SAUK CENTRE HERALD
See you at the parade
What started as one college’s enrollment error in 1962 led to Mike Felling leading fundraising efforts at the North Dakota State College of Science in Wahpeton, North Dakota – and that, in turn, has led to him being selected as the grand marshal for the college’s homecoming parade Saturday, Oct. …
Bear Trap still catching customers
It has been 40 years since friends and classmates Barry Walker and Steve Vogt decided to see what it was like behind the bar, establishing the Bear Trap just north of Sauk Centre. Today, while city limits now enclose the bar and the ownership has changed once, not much else …
Overcoming the stigma together
People in every community across the globe have their own challenges with mental health. Facing internal battles is part of the human condition, yet the topic is often stigmatized and not spoken about openly.
Managing future traffic
With the Authors Addition residential expansion project wrapping up for the year and the intersection of Hendryx Street, Halfaday Drive and Hickman Drive being realigned, Sauk Centre will be regulating the intersection’s traffic flow with yield signs while keeping stop signs on the table for the future if they are …
Developing poems and prose
Writers of all stripes will be returning to Sauk Centre the first weekend of October, as the Sinclair Lewis Writers Conference returns for its 33rd year. The event, which can be attended virtually or in-person, has authors and poets share their tips and experience to make it a valuable, engaging …
Pennsylvanian pastor
Faith Baptist Church in Sauk Centre is welcoming their new pastor, the Rev. Jared Matthew, as the new leader of their church, and the Pennsylvania native is glad to not be leading the church on his own. As he and his family settle into the community, Matthew is ready to …
Healing for emotional scars
As mental health problems become more serious nationwide, the Twedt family, of Sauk Centre, is holding a walk Saturday, Sept. 16, on the Lake Wobegon Trail, sponsored by The Scars Foundation, to bring attention to these issues. With this walk, Shannon Twedt wants people to realize it is OK to …
Climate in California
While Minnesota certainly has a wide range of weather, it does not have it all, so it was a learning experience for Azara Boschee when she interned at the Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography at the University of California-San Diego. She narrowly …
Tommy and the two pennies
For most people, the Titanic is merely a byword for disaster. For Susie Millar, president of the Belfast Titanic Society, the famous shipwreck is part of her family history and the legacy of her hometown, Belfast, Ireland.
Visiting brothers in arms
David Drager, of Little Sauk, came to Sauk Centre Aug. 24 with a list of names, including Roger Holler, Gary Hedin, Francis Toenyan and Anthony Mensen. He found all of them on the Traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall, brought to Eagle’s Healing Nest for their annual Nest Fest.
Drafting a legacy
A cluster of crinkling papers and rulers with their definitive lines. Ink-filled pens and piercing pencils. All were arranged on the kitchen table and used to draft the homes to house residents of Sauk Centre.
A decade of ministry
It has been 10 years since the Rev. Greg Paffel, the newly installed pastor of St. Paul’s Church in Sauk Centre, rode into town on his orange Honda Goldwing motorcycle. That motorcycle and its rider have since become familiar sights in the community, and while Paffel has had to navigate …
State cuts off Options for Women
Options for Women in Sauk Centre is getting ready for their annual Evening for Life gala Saturday, Sept. 9, and this year, they need more community support than ever now that the state is no longer doing so.
Rural relaxation
A fleet of campers parked at the Vogt dairy farm south of Sauk Centre for most of last week, as Sally Vogt invited camping friends from across Minnesota, Wisconsin and South Dakota to her home to show them the farming life.
