donnelly news

May 27th-June 2nd

Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news, I have decided to wait until next week for my annual grad issue

Weather news most of the last week has been cloudy, cool and rainy ,I talked to a former neighbor on Sunday he said they had only one field to put in yet, see some crops are already up

St. John’s Kongsvinger news: The summer schedule starts May 28th with joint services at St.  John’s at 10 a.m.; continues on May 31st at 7 p.m. at Kongsvinger, and June 4th at Kongsvinger.  A complete schedule can be found in the May newsletter, copies are available at both churches, the po in Donnelly, or from the parish office

GSLC news: Wednesday evening services start on June 7th at 7 p.m.

VBS will be held on June 26-29th at GS in conjunction with Zion-Morris again this year to ensure a t-shirt sign up by May 29th

Community news:  On June 5th the Bookmobile will be in Donnelly on Main St from 3:45-4 p.m.,

Herman Red Hats meet June 5th, at 9 a.m. at AJ's in Herman. Please bring photo of your dad 

RUSC Kinship Growing Kids and Kinship Garden Gala and patio dedication will be held at the Pomme de Park on June 8th from 5-7:30 p.m.

The Stevens county genealogical society will meet the Morris museum June 1st at 1:30 p.m. note change of location from previous meetings. More info 585-6435

City council meets on June 3rd at 4 p.m.

There will be an open house bridal shower in honor of Stacy Fussy, bride-to-be of Justin Koehntop, from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 3, at the Morris Eagles Backroom. Everyone is welcome. His parents are Dan and Jeanne Koehntop of Donnelly, Tom and Kelly Classen of Chokio, his grandmother is Lois Koehntop of Donnelly

Death notices: Edna Mae Niss of Wheaton passed away on May 20th; survivors include her niece Linda (Dick) Wente of Donnelly and their family.

Committal services for former Donnelly area resident Marilyn Hagen of California, will be held on June 13th at 11 a.m. at the Kongsvinger Lutheran cemetery of rural Donnelly

Tiger track :west central conference: boys and girls 2^nd  boys: Brady Cardwell (100 m) 16th, girls: Savannah Aanerud (800 m) 7^th ;Ortonville :boy and girls 1^st; Brady Cardwell (100 m) 6^th; girl’s ;Savannah Aanerud (800 m) 3rd

Tiger Soft ball team west Central conference champs: Brooke Gillespie is a member of that team

Tiger trap shooting: Brady Cardwell earned his first 25-straight patch on Saturday, May 13.

Past wk. visit to my aunt Pearl in her apt.; services for Jim Weinreis at WWV, birthday party for Helen Peterson at Buddies Bar and Grill, lefse dragen in Starbuck; visit to Donna Frank, Norm and Ramona Olsen in their homes, Agralite annual meeting- Benson, Bible study at GS (w/Eystads) and BBB at the Met Lounge

donnelly news

May 20th-26th

Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news,

Note I will have my annual graduation list in next week’s Column. If you have a graduate you want me to recognize especially from higher Ed let me know

Weather news: it has been sunny and mild most of the week, although as I am writing this Wednesday it has been raining most of the day, farmers are busy making up for lost time in getting crops in

St. John’s Kongsvinger news: On May 21st, the graduates from our parish will be recognized during a brunch at Kongsvinger at 10 a.m. and at services at 11 a.m.

The summer schedule starts May 28th with joint services at St.  John’s at 10 a.m. continues on May 31st at 7 p.m. at Kongsvinger, June 4th at Kongsvinger.  A complete schedule can be found in the May newsletter, copies are available at both churches, the po in Donnelly, or from the parish office

GSLC news: Wednesday evening services start on June 7th at 7 p.m.

Community news:  On May 22nd the Bookmobile will be in Donnelly on Main St from 3:45-4 p.m.,

Herman Red Hats meet June 5th, at 9 a.m. at AJ's. Please bring photo of your dad 

RUSC Kinship Growing Kids and Kinship Garden Gala and patio dedication will be held at the Pomme de Park on June 8th from 5-7:30 p.m.

