prairie pioneer days parade in Morris on July 10th

Celebrations Congratulations to our Summer Athlete of the Week: Cody Fults! at Noonan Sport Specialists-Alex

Kellen Kent Reed was born on July 5, 2016 at Stevens Community Medical Center in Morris to Joshua and Jana Reed of Morris. Grandparents are Bob and Deb Danelz from Donnelly, Minnesota and Curtis and Patricia Reed from Moose Lake, Minnesota.

The Aanerud family participated in the Marv Meyer walk/ run on Sat 5k men’s division Micah placed 16^th ;women’s division Savannah finished 2nd ;Heather finished 26th

Past wk. PPD activities in Morris, com club mtg, Morris dental appreciation picnic, RTA mtg Barrett

donnelly news

July 9^th-15th

Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news

Weather news:  a hot muggy weekend produced some nasty weather Mon eve with thunder and lightning and some have rains in the early morning hrs. on Tue. a.m., my neighbors rain gage was overflowing at 4 “

St John’s/Kongsvinger news: ST. John’s WELCA will meet on Tuesday, July 12, at 1:30 p.m. at St. John’s. Please note the change of date!

July 17^th services time will switch with services at St. John’s Sundays at 9 am and WOW at Kongsvinger at 7 pm

There will be 140^th anniversary celebration for Kongsvinger in Sept.

There will be a youth club meeting on July 20^th at 4 pm at ST. John’s

Good Shepherd news: as part of their fundraiser for the stork bus Alexandra’s Miracle Mission has a collection box at GS (and other churches in the area) for Willie’s paper bags

Rob Lucus, the manager of the Morris Pizza Ranch, has graciously given “Friends of Alex” permission to have lemonade and goodies stand every Wednesday from 11am-1 pm in front of Pizza Ranch all summer long. So come out and have a drink and goody and all of the money with help Alexandra's Miracle Mission

Mi Mexico is donating 10% of all sales on Saturday, July 16th plus donations to Options for Women | Morris Stork Bus! A fun and tasty fundraiser to raise funds to benefit our local 6 county community! YUM!

Death notice: Elsie Lesmeister of Morris passed away on July 1^st survivors include her step daughter Judy Neuman of the Herman/Donnelly area

Community news:  The community club will meet on July 11 at 7 pm at the city hall as we continue to make plans for the bee and other events

Starting on July  1^st and running through the 15^th applications will be taken for little Miss Donnelly (8-10) and Threshing Bee queen (14-18) applications can be dropped off at boxes in HD & Co ,Donnelly Co-op or post office or email to werkcrew@runestone.net or lsdunn@runestone.net

There will be an Open house bridal shower for Xochil Mendez, bride to be of Mac Beyer, on Saturday, July 16 from 10 a.m. to noon at Faith Lutheran Church in Morris. Parents of the couple are Antonio and Maribel Mendez and Joel and Jamie Beyer. His Grandmother is Carol Wilcox

The Samuel and Catherine Smith family reunion is Saturday, July 16, 2016 in the main shelter at Pomme de Terre City Park just East of Morris. Registration, coffee and rolls at 10:30 a.m., potluck at 12:30 p.m. and lots of reminiscing during the afternoon. BBQ sandwiches, coffee, lemonade and utensils provided. Please bring a dish to pass. The Smith's had 12 children... spread this invite to all branches of our family tree. For more information call Marcia at 320-324-7414. Many of the smiths from the Donnelly area are part of this family

 The Threshing Bee royalty were part of the Heritage Days parade in Starbuck on July 2nd and also attended the Miss Minnewaska pageant in the park after the parade. They were also part of the 4^th of July parade in Hancock on July 4th

Celebrations Eugene Stoneburg was crowned king of the Minnewaska home in Starbuck recently

The Morris Eagles recently won the Green Isle Hamburg amateur bb tournament. Team members include Bryce Jergenson, Tyler Henrichs & Mac Beyer. Bryce was named MVP of the tournament

John Ruff and his daughter Deb Goracke from TX spent some time this week visiting his sister Lou Eystad and family & friends in the area. He informs me he has great granddaughter due later this yr.

Past wk. Kiwanis talent show at eastside park work camp closing program at Herman h.s. ,heritage day’s festivities in starbuck, Evansville parade, 4^th of July festivities at Kongsvinger and Hancock