donnelly news

Apr. 6th -12th

Welcome to another edition of the Donnelly news.

Weather news: Well Tuesday was “a Minn day” we had some wet snow in the a.m. by late aft we had some sun. Otherwise, temperatures have been relatively mild, with the snow piles starting to shrink

ST. John's/ Kongsvinger news: There will be Joint services at 9:30 a.m. on April 7th; at Kongsvinger and April 14th at St John’s followed by coffee hour and Sunday school

Lenten services will conclude at 7 P.M. on April 10th at St John’s followed by lunch.

Holly week services start with joint Palm Sunday at 9:30 a.m. at ST. John’s with the Sunday school kids singing followed by coffee hour and S.S.; Maundy Thursday at Kongsvinger starting with supper at 6 p.m. followed by services at 7 p.m.; Good Friday at ST. John’s starting with vbs fundraising supper at 6pm followed by services at 7 p.m. Easter Sunday services are at Kongsvinger at 9 a.m. and at St. John’s at 10:30 a.m.

If you wish to order Easter lilies in honor or memory of somebody, please contact the parish office

GSLC church: Lenten services continue every week at 7 P.M. until Holy Week. Holy week schedule: Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday services at 9 a.m.; Maundy Thursday and Good Friday at 7 p.m.

There is a signup sheet on the back table for Easter lilies

On April 8th from 3:45-4 p.m. the bookmobile will be in town on Main St., at 7 p.m. the firemen will meet at the fire hall, the community club will have their annual meeting at the community hall, and the Rendsville 4-h meets in the FACS room and Kristi Lindquist classroom at MAHS. Note change of date and place for the meeting

Community Good Friday services at Assumption at 7 p.m., community choir practice April 7 and 14th at 7 p.m. at Assumption

Federated church this and that sale on April 13th, 9-1, coffee and rolls in a.m., noon lunch starting at 11 a.m.

Glacial Ridge Conference Spring Gathering (Women of the ELCA) Monday, April 15,  Glenwood Lutheran Church Glenwood, MN “Holy Women, Full of Grace” Registration begins at 4:00 p.m. with a light meal at 4:30 p.m. Joan Mitchell CSJ and the Alexienne Singers perform at 6:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend.

Today (Saturday) Donnelly city council meets at 4 p.m. in the city office, the 8th annual Kurt Kruize memorial supper is from 3-7 p.m. at the Hancock community center, his grandfather is from Donnelly, Stevens county pork producer’s dinner is from 4-8 p.m. at the old # 1 Southside

Donnelly Fire Department annual fish fry is April 12 starting at 4:30 p.m. at the community hall

Rusc kinship quarter craze is April 13 beginning at 2 p.m. at the legion in Morris

Donnelly youth club on April 17th at 4 p.m. at ST. John’s

On Mar 19th the 99th annual meeting of the Donnelly CO-OP was held at the Donnelly hall meeting called to order at 12:45 by VP Chris Smith following a delicious dinner served by the Klcw. The reading of the annual meeting notice was done which was, followed by the reading and approval of the ’18 minutes. Carol Boeland from Hennen and associates gave the audit report for ’18, which was read and approved. Sales were 8.7 million with earnings of  437,057 the co-op retired $88,00 to patrons over 70 yrs. of age, and distributed dividend checks of $147,000 35% of earnings, Brad geise was reelected to the board and Mike Lonergan was elected to it replacing Jerry Werk who had been on the board for about 30 yrs. . Meeting adjourned at 1:20 p.m. remember 2019 is the co-ops 100th anniversary

Riggs Lee Smith was born March 25, 2019, at Stevens Community Medical Center to Demi Roiland and Cody Smith of Appleton, MN. Riggs weighed 7 lbs. 12 oz and was 19 inches long. Grandparents are Pat and Amy O'Malley of Buffalo, MN, Doreen Hanson of Donnelly, MN and Tony and Heidi Roiland of Morris, MN. Great-grandparents are Kathy and Tabe Hoppe of Appleton, MN and Pete Roiland of Appleton

Avery Marie O'Neill was born March 23, 2019, at Essentia Health in Fargo, North Dakota to Megan Lange and Andrew O'Neill. Avery weighed five lbs., 10 oz and was 18 3/4 inches long.

Grandparents are Rhonda and Kendon Lange of Morris and Marilyn and Dennis O'Neill, Kendon is a member of our threshing bee family

There will be Bridal Showers for Sami Searl on April 20 from 11:00-1:00 and for Kourtney Giese on April 27 from 9:00-11:00 both at the Faith Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall. All are welcome and invited to attend. Both young ladies are from the Donnelly area

An open house baby shower for Kristin Backman, who is expecting a baby boy in May, will be held on Saturday, April 13, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at Trinity Lutheran Church, Alberta.

Hazel M. Vestrum, of Hoffman, passed away on March 28th survivors include her daughter Bonnie (Gary) Gulbrandson of Donnelly and their family

Vernon Kruize of Donnelly passed away on April 2nd 

Past week Roiland benefit at old # 1 Southside, birthday dinner at Kongsvinger, Vertum visitation at e-s funeral home, Hoffman, movie, unplanned in Alex, bible study and Lenten services at Gs, naps at sr. center w/Eystads