Outing News

With about two months left in its 2009 Live United campaign, the United Way of Freeborn County has raised just more than a quarter of its campaign goal of $645,000. United Way of Freeborn County Executive Director Ann Austin said Monday the organization has raised $170,000 through various fundraisers and corporate gifts.

ATV club members and DNR Trail Ambassador volunteers Dan Olmschenk and Jack Halverson helped test nearly twenty young riders last Saturday afternoon in Outing.

The Northland Community Schools Youth in Action group cleaned up an old gravel pit east of Outing along County Rd 58 on Thursday, Oct.

What cone shop sells the largest amount of Kemps Ice Cream in the state of Minnesota? No, it's not in the Twin Cities.

"The Rooms of Your House", a public art piece for people of all ages, was unveiled at an opening reception on Saturday, September 18 at the Remer Depot on Main Street.

October brings the United Way campaign into full swing with all of the packets going out to employers and households in Freeborn County.

The Lowell Center's 20th Annual 50+ Senior Golf Outing was held on Monday, Sept.

The Sponsoring Emily, Outing, Fifty Lakes Lakers Lions Club welcomed the American Red Cross as they made their 50th visit to the Emily Area Blood Drive.

The United Way of Freeborn County kicked off its 2009 campaign Thursday morning with about 60 community leaders at Bonnerup Funeral Home in Albert Lea.

To restore the stream trout fishery in Little Andrus Lake, northwest of Outing in Cass County, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will treat the lake with the fish toxicant Rotenone.

When looking at the location of rivers and the amount of streamflow in rivers, the key concept is the river's "watershed". What is a watershed? "This is a frequently asked question" said Ron Meyer, chairman of the Pine River Watershed Alliance , "and some people don't think that they live in a watershed." But, if you are standing on ground right ...

Eurasian water milfoil has been discovered growing in Washburn Lake, three miles northwest of Outing, according to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

Emily Greens hosted the annual Triangle Golf Tournament with Howard's Barn and Crosswoods golf leagues on Thursday, July 16.

United Way Volunteer Central is a service that connects people with volunteer opportunities.

The Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of Minnesota will host "New Metals & Repair Technologies," Sept.

Blue Harmony, one of the quilts completed by the Crosslake Quilters for the 2009 Camp Knutson Quilt Auction, won second prize in the group category at the 31st Annual Minnesota Quilters, Inc.

Outing artist Therese Kunz will work with Susan Ugstad of Remer to create "A Lasting Piece: A Collective Collage", a large installation utilizing collage, voice, and light to showcase a visual narrative that speaks to the collective heart of their rural community.

HEATHER'S HOUSE BENEFIT - For those who wish to donate to Heather's House - a foundation created to raise funds to buy and operate a home in the southeast metro for developmentally challenged young women - Applebee's is sponsoring a Dining-To-Donate day on Thursday, May 28, at 8380 East Point Douglas Drive, in Cottage Grove.

Proper manners say outing is a violation of a person's privacy and not to do it.

Breanna Shaw, 5, of Rogers meets Red, a 1-month-old shorthorn bull calf, at the Oliver H. Kelley Farm in Elk River.