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2020

'My life has changed a lot': Cecilia Toenjes nears end of Miss Litchfield reign

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2020MissLitchfieldReflects1.jpg, Miss Litchfield Cecilia Toenjes will crown her successor during the coronation at 3 p.m. Sunday at Bernia Aaker Auditorium.PHOTO COURTESY KATIE PETERS, 2020MissLitchfieldReflects2.jpg, Miss Litchfield Cecilia Toenjes and Princess Abby Johnson wave to the crowd as they move down the route of the Litchfield Parade of Bands. Toenjes and, 2020MissLitchfieldReflects3.jpg, Ceclia Toenjes and Abby Johnson were joined by their fathers on the Watercade float for the Hutchinson Water Carnival parade in June.PHOTO BY CHLOE SC
 Nearing the end of the longest reign in Miss Litchfield history, Cecilia Toenjes admits to being a bit conflicted.After two years of serving as an am

Medallion Hunting Pair Finds their Third Harvest Medallion

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2020BellePlaineHarvestFinders.jpg, Angie Johnson and Ann Miller found the 2020 Harvest Fall Medallion under a stone in Riverview Park, on Thursday, Oct. 1.
Angie Johnson and Ann Miller found the 2020 Harvest Fall Medallion under a stone in Riverview Park, on Thursday, Oct. 1. The pair had a successful out

Neal Dietz Strikes the Jackpot for the Second Time Finding the Rose Festival Treasure Hunt Medallion

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Generous Festival Supporter Donates Back His Winning Check to the Rose Festival
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Neal Dietz of Oak Grove, Oregon, read Clue #10 this morning, then located the Medallion in East Delta Park, inside some yellow tubing. Neal grew up in
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He reported that pandemic didn’t have much effect on hunting. Neal had his mask in his pocket, but was usually alone. When others approached, he’d wea
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2020 - The season that wasn't

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My apologies to those I've told that this post has been coming. You'd think that with the COVID-19 crisis I'd actually have more time to write this, but that time has been consumed by other things. The long and short of it is that most of the 2020 season has been cancelled. We already had dates slated for a handful of summer hunts:

Of those, Oakdale and Little Canada have been explicitly cancelled. The remainder are farther out in the Summer and decisions haven't yet been made about the festivals.

With that said, let's make a list of the summer festivals that haven't been cancelled yet. They may yet be cancelled, and we'll keep the list updated if they are. I'm not going to delete items, just overstrike them as they fall.

Twin Cities Area Festivals that are still on

Greater Minnesota/Wisconsin Festivals that are still on

Watercade 2020 canceled

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2020WatercadeCanceled.jpg, Princess Ellery Jones and Miss Litchfield Cecilia Toenjes road on the Watercade float during a parade last summer.STAFF PHOTOS BY BRENT SCHACHERER
Brent SchachererLitchfield’s annual summer celebration became a victim of the coronavirus pandemic Sunday night as the Watercade Board of Directors an

Miss Shamrock Candidates Prepare for St. Patrick's Day Festivities this Saturday

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2020BellePlaineShamrockCandidates1.jpg, (From left) Cassandra Leeper, Hayley O'Brien and Brooke McGlinchey are the three candidates vying for Belle Plaine's 2020 Miss Shamrock title., 2020BellePlaineShamrockCandidates2.jpg, (Back from left) St. Patrick's Day Grand Marshals T.C. and Carol Fogarty, Luke Fogarty, Lucas O'Brien, Collin Fahey, Will Fahey, 2019 First Princess A
The time-honored tradition of celebrating St. Patrick’s Day is rapidly descending on Belle Plaine. While  the businesses and bands are preparing for t
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