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YOUR GUIDE TO KENYON AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES KENYON | WANAMINGO | NERSTRAND | DENNISON

Kenyon is home to a Plymold manufacturing facility dedicated to crafting restaurant furniture packages balancing design, function & value.

Plymold.com

615 Centennial Drive Kenyon, MN 55946

Originating in 1948 but making Kenyon “home” since 1967, Foldcraft serves the dynamic restaurant & hospitality industries. With a distinctive brand portfolio including Plymold (furniture) and WB Powell (millwork), Foldcraft provides clients furniture & millwork designed to enhance their décor and enrich the customer experience.

As a 100% employee owned operation, our more than 275 employees (located in three manufacturing centers throughout the US) directly participate in steering our business while creating a fun place to work. For career opportunities visit Foldcraft.com/about/careers.

phone 507.789.5111

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The 2016 Discover Kenyon guide assortment of other learning activities ofgives the reader a glimpse into the activi- fered during the summer. In late July or ties, churches, schools, and amenities of early August Dennison hosts Dennison Kenyon, Wanamingo, Nerstrand, and Den- Days, a two day celebration involving a vanison. Living in a small town has a differ- riety of events.

The second week in ent dynamic than does living in August, the Goodhue County a larger city. Active, volunteer Fair takes center stage; folcitizens participate in a variety lowed by the Rose Fest held of civic, church, and school rethe third weekend of August lated organizations. Community in Kenyon. With the conclusion members rejoice in the good of those events thoughts turn times and support one another to fall and its cool mornings when life is challenging. and pleasant evenings. School Often people look at small becomes a center of activity towns with a touch of nostalgia, Olson with the fall sports of football, where traditional values and pavolleyball, and cross country. triotism are a way of life. Towns in rural Minnesota are not able to offer all Hikers enjoy the beautiful fall colors of of the conveniences of larger cities, but a the maple/basswood forest at Nerstrand healthy, safe, community more than makes Big Woods State Park. Apple lovers find up for the lack of some services. Take time their way to the Sogn Valley Orchard east to stop and talk to the people in these of Dennison. Throughout the countryside towns and you will find friendly and help- soy beans are combined and the corn crop ful business owners, public servants, and is being harvested. Bow and shot gun hunters take to the woods in the area hoping citizens.

Summer activities are focused at the for a trophy white tail deer.

For some people with the first sigswimming pools in Kenyon and Wanamingo, the summer Community Education nificant snow brings the excitement of activities, the ball fields in the towns, and outdoor winter fun. When the weather the nine hole golf course in Kenyon. Red cooperates there is ice skating, hockey, Cross Certified lifeguards teach swimming and broomball at Depot Park in Kenyon. lessons and supervise the open swim times The Kenyon Snowdrifters keep the snowat the community pools. Time is set aside mobile trails groomed to make the sport for exercise classes and family swim at more enjoyable. At Big Woods there are the pools. The Wanamingo Jacks, the local groomed cross-country ski trails. For inamateur baseball team, and the American door sports fans, K-W basketball and wresLegion team play their games on a well- tling teams are part of the competitive Himanicured field in Wanamingo. Kenyon- awatha Conference. The wrestlers, led by Wanamingo Community Education offers High School Principal Matt Ryan, are the t-ball, softball, and baseball for a variety defending Minnesota Class A State Chamof ages. Young people may sign-up for an pions as well.

In late November the towns are decked out for the holidays with festive lights and banners. The tall evergreen trees at the Kenyon Veteran’s Memorial are adorned with appropriately colored lights.

Christmas in Wanamingo is a holiday season tradition held on the first Thursday in December with Christmas in Kenyon following on Saturday of the same week. On the last Saturday of February the annual Horse and Cutter Parade, one of the largest horse only parades in the state, takes place in Kenyon.

Signs of spring returning are seeing high school track and field athletes running the streets of Kenyon, fields being worked and planted, the tree roses on the Kenyon Boulevard being uncovered and brought out of dormancy to offer the enjoyment of their colorful flowers. Among the wild flowers blooming at Nerstrand Woods is the dwarf trout lily, a unique flower found only in the Cannon River Watershed Area.

Churches founded by the early community members and rural pioneers have long histories and beautiful architectural edifices.

The inhabitants of these municipalities are proud of their yards and homes as can be seen by the well-kept lawns and beautiful gardens. If you are looking for “Mayberry”, Lake Wobegon, or “A place where everyone knows your name.” welcome to Kenyon, Wanamingo, Nerstrand, or Dennison.

Enjoy the tangible energy and unique feel of the Kenyon area, today.

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Baker & Axleson LTD ...................................... 21

