DISCOVER
2015
YOUR GUIDE TO KENYON AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES KENYON | WANAMINGO | NERSTRAND | DENNISON
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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.
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The 2015 Discover Kenyon guide a variety of ages. Young people may signgives the reader insight into the activi- up for an assortment of other learning ties, churches, schools, and amenities of activities offered during the summer. In Kenyon, Wanamingo, Nerstrand, and late July or early August Dennison hosts Dennison Days, a two day celDennison. Living in a small ebration involving a variety of town has a different dynamic in events. comparison to living in a larger The second week in city. Active volunteer citizens August, the Goodhue County participate in a variety of civic, Fair takes center stage; folchurch, and school related orlowed by the Rose Fest held ganizations. Community memthe third weekend of August bers rejoice in the good times in Kenyon. With the concluand support one another when sion of those events thoughts life is challenging. Anderson turn to fall and its cool mornOften people look at small ings and pleasant evenings. towns with a touch of nostalgia, where traditional values and patriotism School becomes a center of activity with are a way of life. Towns in rural Minne- the fall sports of football, volleyball, and sota are not able to offer all of the conve- cross country. Hikers enjoy the beautiful niences of larger cities, but a healthy, safe, fall colors of the maple/basswood forest community more than makes up for the at Nerstrand Big Woods State Park. Apple lack of some services. Take time to stop lovers find their way to the Sogn Valley and talk to the people in these towns and Orchard east of Dennison. Throughout you will find friendly and helpful business the countryside soy beans are combined and the corn crop is being harvested. Bow owners, public servants, and citizens. Summer activities are focused at the and shot gun hunters take to the woods swimming pools in Kenyon and Wana- in the area hoping for a trophy white tail mingo, the summer Community Educa- deer. For some people with the first sigtion activities, the ball fields in the towns, and the nine hole golf course in Kenyon. nificant snow brings the excitement of Red Cross Certified lifeguards teach outdoor winter fun. When the weather swimming lessons and supervise the open cooperates there is ice skating, hockey, swim times at the community pools. Time and broomball at Depot Park in Kenyon. is set aside for exercise classes and family The Kenyon Snowdrifters keep the snowswim at the pools. The Wanamingo Jacks, mobile trails groomed to make the sport the local amateur baseball team, and the more enjoyable. At Big Woods there are American Legion team play their games groomed cross-country ski trails. For on a well-manicured field in Wanamingo. indoor sports fans, K-W basketball and Kenyon-Wanamingo Community Educa- wrestling teams are part of the competition offers t-ball, softball, and baseball for tive Hiawatha Conference. In late No-
vember 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. 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.
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Aspelund Winery/ Aspelund Peony Gardens..... 16
The Kenyon Leader........................................... 25
Baker & Axleson LTD ...................................... 23
Kenyon Muni ...................................................... 6
Central Valley Co-op ......................................... 28
Kenyon Senior Living ......................................... 9
City of Kenyon..................................................... 6
Kenyon Veterinary Clinic .................................. 14
Dale Lutheran Church ...................................... 19
Kenyon VFW .................................................... 13
Dancing Winds Farmstay .................................... 8
Main Street Dental ........................................... 11
Dean’s Tire & Lube .......................................... 14
Marathon .......................................................... 27
Dennison Lutheran Church ............................... 19
Mar Leas........................................................... 27
Dennison Meat Locker...................................... 27
Mary’s Rustic Rose ............................................. 8
Dr. William Lewis Dental .................................. 17
Milo Peterson Ford Co. ..................................... 31
Emmanuel Lutheran Church............................. 18
NAPA of Kenyon ............................................... 15
Farmers State Bank ......................................... 26
New Life Church ............................................... 19
Fireside Lounge ................................................ 27
Peter’s Patio & Landscape, Inc. ......................... 5
First Evangelical Lutheran ............................... 18
Schweich Hotel, Bar & Restaurant .................. 32