The Stevens county genealogical society will meet the Morris museum June 1^st at 1:30 pm note change of location from previous meetings. More info 585-6435

Death notices: committal services for former Donnelly area resident Marylin Hagen of California, will be held on June 13th at 11 a.m. at the Kongsvinger Lutheran cemetery of rural Donnelly

Former Donnelly area resident Joann (Frank) Christianson of Lakeville passed away on May 13^th, her funeral is at 1 pm on May 22nd at Grace Lutheran Church in Apple Valley, MN.

Tiger track: true team at Holdingford girls (3rd) Savanah Aanerud 1600 m (18th) and was part of the 4x800 m relay team (2nd) Wcc meet tiger boys and girls 2nd

Tiger trapshooting Brady Cardwell (45) Kallen Erdahl (39) Makayla Mau (23)

Joe  Oelke and Jessica Bergstrom were married in Barrett on May 13th

Cork Loge was recognized for 30 yrs. of service to Morris area schools

Chandler Erickson first team all-conference team in the Upper Midwest athletic conference in baseball

MaKenzie Smith has been named a Butch Raymond Scholarship recipient by the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference

Brooke Gillespie was named to the National Honor Society at Chokio-Alberta H.S.

Past wk. visit to my aunt Pearl to wish her a happy mother’s day, Hancock rummage sales, UMM graduation, Grant co fair fundraiser in Herman, Syttende Mai celebration at First Morris

donnelly news

May 13^th-19th

Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news, I want to wish my mom a happy mother’s day in heaven

Weather news: as they say in Minnesota if you do not like the weather, wait it will change been true in the last week as we went from snow on May 1^st to 80 degrees a few days later. Needless to say farmers are very busy in the fields making up for lost time getting their crops in.

St. John’s Kongsvinger news: youth club will meet on May 17^th St. John's at 4 p.m.

The graduates from our parish will be recognized during a brunch at Kongsvinger at 10 a.m. and at services at 11 a.m. on May 21st; anyone in the parish who has a graduate this year please let the parish office ASAP so they can be recognized then.

The summer schedule starts May 28^th and ends on Sept 3^rd. A complete schedule can be found in the May newsletter, copies are available at both churches, the po in Donnelly, or from the parish office

Community news: The Rockin C ranch of rural Donnelly will have a special promotion on May 14th, all mothers get in free

On May 15^th the Donnelly fire department will meet at 7 p.m. at the fire hall

On May 22nd the Bookmobile will be in Donnelly on Main St from 3:45-4 p.m.,

Death notices: Marie Elizabeth Kne of Brainerd passed away on May 5^th. Survivors include her daughter Sue (Rev. Mike) Nelson of Donnelly.

Former Donnelly area resident Keith Henrichs of Milaca passed away on May 4^th. He was preceded in death by his parents Lawrence and Shirley Heinrich of Donnelly

Former Donnelly resident Jim Weinreis of Morris passed away on May 8^th his memorial service is May 19^th at the West Wind Village

A daughter Phebe Joy, was born to Jessica Bergstrom of Donnelly and Joe Oelke on May 3rd, her grandmother is Becky Bergstrom of Donnelly, her great grandmother is Irene strand of Morris

Tiger track :Little Croix meet :boys (5^th )100 m Levin Strand (15^th ) ;was part of the 4x100 relay team (that finished third; Girls :(3^rd )100 m Islande Speer (40^th   ); Savannah Aanenurd was part of 4 x 800m relay team finished third; Breckinridge  meet boys (3^rd )200 m Brady Cardwell (7th )Micah Aanerud (17^th ) ;Girls (1^st) ;100M Islande Speer (16^th )800 m Savannah Aanerud (4^th  )she was part of the 4x800 relay team that finished first; Density Pollard throws (31^st )  discus (36^th ) true team at Holdingford Savannah 1600m (first)

The Donnelly community club had another lengthy meeting on May 8^th as we continue to make plans for the bee and other events reminder the bee is Aug. 26 and 27^th this year’s feature is Allis Chalmers