Minnesota Mattress Factory ............................. 15

Central Valley Co-op ......................................... 28

Nerstrand Meats ............................................... 22

Chris Mallery, Edina Realty .............................. 15

New Life Church ............................................... 17

City of Kenyon..................................................... 6

Peters’ Patio & Landscape, Inc........................ 14

Dale Lutheran Church ...................................... 17

River Country Co-op .......................................... 15

Dean’s Tire & Lube .......................................... 10

Schweich Hotel, Bar & Restaurant .................. 32

Dennison Lutheran Church ............................... 16

Security State Bank Of Kenyon ........................ 18

Farmers State Bank ......................................... 26

Security State Bank Of Wanamingo.................. 22

Fireside Lounge ................................................ 27

Tatge Jewelry .................................................... 13

First Evangelical Lutheran ............................... 16

Trinity Lutheran Church ................................... 16

Foldcraft/Plymold ............................................... 2

Vang Lutheran Church ...................................... 17

Frank Peterson Law Office ............................... 23

Wanamingo Grooming ....................................... 21

Gol Lutheran Church ........................................ 17

Wanamingo Lutheran Church ........................... 16

Granneman & Associates ................................... 7

Write On ............................................................. 7

Held Bus Center ............................................... 11

Workout 24/7 .................................................... 12

Holden Lutheran Church .................................. 17 Hutton Inc. ....................................................... 10 JB Tavern .......................................................... 22 Keller Insurance Agency .................................. 23 Kenyon Ag Service............................................ 29 Kenyon Area Business Association..................... 8 Kenyon Ace Hardware ........................................ 8 Kenyon Muni ...................................................... 6 Kenyon Senior Living ......................................... 5 Kenyon Veterans Organizations ........................ 24 Mar Leas........................................................... 27 Mary’s Rustic Rose ........................................... 15

Marcia Hansen and Fred Moore, 2016 Kenyon Sunset Home’s King and Queen for Valentine’s day.

Milo Peterson Ford Co. ..................................... 31

Kenyon

Leader

Published July 2016 by the Kenyon Leader 638 2nd St., Kenyon, MN, 55946.

Phone: 507-789-6161 Fax: 507-789-5040

Editor: Gunnar Olson Advertising Consultant: Nicole Brandon Customer Service & Inside Sales Specialist: Mary Phipps Photographer: Kevin Anderson, Terri Lenz, Gunnar Olson

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WHO WE ARE

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TOURIST ATTRACTIONS 18

WHERE WE PLAY

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WHY WE’RE INVOLVED

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HOW WE CELEBRATE 13-17

WHEN WE WORSHIP 16-17, 30

OUR NEIGHBORS

AGRICULTURE

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Kenyon Senior Living

“Serving our seniors with purpose, compassion and care!”

Kenyon Sunset Home Gunderson Gardens & Rose Wing Skilled Nursing Facility Assisted Living

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Gunderson Suites Memory Care

127 Gunderson Blvd * Kenyon, MN * (507) 789-6134 www.KenyonSeniorLiving.com

THE KENYON MUNI AND OFF-SALE LIQUOR STORE Stop in for a cold drink and good times & and check out our new patio!!

Featuring an expanded off-sale liquor area with a walk-in beer cave PROUDLY SPONSORING THE KENYON ROSE FEST STREET DANCE ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 2016 FEATURING “LOST HIGHWAY”

Watch for specials on our facebook page at Kenyon Muni 645 2nd Street, Kenyon • 507-789-6176

City of Kenyon 709 2nd Street Kenyon, MN 55946

www.cityofkenyon.com KENYON MUNICIPAL UTILITIES Phone: 507-789-6415 Fax: 507-789-5604 Hours:

Monday - Friday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

KENYON PUBLIC LIBRARY

We have:

• Story Hour • Summer Reading Programs • Adult Book Groups • Streaming Free Wi-Fi • Computer and internet access • Part of the S.E.L.C.O. Library System

Hours: Mon./ Wed./Fri. 10:00am - 4:30pm Tues./Thurs./ 10:00am - 6:30pm First Saturday of the Month 10:00am Noon Sunday Closed

CITY OF KENYON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Promoting and assisting business growth in the community Coordinating business development, site selection and incentive financing Contact City Administrator Mark Vahlsing at 507.789.6415

KENYON POLICE DEPARTMENT Keeping Kenyon Safe and Connected

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HISTORY OF KENYON

In 1855, the first settlers arrived in the area.

L.N. Bye settled in the north corner of sections 7 and 8. Christian and Sever Halvorson settled in section 18 just west of the Old Stone Church, whose construction didn’t start until 1871. L.A. Felt built the first building in town on the north side of the Zumbro in 1856.

These four men were the first to open up the Kenyon area.

The following year in May 1856, James A. Day and James M. LaDuc came and made claims to where the village is now situated. LaDuc named it Kenyon after his alma mater, Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. The year 1857 was busy. A steam saw mill was built. It stood where the swimming pool is now. In March, Stephen Bullis established Kenyon’s first hotel, “The Pioneer,” on the corner just west of Roseview apart-

Granneman & associates Pa Dale Granneman

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ments. The village boomed with the arrival of the Chicago Great Western Railroad in 1885. A store was opened

by P.L. Berg in the area of Jerry’s Ace Hardware. By 1893, the village had two hotels, a foundry and machine shop, a large brick school building, a tannery, two banks, a flouring mill and a weekly newspaper. A second railroad, the Chicago Milwaukee, came along in 1903.

The small village continued to prosper until 1908 when the “April Fool’s Day Fire” destroyed seven businesses along Main Street.

Momentum was regained after World War I and after the worst of the Great Depression. Kenyon Municipal Utilities took over electrical service in 1932 and has maintained it ever since. Telephone service, started by Dr. Joseph A. Gates in 1901, was continuously improved until a modern exchange connected all residents with service.

The school in Kenyon was accredited in 1896. In 1915, the voters of Kenyon decided a new school building was needed. Work on the

1915 Kenyon Ball Team $62,000 structure was completed by mid-December that year and the building was dedicated in 1916. A new gymnasium/auditorium was added in 1938 and another addition was done in 1962. A new elementary school and Picha Memorial Field were constructed in 1954. Kenyon schools combined with Wanamingo

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in the fall of 1990 and became District 2172.