Frank Peterson Law Office ............................... 15
Security State Bank Of Kenyon ........................ 10
Foldcraft/Plymold ............................................... 2
Security State Bank Of Wanamingo.................. 20
Girlfriends Magazine ........................................ 24
St. Michael’s Parish Center .............................. 18
Granneman & Associates ................................. 11
Story Landscaping ............................................ 11
Hauge Lutheran Church ................................... 19
Tatge Jewelry .................................................... 12
Held Bus Center ............................................... 21
Thomas Thunhorst Attorney ............................... 8
Holden Lutheran Church .................................. 19
Traxler Power & Equipment ............................ 28
Interstate Mills................................................. 28
Trinity Lutheran Church ................................... 18
JB Tavern .......................................................... 20
Vang Lutheran Church ...................................... 18
Keller Insurance Agency .................................. 17
Wanamingo Grooming ....................................... 21
Kenyon Ace Hardware ...................................... 17
Wanamingo Lutheran Church ........................... 18
Kenyon Ag Service............................................ 29
Write On ........................................................... 13
Kenyon Area Business Association................... 15
Zumbro Valley Landscaping .............................. 22
Kenyon
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Published July 2015 by the Kenyon Leader 638 2nd St., Kenyon, MN, 55946. Phone: 507-789-6161 Fax: 507-789-5040
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WHO WE ARE
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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
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HISTORY OF KENYON
vice, started by Dr. Joseph A. Gates in 1901, In 1855, the first settlers arrived in the was continuously improved until a modern exchange connected all residents with serarea. L.N. Bye settled in the north corner vice. The school in Kenyon was accredited of sections 7 and 8. Christian and Sever in 1896. In 1915, the voters of Kenyon deHalvorson settled in section 18 just west of cided a new school building was needed. the Old Stone Church, whose construction Work on the $62,000 structure was comdidn’t start until 1871. L.A. Felt built the first building in town on the north side of pleted by mid-December that year and the building was dedicated in 1916. A new the Zumbro in 1856. These four men were the first to open up gymnasium/auditorium was added in 1938 and another addition was done in 1962. A the Kenyon area. The following year in May 1856, new elementary school and Picha MemoriJames A. Day and James M. LaDuc came al Field were constructed in 1954. Kenyon 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 apartments. 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 ser-
schools combined with Wanamingo 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). 2014 marks the 23rd graduating class of Kenyon-Wanamingo High School. A monument 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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Left - Wanamingo ski jump photo by Les Johnson Right - Funeral of Joseph A Gates
GENERAL INFORMATION Location 2.2 square miles along the North Fork of the Zumbro River County: Goodhue Page 8
Distance from the Twin Cities Kenyon is south of Saint Paul and southeast of Minneapolis From Saint Paul: approx. 47 minutes or 60 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
1915 Kenyon Ball Team
GOVERNMENT
Mayor Mike Engel City Hall 709 Second St., Kenyon MN 55946 507-789-6415 City Administrator Mark Vahlsing
Mike Engel
Mark Vahlsing
Dancing Winds Farmstay
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Mon 10a-2p Tue - Fri 9a-5p Sat 9a-12p
Celebrating 30 years of dancing with goats...and offering hospitality and healing to those who find their way here.
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Thunhorst Law Office Probate • Real Estate Wills • General Practice Call today to schedule an appointment!
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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.
Top Right - Safety first, local residents participate in the 2015 Firearms safety class
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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 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
Top Left - Kenyon-Wanamingo Robotics Team
Lower Left - Goodhue County Dairy Princesses Samantha Keller and Juliann Keller celebrate Dairy Days at Security State Bank of Kenyon 507-789-6415 Garbage UTILITIES Waste Management 651-385-3155 789-5439, All residential garbage Kenyon Municipal Utilities (Electric, Water, Sewer, Garbage- billed picked up on Wednesdays out by City of Kenyon) City Hall
Kenyon Senior Living
“Serving our seniors with purpose, compassion and care!”
