donnelly news

Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news.
Weather news it is still hot and dry around here, however most of the crops and garden produce I saw the Clinton and Herman fairs sure looked good.
St. John’s/ Kongsvinger news: Upcoming summer service dates are: July 26th and 30th at Kongsvinger, August 6th at ST. John’s.
. Community news: on July 31st.the bookmobile will be in town on Main St. from 3:30-3:45 p.m.
On August 5th the city council will meet at 4 p.m. in the council chambers in the Donnelly hall
On August 7th the Rendsville 4-h meets at St. John’s at 7 p.m.

The seventh annual block party organized by St. John’s /Kongsvinger will be held on August 1st starting at 5 p.m., on the west side of ST. John’s. It will be held in conjunction with national night out. Brats, hot dogs, potato salad, beans chips ice cream are on the menu, freewill offering for the food shelf
Herman red hats will be meeting, Monday August.7th at 11 a.m. at the Furious Farmers Restaurant in Elbow Lake



Threshing Bee news: The posters are here; you can pick one up at McCollar Jewelry. The buttons are also here, and can be purchased at most Donnelly business or the Dakotah banks in Chokio and Morris  .For more information you can visit the website: http://www.donnellythreshingbee.com  and/or the new Facebook page.. The theme this year is “Yippee it’s time for the bee”. The bee is August. 26 and 27th the feature is all things made by Allis Chalmers. Next year’s tri-feature is all things made by Cockshutt, Moline and Oliver.
The Threshing Bee royalty were part of the Grant County fair parade in Herman on July 22nd.
The 2017-2018 royalty candidates will be introduced on August 7th at 7:30 p.m. at the hall. More info call Sandy Dunn at 246-3492
Bri Bachmeier and Aaron Boerner announce their engagement, his parents are Scott and Cathi Boener of St. Cloud ,Scott is a former Donnelly area resident