A new school was erected in 1998 alongside the former elementary building. It is now known as Kenyon-Wanamingo Middle/High School (grades 5-12). 2016 marks the 25th graduating class of KenyonWanamingo High School. A monu-

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SHOP www.kenyonkaba.com Let the KABA website be your guide through the Local Business Community

Full Line Ace Paints • Valspar Paints Match Right Computer Color Matching Lawn and Garden • STIHL Machinery • Water Softener Salt • Bird Seed & Feeders Rug Doctor Rental • Key Cutting Dry Cleaning Service Window & Screen Repair • Fish & Hunting License Hours: Monday-Friday 7:30AM-7:00PM Saturday 7:30AM-5:30PM | OPEN SUNDAYS 10AM-4PM

Kenyon

Hardware

523 2nd St., Kenyon | 507-789-5246

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ment to the old school building is currently being designed using the decorative egg and scroll pediment and cast nameplate from the original 1916 section of the building. 

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GENERAL INFORMATION Location 2.2 square miles along the North Fork of the Zumbro River

County: Goodhue Distance from the Twin Cities Kenyon is south of Saint Paul and southeast of Minneapolis From Saint Paul: happrox. 47 minutes or e60 miles From Minneapolis: approx. 75 minutes or 51 miles Area code 507 Zip code 55946 Population: 1,815 Median age 41.3 Elevation 1,155 feet Median family income Goodhue County $60,702 Kenyon $45,918 Real Estate Total housing units 923 Rental properties 84 Owner-occupied properties 690 Vacant 149 Median single family home value $111,089

1977 Varsity Champions

GOVERNMENT

Mayor Mike Engel City Hall 709 Second St., Kenyon MN 55946 507-789-6415 City Administrator Mark Vahlsing

Goodhue County Government 509 West 5th St., Red Wing, MN 55066 651-385-3000 Goodhue County Sheriff 430 W. Sixth St., Red Wing, MN 55066 651-385-3155

City Council Richard Nielsen Doug Henke Fred Barsness John Mortensen Economic Development Authority Mike Engel, Fred Braegelmann, Fred Barsness, Dan Dummer and Stuart Campbell.

The Kenyon Economic Development Authority was established on April 10, 1990.The Authority is governed by a board of five members with at least two members from the City Council.

Kenyon Police Department 713 Second St. 507-789-5214 Public Works, Parks and Recreation Departments 507-789-6415 Kenyon Fire and Rescue 724 Second St. 507-789-6415 Kenyon Municipal Liquor Store 507-789-6176

Mike Engel

Mark Vahlsing

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UTILITIES

651-385-3155

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Kenyon Municipal Utilities (Electric, Water, Sewer, Garbage- billed out by City of Kenyon) City Hall 507-789-6415 Garbage Waste Management 789-5439, All residential garbage picked up on Wednesdays Recycling Flom Disposal Inc. 507-334-5767 Pick up in town every other Wednesday Gas Minnesota Energy Resources 800-889-9508 Telephone/Internet Frontier Communications 800-921-8101

Chief Lee riding a big wheel bicycle downtown

MAJOR EMPLOYERS

Foldcraft-Plymold Co., Kenyon-Wanamingo School District, Kenyon Sunset Home/Gunderson Gardens Assisted Living, City of Kenyon, Kenyon Market, Central Valley Cooperative

KABA Kenyon Area Business Association www.kenyonkaba.com and on facebook as Kenyon Area Business Association SCHOOLS Kenyon-Wanamingo Middle/High School (grades 5-12) 400 Sixth Street 507-789-6186 www.kw.k12.mn.us 

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West Concord & Foley, MN 507-527-2160

DEANS AUTO & TIRE Car, Truck and Farm Tire repair 503 2nd Street, Kenyon, MN • 507.330.2866

Riverside Park Disc Golf Course: Located two blocks north of Hwy. 60 on Washington Street, the course is nine holes of fun without clubs.

Just bring your favorite Frisbee and get ready for some good exercise.

Big Woods State Park: Just a few miles up the road in Nerstrand, Big Woods features nearly 3,000 acres of the same type of woods that covered much of southern

and central Minnesota before settlers arrived. There are plenty of varied hiking trails available, a small waterfall on one of them, and a campground. For more information, call 507-333-4840 Kenyon’s Municipal Swimming Pool in Depot Park offers a chance for kids and adults to cool off during the summer. The pool has lifeguards on duty and features two large slides and two kiddie pools. Swimming lessons are offered through the city’s Park and Recreation Department, and there are scheduled classes for water aerobics. For swim times and more information, call 507789-6545.

PUBLIC LIBRARY

You can lose yourself in a world of your own imagination at the Kenyon Public Library. Open five days a week, the library has the latest in fiction and nonfiction books and periodicals, plus plenty of planned activities to share the love of reading. Now also open on the first Saturday of each month from 10 a.m. to Noon.

For more hours and information call, 507-789-6821.

Pool Party at the Kenyon Pool (Photo from Kenyon Pool Facebook page).

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Depot Park: This park near the city’s public swimming pool has great shade trees for picnics, playground equipment for kids and lots of open space for impromptu outdoor games. The historic railroad depot building is available for rental for special occasions.