Kenyon Sunset Home Skilled Nursing
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Gunderson Suites Memory Care
127 Gunderson Blvd * Kenyon, MN * (507) 789-6134 www.KenyonSeniorLiving.com
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 Page 10
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
Above - Painting in Community Ed. Left - Team NAT at the Minnesota Lymphoma Walk.
Supporting Our Community
Since 1934 We are dedicated to the financial needs of our area farmers, businesses and individuals. Check out our new mobile banking.
Security State Bank of Kenyon
Personal Service... It’s Our Style!
602 Second Street, P.O. Box G, Kenyon, MN 55946 • (507) 789-6123 • www.ssbkenyon.com
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PARKS 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 ager helpers are e cited to hold Sun ower the boa sna e with the Kenyon in- help of Jamie Kasti a from R D oo e brought an assortment of clude: Vet- amphibians and reptiles for a program at the Kenyon Library eran’s Park, North Park, West Park and the new Trond- Big Woods State Park: Just a few miles up the road in Nerstrand, Big Woods features heim Park. nearly 3,000 acres of the same type of woods Riverside Park Disc Golf Course: Located that covered much of southern and central two blocks north of Hwy. 60 on Washington Minnesota before settlers arrived. There Street, the course is nine holes of fun with- are plenty of varied hiking trails available, out clubs. Just bring your favorite Frisbee a small waterfall on one of them, and a campground. For more information, call and get ready for some good exercise. 507-333-4840
GRANNEMAN & ASSOCIATES PA Dale Granneman
Tax preparation | Accounting | Financial Planning 507-334-6721 (office and fax) 303 1st Ave. NE, Suite 101, Faribault, MN 55021 636 Second Street, Kenyon, MN 55946 | 507-789-6148
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New Patients Welcome!
Dr. Nancy Lam
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634 Second St., Kenyon 507-789-6815 Monday-Thursday 8-5 pm • Friday 8-12 pm
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Design ~ Installation Nursery Stock ~Walls ~ Patios
Emergencies are welcome and seen same day if call is placed before noon.
Most dental insurance accepted. Services offered: Cosmetic & Restorative Dentistry, Veneer & Teeth Whitening, Dental Bonding, Crowns, Bridges, Dentures, Dental Extractions, Root Canal Therapy, Composite (white) & Amalgam (silver) Fillings & More.
Dentistry for the entire family!
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 507-789-6545.
Tatge Brothers at the 2015 Carriage and Cutter Day parade
Tatgejewelry.com 625 2nd Street, Kenyon | 507-789-6522 | 1-800-58-TATGE
Kenyon Golf Course
Creating A Lifetime Of Memories Custom Engraving, Special Gifts & Keepsakes Howard Miller Clocks Field of ags at the new wall Kenyon eterans emorial Par
PUBLIC LIBRARY
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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.
GOLF
Kenyon Country Club: Kenyon’s own ninehole 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
FESTIVALS, ANNUAL EVENTS
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 as 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 February 28, 2015 to find out! The day’s crowning festivity is the Carriage and Cutter Parade featuring hundreds of horses, mules and ponies pulling carriages or be-
Year-round!
Casey Cooper, Curt Breimhurst and Matt Bauer at their mark lines shooting trap. ing 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. 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 21-gun salute from the Kenyon Color Guard. The Kenyon-Wanamingo band plays patriotic songs and Enjoying a pony ride at a keynote speaker of the day reminds the Carriage & Cutter Day crowd of our freedoms won and defended at great cost.
Thursday
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Hall available for party’s and gatherings.
NON-PROFIT GROUPS NO CHARGE.
VFW KENYON
Post 141 and Auxiliary LICENSE #8-00019-001
Pull Tabs Available!
