A long-time girls basketball coach in the area has found a new home. According to the agenda for Monday’s Barnesville School Board meeting, Bill Gottenborg will be hired as new coach of the Trojans’ girls basketball team. You’ll remember Gottenborg resigned as Hawley girls basketball coach last month after over 40 years…and also resigned his…
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Barnesville High School Girls Basketball Coach Ryan Bomstad has stepped down after 12 seasons. Bomstad turned in his resignation on May 20. In his resignation letter, Bomstad said “It is time to watch my children grow up and be at their events being a dad.” Valley News Live says it has received several reports of…
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BARNESVILLE, MN—The Barnesville Event Center will open its doors to the public Monday, May 13. Barnesville City Administrator Jeremy Cossette has details. The Barnesville Event Center is the former home of the Barnesville American Legion. Cossette talks about the rebuilding project. Cossette adds that the Event Center is more like three buildings, since there were…
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BARNESVILLE, MN—St. John’s Lutheran Church in Barnesville is holding its annual Easter Egg Hunt Saturday afternoon. St. John’s youth director Carrie McKay talks about the event. McKay says combining an Easter egg hunt with the story of the Resurrection has worked well. The events at the Easter Egg Hunt at St. John’s Lutheran Church in…
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BARNESVILLE, MN—Want something different for dinner tonight? Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Barnesville is hosting its annual wild game feed this evening starting at 4:30. Gene Prim, the game feed organizer, tells us what’s on the menu. The wild game feed is free will offering…with all proceeds benefiting Our Savior’s Lutheran Brotherhood projects. The wild…
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BARNESVILLE, MN—The grand marshal at a parade usually rides in an open top convertible, waving to everyone. But Tammy Grommesh, the grand marshal at Saturday’s Potato Days parade in Barnesville, will be riding something else–a tractor that’s a family heirloom. Saturday’s parade at Potato Days in Barnesville begins at 1:30.
BARNESVILLE, MN—One of the popular events at Barnesville’s Potato Days won’t be taking place this weekend. Potato Days executive director Missie Goheen tells us why there won’t be mashed potato wrestling this year. Even with mashed potato wrestling off the schedule, there are still many fun events involving spuds at Barnesville’s Potato Days. There’s a…
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BARNESVILLE, MN—Barnesville’s 32nd annual Potato Days is coming up on Friday and Saturday. Potato Days executive director Missie Goheen says the Potato Days Parade will have a different route this year, but it’s not because of the construction on Highway 9. Saturday’s Potato Days Parade will start at 1:30 pm. The parade line-up will start…
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BARNESVILLE, MN— R&J News has been keeping you updated about the construction on Highway 9 in Barnesville over the summer. The Minnesota Department of Transportation says you should expect periodic stops and long delays near the intersection of Highways 9 and 34. Starting on Friday, August 11, crews are starting a paving project on Highway…
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If you missed seeing Princess Kay of the Milky Way at the Norman County Fair last month, you’ll be able to see her Saturday at the Clay County Fair in Barnesville. James Kruise with the Clay County Fair Board says Rachel Rynda (pictured) will be at the fair in the afternoon. Kruise also talks about…
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