An indoor facility run by the city is available for rent as well. In the winter, the city operates an ice rink near the park for plenty of outdoor ice time. The local snowmobile club, the Kenyon Snowdrifters, maintains the snowmobile trails in the surrounding area. Other city parks in Kenyon include: Veteran’s Park, North Park, West Park and the new Trondheim Park.

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PARKS

Kenyon Library Kick-off Party

THANK YOU

For Trusting Us With Your Children.

Held Bus Service

(507) 789-6151 • 621 2nd St. Kenyon, MN 55946

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Kenyon Country Club: Kenyon’s own nine-hole public course was built in 1926 and features long, green rolling fairways as well as lots of mature trees ... to avoid. From the 477 yards of the ninth hole to the 138 of the eighth, the course offers an affordable challenge for every golfer. Ladies’ Day is every Wednesday until 2 p.m. and Men’s Day is every Thursday after 2 p.m. Memberships are also available. For more information, call 507-789-6307, or go to www.kenyoncountryclub.com

We know we can fit your personal needs and help you reach your goals.

Katie (Burdick) Peterson Owner, Certified Personal Trainer, Group Fitness Instructor, and Nutrition Professional

8th Green at Kenyon Country Club

Chersten Keillor

Certified Yoga Instructor

McKenzie Morrical

ACE Certified Personal Trainer

Held Bus Toys for Tots has become a large part of the community celebrations “Christmas in Kenyon”. Each year local businesses kick off the holiday season by inviting everyone out for treats, hot beverages, specials and more. Held Bus has used this opportunity to invite you to help fill an entire bus with toys which will be donated to Toys for Tots.

Katie Button-Swenson Certified Personal Trainer, Certified in R.I.P.P.E.D.

Tina Leininger

Certified Personal Trainer, Specializing in Group Fitness

Samantha Stupak

Certified Natural Health Practitioner

Personal training with

KT

Kenyon, Wanamingo & Rochester 507.990.3844 • customerservice@ptwithkt.com www.ptwithkt.com

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2015 Carriage & Cutter Parade

FESTIVALS, ANNUAL EVENTS Tatgejewelry.com 625 2nd Street, Kenyon | 507-789-6522 | 1-800-58-TATGE

Christmas in Kenyon in early December: Shop local and enjoy treats and cider at area businesses while you sign up for prizes and KABA Kash drawings. Bring the kids in for a photo with Santa at Security State Bank of Kenyon and take the pets over to the Kenyon Vet Clinic for a pet pic with “Santa Born”.

Kenyon Annual Carriage and Cutter Day: What’s a cutter? Come to Kenyon third weekend in February, 2017 to find out! The day’s crowning festivity is the Carriage and Cutter Parade featuring hundreds of horses, mules and ponies pulling carriages or being ridden. Prior to the parade a side street is turned into a large petting zoo full of friendly farm animals as well as a pony ride station, all for free. You can take a ride down the street behind a team of Percheron Draft Horses and enjoy a hot cup of cocoa and food at one of the street vendors or area establishments.

Creating A Lifetime Of Memories Custom Engraving, Special Gifts & Keepsakes Howard Miller Clocks

Memorial Day Parade and Program: Honoring those who have served their country, the Kenyon VFW, Ladies Auxiliary and the American Legion present a grand parade that marches through downtown and on to the Kenyon Cemetery. In a moving ceremony, the area servicemen and women who died in the past year are honored and remembered with an American flag and the 21gun salute from the Kenyon Color Guard. The Kenyon-Wanamingo band plays patriotic songs and a keynote speaker of the day reminds the crowd of our freedoms won and defended at great cost.

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Creating Beautiful Landscapes By Design PROFESSIONAL IN-HOUSE LANDSCAPE DESIGN

Plantings • Patios • Walks • Drives • Retaining walls • Water features • Landscape design • Landscape consulting • Outdoor living areas Darren and Gary Peters

2779 450th St., Kenyon MN Office: (507) 789-5990 • Cell: (507) 271-5630 Email: darren@peterspatiolandscape.com

www.PetersPatioLandscape.com

Saturday, August 20 • City-wide garage sales • 8am KVFD 2nd Annual 5K starts at Fire Hall • 8am-3pm Car Show • 9am-3pm Farmers Market & Vendors on Main Street • 10am-1pm Book Sale in City Council Chambers • 10am Road Rally, line up at Interstate Mills • 10am Kids Pedal Tractor Pull, by Bank and Thrift Store

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Friday, August 19 • City-wide garage sales • 10am-4pm Thursday and Friday-Kenyon Library Book Sale in City Council Chambers • 1pm K-W Knights Booster Club Golf Tournament • 5 pm Beer Garden & Hog Roast behind the Kenyon VFW 5:30-8pm Wine/Beer Tasting at the Gunderson House • 7pm Challenge Course at Depot Park 7pm All ages Bingo at the VFW 8pm-10pm FREE Pool Party 8:30pm – 1am Live Music at VFW – “Fire at the Halls” and Hammerschlagen games

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Rose Fest: August 19-21, 2016

Rosefest Field of Flags • • • •

Sunday, August 21 • 9am Tractor Pull at auction lot by Peterson Ford • 1pm Memories of Hatie Tea Gunderson at the Gunderson House (Reservations Only) • 2pm Field of Flags closing ceremony at Veteran’s Park

Your good night sleep is our promise to keep.