Rose Fest: August 21-17, 2015
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Friday, August 21 • City-wide garage sales • 10am-4pm ursday and Friday-Kenyon Library Book Sale in City Council Chambers • 1pm K-W Knights Booster Club Golf ournament • 5 pm Beer Garden Hog Roast behind the Kenyon FW 5: 0-8pm Wine Beer asting at the Gunderson House • 7pm 1am Live Music at FW e Local Hooligans and Hammerschlagen games Saturday, August 22 • City-wide garage sales • 8am K F 1st Annual 5K starts at Fire Hall • 8am- pm Car Show on Forest Street • 9am- pm Farmers Market endors on Main Street • 9am Rice Co Radio Control Flyers Model Airplane emo South of KW Football Field • 10am Road Rally, line up at nterstate Mills • 10am Kids Pedal ractor Pull, by Bank and ri Store • 11am- pm Gunderson House ours • 4pm Grand Parade • 5pm Bean Bag ournament at Kenyon Muni • 5pm Beer Garden Hog Roast behind the Kenyon FW • 9pm street dance featuring Lost Highway at Kenyon MuniAll ages, 10.00 cover Hammerschlagen games Sunday, August 23 • 9am ractor Pull at auction lot by Peterson Ford • 11am- pm Gunderson House ours • 1pm Euchre ourney at Schweichs Hotel Bar Food
A pair of Belgians trot thru the Carriage and Cutter Day Parade
Cooling off during the 2014 Rose Fest • •
2pm Field of Flags closing ceremony at eterans Park : 0pm Music review at Gunderson House
DEANS TIRE & LUBE Oil Changes Tire Repair Brakes 503 2nd Street, Kenyon, MN • 789-6201
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KENYON VETERINARY CLINIC Quality and compassionate veterinary care...fairly priced.
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TOURIST ATTRACTIONS
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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 old-fashioned holiday meal from the era served by costumed re-enactors, live entertainment and tours of the artfully decorated home. Aspelund Peony Gardens/Aspelund Winery: With over 65 varieties of lovely peony plants to choose from, the Aspelund Peony Gardens is a fragrant and beautiful place to Enjoy peonies and wine at the Aspelund Peony Gardens/Aspelund Winery. visit in the month of June. Location: 9204 Lower right - Bruce and Dawn Rohl, owners. 425th St. Kenyon, MN 55946. Hours : Saturday: 12pm-6pm Sunday: 12pm-6pm
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Schweich’s Hotel, Food and Bar: This 1908 historic brick building was originally the Central Hotel and Café, operated by Hans E. Bergh. Over the years it was home to several different clothing businesses and then sat vacant before developer Lawrence Schweich renovated the building reusing some materials, such as the original stamped tin ceiling tiles. 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
www.aspelundwinery.com www.aspelundpeonygardens.com 9204 425th Street · Kenyon, MN 55946 507-824-2935
Aspelund Peony Gardens
Enjoying the Easter Egg Hunt in Depot Park
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.
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
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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!
The Kenyon-Wanamingo Class of 2015 celebrates Graduation 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
Keller Insurance Agency
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 507-789-5461. 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.
GOING TO ACE IS LIKE GOING TO YOUR NEIGHBOR!
Craig Keller • 507-789-6635 • 507-334-6550
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Area Churches
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 at 10 am at Vang actiVities for chilDren, youth, anD families Pastor Paul A. Graham 2060 County 49 Blvd., Dennison, MN 55018
all are Welcome
Corner of County 49 Blvd and 20th Ave
St. Michael catholic church 108 Bullis St., Kenyon, MN 507-789-6120 Father Kevin Kenney, Pastor Father Nick VanDenBroeke, Associate Pastor Deacon Newell McGee
Sunday Mass: 8 AM Wednesday Mass: 5 PM November Bingo is the Saturday before Thanksgiving at 7 PM Mardi Gras Bingo is the Sunday before Ash Wednesday at 2 PM
Trinity Lutheran Church Wanamingo Lutheran Church Starting September 13th, Wanamingo Lutheran will worship at 9:00am and Trinity will worship at 10:30am.
