“A century bike race has originated from Spring Valley for 12 consecutive years,” shared Paul Vogel, one of the current event organizers. For nine of those years, it was known as The Almanzo 100. When the primary event organizer transferred the event to Northfield, Minn., the Spring Valley 100 was born. One year later, The Almanzo bike race name was retired. The SV 100 event … [Read more...]

“We just thought there had to be some way to keep this legend alive,” Bernis Finke said. “Between the two of us, we decided something needed to be done.” She and her husband John Finke grew up watching Pietenpol airplanes being built and flown in Cherry Grove and are concerned about that important part of Cherry Grove’s history being forgotten. While trying to come up with a … [Read more...]

The Quail Forever group held an activity for Spring Grove High School students the afternoon of May 28. Unfortunately, due to a scheduling snafu, the students didn’t end up coming out to Dean Emmingson’s property for the afternoon. Thurmond Tucker, Minnesota State Coordinator, and Eric Ressel, Farm Bill Wildlife Biologist and Certified Conservation Planner, had created an … [Read more...]

Some of the members of RPHS class of 2002 gathered at the R-P Softball Field on May 23 to remember a well-loved classmate, Denise Jacobson Evans, who passed away June 28, 2020, from complications of diabetes. Denise was the R-P team pitcher; she loved and excelled at softball — she loved all sports. Her classmates thought it only fitting to plant a Norway Maple tree in her … [Read more...]