MINNESOTA MATTRESS FACTORY

“Factory Direct to You”

minnesotamattresfactory.com 10 Slee St, Kenyon 507.789.6895

Special occasion flowers, plants, gifts, silk scarves and artwork.

11am-3pm Gunderson House Tours 4pm Grand Parade 5pm Bean Bag Tournament at Kenyon Muni 9pm street dance featuring Lost Highway at Kenyon MuniAll ages, $10.00 cover; Hammerschlagen games

Mon 10a-2p Tue - Fri 9a-5p Sat 9a-12p

510 2nd St • 507-789-5700 • marysrusticrose.com

Fine Products from your Local Co-op!

• Heating Oil • Diesel Fuel • LP Gas • Gasoline • Convenience Stop • Lube Oil

River Country Co-op Main St., Kenyon • 507-789-6201

Chris Mallery, Realtor

507.273.0422

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Area Churches 9:00 a.m. Sunday Worship 9:00 a.m & 10:15 a.m. Worship First Sunday of every month.

6:00 p.m. Wednesday Holy Communion

FIRST EvaNgElICal lUTHERaN Luther Mathsen, Pastor Everyone Welcome!

309 Forest Street, Kenyon, MN | (507) 789-5261

Trinity Lutheran Church Wanamingo Lutheran Church Starting September 11th Trinity will worship at 9am and Wanamingo Lutheran at 10:30am.

dennison/vAng Joint sundAY school held At vAng

Trinity & Wanamingo Lutheran Churches will switch times monthly.

130 W. 3rd St. Wanamingo 507-824-2457

In October Wanamingo will worship at 9am and Trinity at 10:30am.

Christopher Culuris, Pastor

dennison lutherAn church

Each month worship service alternates times between the two shared churches 9am and 11am. Call 507-645-6042 for more information.

All Are Welcome!

Activities for children, Youth, And fAmilies

301 2nd Ave Wanamingo 507-824-2155

Pastor Paul A. Graham 37514 3rd Ave. Dennison, MN 55018

Pastor Marvin Kormann 9:30 a.m. Worship 1500 Highway 60 Blvd Kenyon, MN 55946 (507) 789-6311

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Gol Lutheran Church

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Come worship with us Vang lutheran church

Each month worship service alternates times between the two shared churches 9am and 11am Call 507-645-6042 for more information.

Dennison/Vang Joint sunDay school helD at Vang actiVities for chilDren, youth, anD families Pastor Paul A. Graham

For upcoming events, please visit our Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/GolLutheranChurch/

2060 County 49 Blvd., Dennison, MN 55018

all are Welcome

Corner of County 49 Blvd and 20th Ave

HOLDEN and DALE LUTHERAN Heather Culuris, Pastor A friendly and upbeat Bible-believing church.

You are always welcome.

Pastor Pat McBride Regular service time Sundays 10 am Sunday school for all ages 9 am Free nursery during Sunday school and service Kids-4-Truth Sept.-May Childrens programs available - call 4foryrs.-6th currentgr.information Youth Group (Jr and Sr high) “The Refuge� every Wednesday evening at 7 pm New Life Church 525 Beverly Street, PO Box 129, Wanamingo, MN 55983 (507) 824-3019 | newlifemn@frontiernet.net | www.JesusIsNewLife.Org

507-824-2410 6949 County 30 Blvd. | Kenyon, (507) 789-6677

9210 County 12 Blvd. | Kenyon (507) 789-6677

Worship services: 9:00 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. June-August 9:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. Sept.-May Visit Us Online at these websites: dalelutheranchurch.org | holdenlutheranchurch.org

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M.T. Gunderson House: You can’t miss this beautifully restored Victorian style home on Gunderson Boulevard on the west side of town.

Run by the Kenyon Area Historical Society, the home was built in 1895

by M.T. Gunderson and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Tours are available to the public on the third weekend of every month in the summer and spaces in the home are available for rent to private parties. Not to be missed is the annual Victorian Christmas in the home, held in the second week of December. The event features an M.T. Gunderson House old-fashioned holiday meal from the era served by costumed re-enactors, is a fragrant and beautiful place to originally the Central Hotel and Café, live entertainment and tours of the visit in the month of June. Location: operated by Hans E. Bergh. Over the artfully decorated home.

9204 425th St. Kenyon, MN 55946. years it was home to several differHours : Saturday: 12pm-6pm Sunday: ent clothing businesses and then sat Aspelund Peony Gardens/Aspe- 12pm-6pm vacant before developer Lawrence lund Winery: With over 65 varietSchweich renovated the building ies of lovely peony plants to choose Schweich’s Hotel, Food and Bar: reusing some materials, such as the from, the Aspelund Peony Gardens This 1908 historic brick building was original stamped tin ceiling tiles.

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602 Second Street, P.O. Box G, Kenyon, MN 55946 • (507) 789-6123 • www.ssbkenyon.com

Veterans Memorial Park The old Central Hotel was brought back to its original purpose. The hotel offers 5 full suites on the upper level, restaurant and bar on the main floor, private event space on the lower level and a full-length outdoor patio. The décor features a cherry wood floor-to-ceiling bar, exotic animal mounts and old school conference memorabilia.

Location: 632 2nd St, Kenyon, MN 55946. (507) 789-5800 Boulevard of Roses: People driving through Kenyon on Hwy. 60 are appreciative of the beautiful display of 100 colorful and fragrant tree roses planted along Gunderson Blvd. The history of

the roses dates back to 1962, when Kenyon resident Lloyd Jystad asked permission to plant 10 tree roses to ornament the boulevard. He was a city employee, and donated his time to care for the roses.