130 W. 3rd St. Wanamingo 507-824-2457
9:00 a.m & 10:15 a.m. Worship First Sunday of every month. 6:30 p.m. Wed. Evening Worship Memorial Day through Labor Day 6:00 p.m. Wed. Evening Worship Labor Day through Memorial Day
FIRST EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN
Trinity & Wanamingo Lutheran Churches will switch times monthly. In October, Trinity will worship at 9:00 am and Wanamingo Lutheran will worship at 10:30 am. Christopher Culuris, Pastor
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Each month worship service alternates times between the two shared churches 9am and 11am. Call 507-645-6042 for more information. All Are Welcome! A friendly and upbeat Bible-believing church. You are always welcome. Pastor Pat McBride R eg ular service time tim e Sundays 10 am am Regular Sunday school for f or all ages ag es 9 am am during Sunday school and service Free nursery during Kids-4 -T ruth Sep t.-May Childrens programs available - call 4 foryrs.-6th currentg r.information Y outh Group Group (Jr ( J r and Sr high) hig h) “The “ T he Refuge” R ef ug e” every Wednesday evening evening at 7 pm p m Youth L if e Church C hurch New Life PO Box Box 129, Wanamingo, Wanam ing o, MN 55983 55983 525 Beverly Street, PO ( 507) 824-3019 824 -3 019 || newlifemn@frontiernet.net newlif em n@ f rontiernet.net || www.JesusIsNewLife.Org www.J esusI sNewL if e.O rg (507)
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Civic Organizations 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: Page 20
Adult Center Roy Janousek
789-5632
A. A. Gunderson Gardens
789-5632
The American Legion team and Color Guard honor Duane Fredickson during Duane Fredrickson Recognition Day.
All Seasons Community 507-789-5552 Services, Steve Martin as.cservices@yahoo.com or Bobbie Jones American Legion Post #78 Scott Quamme
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Boy Scouts Jeff Traxler
789-5946
Cannon Valley 789-6141/789-5280 Shrine Club Frank Peterson/Bob Boesen
A commemorative bat in honor of the occasion Lions Club Rich Ellingsberg
789-5358
Community Education
789-6186
Literary Guild Kaia Lehman
789-5992
Faribault Hospice
507-332-4386/507-334-6451
Round Table
789-5632
Girl Scouts Chris Petricka
789-6320
SEMCAC Senior Dining 789-6741/789-5315 Marlene Mattson/ Helen Aase
K-W Knights Booster 789-5776 Club; contact Laurie Maring
Senior Citizens Helen Aase
507-789-5315
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Sons of Norway contact Carol Lozon
507-789-6497
Kenyon Area Jaycees Lacy Larish
507-384-7660
VFW Post #141 contact Don Skillestad
507-789-6436
Kenyon Snowdrifters Jim Malloy
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VFW Ladies Auxiliary contact Sonia Tatge
507-789-6240
Kenyon Sportsman’s Club, contact John Maki
507-789-5220
K-W Kids (K-grade 5) contact Kay Benzick
507-789-7028 kbenzick@kw.k12.mn.us
Kenyon Veterans Memorial Park:
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HISTORY OF WANAMINGO
Source: Wanamingo Historical Society
WHO ARE WE
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.
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: Median family income Wanamingo Commercial Club Wanamingo: $46,125 Lion’s Club Goodhue County: $55,451 Wanamingo Honor Guard
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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. A shirt for sale at the Syttende Mai Festival 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 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 GoverAffordable dog grooming with nor Mark Dayton’s German Shepard dog.
