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Highlights from Litchfield's Wintercade and Watercade Events

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2016WatercadeWintercade1.jpg, Mayor Keith Johnson kicked off sixth annual Wintercade ice fishing contest Saturday on Lake Ripley.STAFF PHOTO BY MARTHA LUEDERS, 2016WatercadeWintercade2.jpg, FILE PHOTO, 2016WatercadeWintercade3.jpg, Runners took off at the start of the Watercade Fun Run last year., 2016WatercadeWintercade4.jpg, For the first time during their reign, Watercade Princess Michelle Oster, Miss Litchfield Hailey Stoffer and Princess Justine Madsen waved to the crow, 2016WatercadeWintercade5.jpg, Maggie Gaulrapp got pampered by Watercade candidate Cindy Amparo-Espinoza.STAFF PHOTO BY MARTHA LUEDERS, 2016WatercadeWintercade6.jpg, Landon Pederson, 7, named this fish Fatty after catching it at the Wintercade ice fishing tournament.STAFF PHOTO BY MARTHA LUEDERS
Ellarry PrenticeCopyright 2016 Litchfield Independent Review/Crow River Media/Media News Group.

2016 D-Rex & D-Ng Medallion Hunt Kickoff

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The Annual D-Rex & D-Ng Medallion Hunt:
A Ten Clue Hunt, officially starting October 22nd
Kickoff @ Sweet Pea's 4pm - Free Snacks + Happy Hour = WIN
472 South Snelling Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55105
Bonus: Finder keeps the 2016 Medallion!

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Heimatfest medallion found

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2016JordanFInders.jpg, Husband and wife Landon and Rachel Larivee found this year’s Heimatfest medallion on Monday. The gold was hidden under a pine tree next to the middle
By Rachel Wittrock editor@jordannews.comMichael Phelps may have won 23 Olympic gold medals, but the only gold that counts in Jordan is the Heimatfest

St. Paul king wears Minneapolis mantle? Don’t call him traitor; call him Boreadore

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dancommodoreandboreas1-21.webp, Dan Stoltz as Aquatennial Commodore, left, and Winter Carnival King Boreas, right. (Courtesy Spire Credit Union)
By JAIME DELAGE | jdelage@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressWhat do you call someone who transforms from King Boreas of the St. Paul Winter Carnival to

Fireworks lit up the sky during Watercade

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2016WatercadeFireworks1.jpg, PHOTO BY CHAD NEWMAN, 2016WatercadeFireworks2.webp, FILE PHOTO, 2016WatercadeFireworks3.jpg, Parents Jill Struthers and Jason Reich were joined on a blanket at the beach by their children, Kera Sluka, 14, Kali, 8, Kloe, 4, and Kurt, 5 months.P
Photos by Chad NewmanFriday night’s fireworks show is a Watercade staple, and this year’s show did not disappoint, capping off a busy evening that als

PHOTOS: Watercade festivities

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2016WatercadeFestivities1.jpg, Katie Rogers chased bubbles at last year’s Grand Day Parade.FILE PHOTOS, 2016WatercadeFestivities2.jpg, Lucy Kadelbach, 4, chases her brother Calvin, 4, as they play in the water from the water-ball fight Friday evening.PHOTO BY CHAD NEWMAN, 2016WatercadeFestivities3.jpg, Ingrid Hansen, 9, and Elly Woelfel, 7, dig a trench around their sand castle which they filled with water to create a moat in a sand sculpture contest, 2016WatercadeFestivities4.jpg, Sean Barnes, 10, Nathan Wuotila, 11, and Kaiden Voss, 12, team up at Saturday’s lip sync contest and perform the “Ghostbusters” theme song.STAFF PHOTO, 2016WatercadeFestivities5.jpg, Eva Cervantes, 3, runs her hands through the tide at Friday night’s beach party at Lake Ripley Beach.STAFF PHOTO BY MARTHA LUEDERS, 2016WatercadeFestivities6.jpg, 2016WatercadeFestivities7.jpg, Kids danced in the rain at last year’s Watercade Grand Day Parade.FILE PHOTO, 2016WatercadeFestivities8.jpg, Charlie Mundt, 11, gave a dog walking by in the parade a scratch behind his ears during the Grand Parade.FILE PHOTO
Watercade festivities began Tuesday, July 5, with the release of the first medallion clue. Festivities continued throughout the weekend until Sunday e

Crowning of new Miss Litchfield — Hailey Stoffer

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2016WatercadeCoronation1.webp, For the first time during their reign, Watercade Princess Michelle Oster, Miss Litchfield Hailey Stoffer and Princess Justine Madsen waved to the crow, 2016WatercadeCoronation2.jpg, Newly crowned Miss Litchfield Hailey Stoffer cried as former Miss Litchfield Karly Nelson hands her her bouquet of flowers.FILE PHOTO, 2016WatercadeCoronation3.jpg, Princess Justine Madsen clutches her crown in disbelief. Madsen was the first of the royalty to be crowned at Sunday's coronation.STAFF PHOTO BY MARTH, 2016WatercadeCoronation4.jpg, Princess Michelle Oster grins as she feels the crown being placed on top of her head.STAFF PHOTO BY MARTHA LUEDERS, 2016WatercadeCoronation5.jpg, Watercade candidates dance with Litchfield residents at Friday night's beach party on the shores of Lake Ripley.STAFF PHOTO BY MARTHA LUEDERS
By Martha Lueders reporter@independentreview.netSunday evening marked the beginning of a new reign for the newly crowned Watercade royalty.At coronati

Cool temperatures result in scorching times at Watercade 4-mile race

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2016WatercadeRace1.jpg, Runners took off at the start of the Watercade Fun Run last year., 2016WatercadeRace2.jpg, Amber Fynbo won last year’s four-mile race around Lake Ripley.FILE PHOTO, 2016WatercadeRace3.jpg, Kids lined up for the Watercade Lake Ripley one-mile Fun Run last July.FILE PHOTO, 2016WatercadeRace4.jpg, Dozens of spectators gathered near the finish line to cheer on the 149 participants in the Watercade Lake Ripley Run on July 9.By Mike Randleman sport, 2016WatercadeRace5.jpg, Adam Anderson, 17, of Dassel poses with his first place medal from the Watercade Lake Ripley Run. Anderson finished the 4-mile race with a time of 24:
By Mike Randleman sports@independentreview.netRunners received near ideal conditions for the Watercade Lake Ripley run Saturday morning, resulting in
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