General

Big Stone County Museum

Posted by Vicki on Apr 2, 2011 in General, Video | 0 comments

Zach Kafka Memorial Hockey Game

Posted by Vicki on Mar 12, 2011 in General, My Blog | 0 comments

The annual Zach Kafka Memorial Hockey Game – Video Period 1   Period 2 Period 3      

Kathryn Draeger on Local Foods

Posted by Vicki on Dec 22, 2010 in General, My Blog | Comments Off

Kathryn Drager was on Minnesota Public Radio this morning talking about local foods.  You can listen here if you missed...

Local Newspaper

Posted by Vicki on Dec 22, 2010 in General | Comments Off

The Ortonville Independent is the local weekly newspaper.  They post links and some of their articles on-line. Great source of local / area information! Link it!  The Ortonville Independent

Santa Days

Posted by Vicki on Dec 16, 2010 in General, My Blog | Comments Off

With the blizzard last Saturday, Santa Days was rescheduled to 5 to 7 today… and even with the heavy snow throughout the night and this morning, there was a great turn out of families for the Chamber/Ortonville Retail Committee’s Santa Days.  Mr. & Mrs. Santa were a hit – and so was the cookie decorating, bird feeder craft project, bingo and coloring sheets!  Don Sherman of Sherman Studio was on hand taking pictures – I was amazed at how he could work with the kids that were a little apprehensive about Santa to ease them into comfort (not that it worked with all of them  ...

Trick or Treat

Posted by Vicki on Oct 31, 2010 in General, My Blog | Comments Off

Trick or Treat in Ortonville! We do not live on a very busy road and get very few trick or treaters – so always very excited to see the ones that do come!  There are great Church Harvest Fest options to take the kids… and this little guy made a quick stop at a few homes and was then off to the Baptist Church.