Past wk. st co gen soc. mtg at library, visit to my aunt Pearl at her apt. ,Nat day of prayer at Morris e free church, Morris lumber’s tour of home, egg bake fundraiser breakfast at gslc (w/Eystads) steve fults visitation at funeral home and funeral at Assumption Morris, bible study at Gs (w/Eystads)

donnelly news

May 6^th-12th

Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news,

Weather news: Although we have had a few nice days in the past week, it has mainly been cold & wet with some rain and even snow on Monday a.m. It sounds like a broken record but I still have yet to see any evidence of widespread field work anywhere I have traveled

St. John’s Kongsvinger news: Baccalaureate Sunday is May 21st anyone in the parish who has a graduate this year please let the parish office ASAP so they can be recognized then

The S.S. kids will be singing during services at ST. John’s at 8:30 a.m., Sunday School will be held at 9:45 a.m. at ST. John’s note change of location

GSLC News: There will be a vote on May 7th to add a steeple to the church, Weekly bible study has resumed every Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the church. The church is looking for part-time secretary contact the church at 585-6868 for more information

Other church news:  Southwest MN Women of the ELCA will meet today (Saturday) at Gloria Die Lutheran church Redwood Falls starting with registration at 8 a.m.

Community news: The Rockin C ranch of rural Donnelly will open up again on May 7th and be open every Sunday through October. Special promotion on May 14, all mothers get in free

On May 8th the Bookmobile will be in Donnelly on Main St from 3:45-4 p.m., the community club will meet at the community hall and the firemen will meet at the fire hall at 7 P.M.

The city council will meet today (Saturday) at 4 p.m. at city hall-Donnelly

Wags whiskers and wine sponsored by the Stevens County Humane society today (Saturday) at Old #1 Southside starting with social hour at 6 p.m.

Death notices: Betty Elkhart of Calif. Passed away on May 1, 2017, survivors include her brother Jim (Lou) Eystad of Donnelly

Donnelly area resident Steve Fults died on May 3^rd, his funeral is Mon a.m. at Assumption Morris

Congratulations to Andy Brevig on receiving a lifetime achievement award from the 7th district Republican Party for his outstanding work as a member of the Stevens County Republican Party.

Savannah Aanerud First place in Discussion meet in Extemporaneous speaking at the State FFA Convention

Zachary Dennis Kieffer was born on April 24, 2017 at Stevens Community Medical Center in Morris to Beth and Josh Kieffer of Morris.  Zachary weighed 6 pounds 9.2 ounces and was 19 1/2 inches long. Grandparents are Dennis Kieffer and Bev Clausen-Kieffer from Alexandria and Jeff and Cindy Gulbrandson from Hoffman.  Great-grandparents are Gerry Pashen of Morris, Jim and Pat Lachowitzer of Battle Lake, and Arlene Gulbrandson of Herman/Donnelly area

Tiger trapshooting: reserve week: Brady Cardwell led the boy’s side with 48 targets He also led after week 1, scoring a 44 total

April. 28^th I met Pr Aj Kluver from Lwlc-Alex in Glenwood; from there we traveled to Christ the King Lutheran church in Hutchinson for the Augustana District (LCMC) convention. We stayed overnight and attended the “Destination Reformation” event at ST. John’s Lutheran church in Howard Lake. (Rev Angel Scott our former intern pastor at Good shepherd is youth director there) we returned home late Saturday eve.

On April 30^th I visited with two former Donnelly area residents Ruth Stand and Marge Sherstad in Alexandria

When I was at the convention in Hutchinson I visited a little with Rev. Paulus Pilgrim, his grandfather Rev Gustav Pilgrim was pastor at St. J Donnelly and other churches in the area for 40 years.

Past wk. visit to my aunt Pearl Anderson in her apt. birthday supper with friends at detoy’s, musings & music of Martian Lutheran at LWLC-ALEX visit with Rosie Hanson in her apt. in Alex, bible study at Gs w/Eystads, visit to Sam J at his house in Donnelly, helped with naps ,Vikings tailgate party at Big Cat, BBB at Met lounge