The unusual roses attracted so much attention that Harold Severson suggested they plant 100 roses.

The new larger display garnered national acclaim, and the Boulevard of Roses was officially dedicated on June 30, 1968. Today, Kenyon city workers care for the roses, burying them beneath the ground in the fall and unearthing them in the spring.

The variety of blooming rose colors and fragrances are well worth a closer look during the summer months.

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2016 Trap Shooting Team

Kenyon Veterans Memorial Park: On the east end of Main Street across from the elevator (Highway 56 South and Co. Rd. 12) stands the Kenyon Veteran’s Memorial Park; an acknowledgement to our nation’s veterans. For the first several years, the park used to be called “cannon park” by locals as the only monument was a cannon on the north end and one flag pole. As the years continued, the Kenyon Veteran’s Color Guard decided to make the park a true memorial to all who are or have served.

Service flags were added along with two black marble walls; which are quickly filling with plaques. A decision has been recently made to order two additional walls.

The memorial wall honors veterans of all branches of the service. Past veterans are honored and it allows for the addition of current and future veterans. The name plaques on the wall include the rank, branch of service and time of service of the honored veteran. Plans are to create a book with information and photos about each veteran listed on the wall. If you would like to order a plaque for a veteran (living or deceased), there are forms available at the Veteran’s Memorial Park or contact Mike (Mac) McDonald 507789-5461.

At Rose Fest the park and area across the street are filled with flags commemorating the sacrifices made. On Sunday, the Kenyon Veteran’s Color Guard close the festival with a memorial program to honor the area men and women who have fought with honor and served with dignity for our freedoms.

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Bryan Haguen Memorial Bike Run

Kenyon Historic Walking Tour: Pick up a guide book at City Hall or an area business and then put your walking shoes for the 2.3 mile trek around town. The walking tour features 28 historic buildings of note, business and residential, and provides detailed information about the history and architecture of each. It also includes a map of Kenyon area churches, many of which are historic in their own right!

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Kenyon residents like to be involved in their community and there are plenty of ways to do that. The following list of organizations comes from the city’s website, www.cityofkenyon.com: Adult Center, Roy Janousek 789-5632

The Cub Scout tradition of the Rain Gutter Regatta

A. A. Gunderson Gardens 789-5632 All Seasons Community Services, Steve Martin or Bobbie Jones 507-789-5552 as.cservices@yahoo.com

Security State Bank of Kenyon and Security Insurance Agency donate funds to the All Seasons Food Shelf.

(L to R) Phyllis Grant, Aaron American Legion Post #78 Fossum (Agency Manager), Scott Quamme Anne Gilster (Agency 789-6425 Assistant), Bev Jacobson Boy Scouts, Jeff Traxler 789-5946

Kenyon Senior Living and Kenyon Police Department are honored at Star of the North Ceremony From left to right: Emily Quam, Cristi Tungland, John Kline, Vivian Ullevig, Chelsea Kalal, Sandy Amundson and Chief Lee Sjolander. (Photos courtesy of Kenyon Senior Living) K-W Kids (K-grade 5), contact Kay Benzick 507-789-7028 kbenzick@kw.k12.mn.us

Kenyon Veterans Memorial Park, Mike McDonald Cannon Valley Shrine Club, Frank Peterson/Bob Boesen 507-789-5461 789-6141/789-5280 Community Education789-6186 Faribault Hospice

507-332-4386/507-334-6451

Girl Scouts, Chris Petricka 789-6320 K-W Knights Booster Club, contact Laurie Maring 789-5776

Lions Club, Rich Ellingsberg 789-5358 Literary Guild, Kaia Lehman 789-5992 Round Table

789-5632

SEMCAC Senior Dining, Marlene Mattson/ Helen Aase 789-6741/789-5315

Kenyon Area Business Association (KABA), Peggy email: kenyonkaba@gmail.com; Senior Citizens, Helen Aase website: www.kenyonkaba.com 507-789-5315 Kenyon Area Jaycees, Lacy Larish 507-384-7660 Kenyon Snowdrifters, Jim Malloy www.kenyonsnowdrifters.com Kenyon Sportsman’s Club, contact John Maki 507-789-5220

Sons of Norway, contact Carol Lozon 507-789-6497 VFW Post #141, contact Don Skillestad 507-789-6436 VFW Ladies Auxiliary, contact Sonia Tatge 507-789-6240

Street near the old water tower. The Wanamingo Fire Department celebrated a century of service to the community in 2013. : Wanamingo has the honor of being the namesake for Governor Mark Dayton’s German Shepard dog.

HISTORY OF WANAMINGO According to the Wanamingo Historical Society, the town was named after a heroine of an Indian novel that was popular at the time. The original village began with the platting of 40 acres by James Brown in sections 25 & 26 in 1857. That land is located one-mile west of the present day Wanamingo.

In 1903, the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company platted and sold lots for a new town where the present day township is

located. With the rail line right in the township, growth came quickly thereafter and Wanamingo incorporated in 1917.

In 2003 — with its population then exceeding 1,000 — Wanamingo turned 100, and celebrated with a logo contest and pin, plays and issuing a keepsake calendar.