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Major Employers Employer Employees Wanamingo Schools- ..130 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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Real Estate Total housing units: 503 Rental properties: 90 Owner-occupied properties: 371 Vacant: 42 Median single family home value: $147,078
GOVERNMENT
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Goodhue County Sheriff ’s Department 507-824-2497, or sheriff ’s dispatcher at 651-385-3155 Wanamingo office 401 Main Street, Wanamingo, MN 55983 Public Works 507-259-9200 Parks and Recreation 507-273-2878 Wanamingo Fire and Rescue 96 Main St., Wanamingo, MN 55983 507-824-3711
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
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Mayor Ryan Holmes drives a tractor thru the 4th of July Parade. 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. Fourth of July The patriotic holiday is a multi-day regional affair with a Field of Honor flags, sports tournaments, truck/tractor pull lots of live music, kids games and a grand parade. The Wanamingo Firemen hold their annual dance and the fireworks display at dusk culminates the festivities. Syttende Mai Wanamingo has a large number of residents of Norwegian roots, and they celebrate Norway’s Constitution Day every year on or around May 17 (Syttende Mai in Norwegian). Festivities usually include a pancake breakfast, a lutefisk dinner, troll hunt and special music.
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HISTORY
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-of-way 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. SOURCE(s): Census, Minnesota Historical Society
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Location 1.4 square miles along state Highway 246 in Rice County. Population 295
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.
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Government State Senate District 25 State Representative District 25B Mayor: Kate Stewart City Hall: 221 Main St., Nerstrand 55053
They have maintained a century old tradition of preparing, serving and producing the ďŹ nest smo e 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
A white trout lily, the larger of the two, blooms while the smaller Minnesota dwarf trout lily sprouts below. The relatively short bloom period for both has started at Nerstrand Big Woods State Park. (Photo courtesy of Elaine Feikema/Nerstrand Big Woods State Park)
Grace Lutheran Church 305 First St. S. Rev. Don Kloster Nerstrand United Methodist Church 12 Maple St. Rev. Lora Sturm SOURCE(s): Census, Minnesota Historical Society
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Location 1.3 square miles nestled on border of Rice and Goodhue counties
HISTORY
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.
Population 212 SOURCE(s): US Census, Rice/ Goodhue counties, Minnesota Historical Society Government State Senate Districts (3) 25, 28, 36 State Representative Districts (3) 25B, 28B, 36B Mayor: Jeff Flaten
City Hall: 37622 Goodhue Ave., Dennison, MN 55018 City Council Members: Nicole Schloesser, Dan Storlie, Britt Olson, Neal Wilson City Clerk: Jessica Page Churches Vang Lutheran 2060 County 49 Blvd. Rev. Paul Graham Dennison Lutheran P.O. Box 117 Rev. Paul Graham
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Page 28 Alec Nesseth and Kurt Breimhurst prep a chicken at the 2014 Goodhue County Fair.
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Goodhue County has a rich history of agriculture that began in the late 1800s and continues today. It is a major part of the county’s economy. Goodhue County Fair August 11-16, 2015 Built on tradition but changing for the future, the Goodhue County Fair had its beginnings way back in 1859. While the early fairs changed locations multiple times, a permanent place was established in 1915 on the north end of Zumbrota. Home to agricultural exhibits from youth and adults, the Goodhue County Fair is a mustsee event each August. Farm Facts By the numbers: 1,536 farms working 398,152 acres of land Average size farm is 359 acres, median size farm is 94 acres
The county’s top livestock inventory, by number, are (2012 Agricultural Census): 59,639 cattle and calves on 636 farms 5,861 beef cows on 298 farms 17,450 milk cows on 153 farms 143,804 hogs and pigs sold from 70 farms 2,479 sheep and lambs on 62 farms 2,860 laying hens on 127 farms 7,618 broalers and meat-type birds sold on 40 farms 2,182 goats on 56 farms –the highest goat population in the state! County Ag Crops Corn for grain 173,199 acres Wheat for grain 466 acres Soybeans for beans 97,348 acres 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.
Strong women 122 Goodhue County farms had women as principal operators FFA and 4-H K-W chapter of Future Farmers of America won the coveted Premier Exhibitor Award at the 2014 Minnesota State Fair for the best overall exhibit. The award is given to the chapter that receives the most points in the dairy, swine, sheep and beef show during the last four days of the fair. The tabulations come from animal class placings and champion and reserve champion finishes.
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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
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