Franny Fest set for Aug. 19-21
Franny Fest, the St. Francis Xavier Parish Fall Festival, will be held Friday-Sunday, Aug. 19-21 on the parish grounds. Highlights include a Teen Night for grades 7-12 from 6-8:30 p.m. Friday; a 10K, 5K, 1K walk and run, food, refreshments, kids’ games, silent auction, a 4 p.m. Mass followed by live music by Walter’s Wheelhouse and Tres on Saturday; and 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Mass, bake and plant sales, Belgian waffle breakfast from 8:30 a.m. to noon and a raffle drawing on Sunday. For more information, visit stfrancissartell.org.
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Farmers’ Markets provide variety of great food to Central Minnesota
Items currently available at both Sartell Farmers’ Market sites include: corn, meat, eggs, cheese, tomatoes, beans, potatoes, breads and much more. Come meet your local farmers and find the great food available to you in Central Minnesota. Open from 3-6:30 p.m. every Monday, Market Monday is located at Riverside Plaza, 101 Seventh St. N., in front of Hardware Hank, and from 3-6 p.m. every Thursday at Centracare Plaza, 1900 Centracare Circle, St Cloud.
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St. Stephen to host city wide garage sales
Please note, the St. Stephen City Wide Garage Sales weekend is: Thursday-Saturday, Sept. 29-Oct. 1. Garage sales will be marked individually.
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Duck and goose seasons approaching this fall
According to the Department of Natural Resources, Minnesota’s regular waterfowl season will open on Saturday, Sept. 24, with similar bag limits and season dates that were in place last year.
Duck seasons and limits
Duck season will again be open for 60 days in each of the three waterfowl zones.
- In the north zone, duck season is Saturday, Sept. 24, through Tuesday, Nov. 22.
- In the central zone, duck season is Saturday, Sept. 24, through Sunday, Oct. 2, closes for five days, then reopens Saturday, Oct. 8 and runs through Sunday, Nov. 27.
- In the south zone, duck season is Saturday, Sept. 24, through Sunday, Oct. 2, closes for 12 days, then reopens Saturday, Oct. 15 and runs through Sunday, Dec. 4.
- The daily bag limits for ducks remains at six per day and individual species limits are identical to those used last fall.
Canada goose seasons and limits
Canada goose hunters will see some changes compared to last year.
There is no August Canada goose management action in Minnesota. In the Intensive Harvest Zone during the September goose hunt, the bag limit is now five per day, the same as the rest of the state. Previously, the bag limit was 10 per day.
- The early September Canada goose season will open statewide on Saturday, Sept. 3 and run through Sunday, Sept. 18. Bag limits for Canada geese are five per day statewide. A $4 permit is required to hunt Canada geese during the September season. The restriction prohibiting hunting within 100 yards of surface water remains in effect in the northwest goose zone, Carlos Avery Wildlife Management Area, Ocheda Lake Game Refuge and an area surrounding Swan Lake in Nicollet County. Early season goose hunters should consult the 2016 Waterfowl Supplement for zone maps and additional details.
- Minnesota’s regular goose season will open in conjunction with the duck season statewide on Sept. 24, with a bag limit of three dark geese per day the entire season. “Dark” geese include Canada geese, white-fronted geese and brant. Goose season will be closed in the central and south duck zones when duck season is closed.
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Habitat for Humanity looking for ReStore team members
Do you enjoy meeting new people and working alongside other volunteers? Join the ReStore team as a customer-service representative and serve Habitat for Humanity’s mission that everyone deserves a decent place to live. Our customer-service volunteers greet customers and donors as they come to the store and help them find and answer any questions about merchandise they are looking to buy. Volunteers will place and price items on the sales floor, be able to stay on your feet for two to three hours at a time and have great interpersonal skills. No construction experience necessary. Contact Derek Peterson, ReStore manager, at 320-241-4643.
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