Wanamingo still has an original old log cabin which sits at the south end of Main

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Population: 1.1 square miles located on the north fork of the Zumbro River, 11 miles northeast of Kenyon on Hwy. 60 and Hwy. 57 County: Goodhue Area code: 507 Zip code: 55983 Population: 1,086 Median age: 38.4 years Elevation: 1,053 feet Business/Civic Organization: Wanamingo Commercial Club Lion’s Club Wanamingo Honor Guard Wanamingo Historical Society School(s) Kenyon-Wanamingo Elementary School (K-4) District 2172 225 Third Ave. 507-824-2211 507-824-2212 www.kw.k12.mn.us *The Kenyon-Wanamingo School District’s other schools are located in Kenyon.

Median family income Wanamingo: $46,125 Goodhue County: $55,451 Major Employers Employer Employees Wanamingo Schools130 ISD #2172 Ag Partners 90 Maple Island Inc 50 Riverview Manor 45 Farmers Co-op Oil 44 Security State Bank 15 of Wanamingo Budget Mart Oil 9 Haller Chevrolet 9 SEMA 10-19

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Economic Development Authority: Jim Kittelson, chair; Ryan Holmes, Jennifer Berquam, Brian Johnson, Josh Sandberg, Josh Schaefer, Brian Guedknecht.

The seven-member organization (two of whom serve as liaisons with the city council) is charged with promoting and developing business in the city.

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WHERE WE PLAY 2016 Kenyon-Wanamingo Wrestling State Champions Real Estate Total housing units: 503 Rental properties: 90 Owner-occupied properties: 371 Vacant: 42 Median single family home value: $147,078

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Mayor: Ryan Holmes City Council: Larry Van De Walker, Todd Kyllo, Jennifer Berquam, Jamie Majerus City Administrator: Michael Boulton City Hall 401 Main Street, Wanamingo, MN 55983 / 507-824-2477

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Parks Dedicated on Sept. 21, 2013, the Wanamingo Veterans Memorial is a must-see monument honoring the veterans of Goodhue County.

Wanamingo boasts one of the nicest ballparks around at Veterans Memorial Athletic Field. The park hosts not only the K-W softball and baseball teams, but the local Minnesota State Amateur Baseball League team, the Wanamingo Jacks. Other parks of interest include Riverside Park with

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Santa drives a tractor at SEMA during Christmas in Wanamingo

Fourth of July The patriotic holiday is a multi-day regional affair with a Field of Honor flags, sports tournaments, truck/ Mayor Ryan Holmes drives a tractor through the 4th of July Parade. tractor pull lots of live music, kids its screened shelter, volleyball and slide, diving boards and lifeguards games and a grand parade. The Wahorseshoe courts. The Wanamingo to watch over young swimmers. Sea- namingo Firemen hold their annual Nature Trail bridges over the Zum- sonal passes, swimming lessons and dance and the fireworks display at bro River and offers miles of wood- water aerobics are available. dusk culminates the festivities. ed hiking year round. Bike riders should check out the Prairie Ridge Winter Activities Syttende Mai Bike Path.

Try a local snowmobile trail or go Wanamingo has a large number of skating on the outdoor ice rink. residents of Norwegian roots, and Pool they celebrate Norway’s ConstituA public pool is available for all ages tion Day every year on or around and features a water polo hoop, May 17 (Syttende Mai in Norwegian).

Festivities usually include a pancake breakfast, a lutefisk dinner, troll hunt and special music.

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Sponsored by the Kenyon Veterans Organizations For more information on Wall of Honor Plaques Visit the Conrad Osthum VFW Post 141 Kenyon Or Call Mac 507.789.5461

HOW WE CELEBRATE Festivals, events

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Christmas in Wanamingo, the first Thursday in December.

Christmas in Wanamingo: Put on your warm coat and step out for Christmas in Wanamingo. Area businesses host this annual open-house event on the first Thursday of every December. People enjoy special holiday treats, prize drawings, wagon rides and music on Main Street.

Be sure to stop at the Wanamingo SEMA John Deere dealer for a great photo opportunity with Mr. and Mrs. Santa Clause.

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Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Aspelund - AFLC 42957 Co. 1 Blvd.

507-824-2307 www.emmanuelaspelundaflc.org Rev. Martin Horn New Life Church 525 Beverly Street 507-824-3019 www.jesusisnewlife.org Rev. Patrick McBride Trinity Lutheran Church - ELCA 301 2nd Avenue 507-824-2155 www.trinitywanamingo.org Rev. Chris Culuris Wanamingo Lutheran Church - ELCA 130 3rd Street W 507-824-2457 Rev. Chris Culuris

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In 1856, Norwegian immigrant Osmund Osmundson moved to Wheeling Township in Rice County, where he homesteaded at the present site of Nerstrand, building a house and farm. In 1877, he built a store on what became the right-ofway for railroad tracks on what is now Main Street. In 1885, the Minnesota and North Western Railroad (later the Chicago Great Western Railway) was constructed, extending from Lyle, Minnesota to St. Paul, and Osmundson platted the town on the line, naming it after his hometown of Nedstrand in Norway. Osmundson later became a state legislator.

Thorstein Veblen, who grew up just outside of the town, became a nationally renowned sociologist and economist. His farmstead is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Nerstrand’s first city hall was built in 1897. A newer one was built in 1907. That building as well as homes belonging to Osmund Osmundson and another famous Nerstrander, Tosten Bonde, are also considered national historic landmarks.

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School Nerstrand Elementary School (Charter) Parks/Historical Sites Big Woods State Park Other places to visit Valley Grove Church, Thorstein Veblen Farmstead, Osmund Osmundson home, city hall, Tosten Bonde home.

Nerstrand Meats & Catering is a family owned business and has been in operation at the same location since 1890.

They have maintained a century old tradition of preparing, serving and producing the finest smoke meats and specialty foods.

Many of the items featured in the catering service are prepared from recipes that have been in the family alone for over 100 years.

Churches St. John’s United Church of Christ 19086 Jacobs Ave. Rev. Lora Sturm Grace Lutheran Church 305 First St. S. Rev. Don Kloster

Location Nerstrand United 1.4 square miles along state Highway Methodist Church 246 in Rice County.

12 Maple St. Rev. Lora Sturm Population 295 SOURCE(s): Census, Minnesota Historical Government Society State Senate District 25 State Representative District 25B Mayor: Kate Stewart City Hall: 221 Main St., Nerstrand 55053

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A village that originally was part of Warsaw and Northfield townships in Rice County, Dennison was named after Morris P. Dennison, a settler near its site in 1856, on whose land the village was located. The little village was first settled by 1849 and incorporated as a village on December 3, 1904.

Dennison became a city in its own right on July 20, 1907.

Its post office began in 1885, although there is some confusion as to whether it was named Spring Creek before the post office was established in postmaster Gunnar A. Bonhus’s general store.

Dennison himself first visited Minnesota in 1849 from Vermont, brought his family in 1856, and filed a land claim, building a log shanty in the center of the city; he moved to Northfield in 1865 and died there in a farming accident in 1879.

Location 1.3 square miles nestled on border of Rice and Goodhue counties Enjoying games at Dennison Days 2015 (Photo from Dennison Lion’s Facebook page)

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Population 212 SOURCE(s): US Census, Rice/Goodhue counties, Minnesota Historical Society

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DISCOVER KENYON 2016 Page 28 2015 4-H General Livestock Judging Awards Senior First Place Team Sheep Rice Co.: First in Sheep: Lexi Wetzel, Kyra Flom, Hank Schultz, Riley Donkers.

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By the numbers: 1,536 farms workGoodhue County has a rich history ing 398,152 acres of land of agriculture that began in the late Average size farm is 359 acres, me1800s and continues today. It is a ma- dian size farm is 94 acres jor part of the county’s economy.

The county’s top livestock inventory, Goodhue County Fair by number, are (2012 Agricultural August 9-14, 2016 Census): Built on tradition but changing for 59,639 cattle and calves on 636 farms the future, the Goodhue County Fair 5,861 beef cows on 298 farms had its beginnings way back in 1859. 17,450 milk cows on 153 farms While the early fairs changed loca- 143,804 hogs and pigs sold from 70 tions multiple times, a permanent farms place was established in 1915 on the 2,479 sheep and lambs on 62 farms north end of Zumbrota.

Home to 2,860 laying hens on 127 farms agricultural exhibits from youth and 7,618 broalers and meat-type birds adults, the Goodhue County Fair is a sold on 40 farms must-see event each August.

2,182 goats on 56 farms –the highest

County Ag Crops Corn for grain 173,199 acres Wheat for grain 466 acres Soybeans for beans 97,348 acres

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Other points of note 17 farms kept colonies of bees 17 farms are USDA National Organic Program certified organic production, two are exempt and three are transitioning into organic certified production.

56 goat farms and 2,182 goats call Goodhue County “home”.

Most were raised for meat, not milk.

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Kenyon businesses offer everything from gifts to hardware, clothing to liquor, and carpeting to charcoal! www.kenyonkaba.com Dahlen Jewelry Tatge Jewelry Kenyon Ace Hardware Write On Emerson’s Fine Furniture Kenyon Market Mary’s Rustic Rose flower shop ASCS Kenyon Thrift Store Traxler Equipment Kenyon Ag Service Kenyon Meats McBroom Chiropractic Main Street Dental Dr. William Lewis. DDS Nygard Dean’s Tires Workout 24/7 State Farm Insurance – Lyle Wendroth Security State Bank of Kenyon Food and Drink Kenyon VFW Post 141 Schweich Bar & Hotel Subway **Gas Stations Marathon Motomart Cenex

St. Michael Catholic Church 108 Bullis St. 507-789-6120 Father Kevin Kenney, Pastor Father Nick VanDenBroeke, Pastor Deacon Newell McGee Dale Lutheran Church 9210 County Road 12 507-789-6767 Rev. Heather Culuris First Evangelical Lutheran Church - ELCA 309 Forest Street 507-789-5261 Rev. Luther Mathsen Gol Lutheran Church - ELCA 1500 Highway 60 Blvd, 507-789-6311 Rev. Marvin Kormann (interim) Hauge Lutheran Church - AFLC 317 3rd Street 507-789-6343 www.haugeemmanuel.com Rev. Martin Horn Hegre Lutheran Church - ELCA 51989 Highway 56 Blvd.

507-789-5934 Rev. Chris Brekke Holden Lutheran Church - ELCA 6949 30th Avenue Blvd.

507-789-6677 www.holdenlutheranchurch.org Rev. Heather Culuris Kenyon United Methodist Church 429 4th Street 507-789-6531 Rev. Dana Houck

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Moland Lutheran Church - ELCA 7618 84th Avenue NE 507-789-6661 Rev. Nancy Edwardson

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