Truth in taxation hearing in Hoffman on December 6

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Prairie Lakes Coop plot day near Hoffman is today at the Jerome Hanson farm (details below)

...And one good thing, farmers won't be sweating too much, as the weather is seasonably cool and cloudy - not a bad day for a Plot Day - but bring your boots as the area received rain last night.



Click on the photo to enlarge the flier for more details.

The Highway 55 bridge by Hoffman is open! Detour signs are taken down

Shown is the final work being done on the Highway 55 bridge between Kensington and Hoffman on Monday morning this week.


According to MN-DOT District 4 public affairs spokesperson Dana Hanson, "There will still be a little miscellaneous work going on but the road will be completely open as of August 31."

Dog poisoned in Hoffman - he recovered but still might not make it

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...What happened to the dog disgusts me. The criminal(s) will be brought to justice!

Center for Rural Affairs tours Hoffman on Tuesday this week

Here they are getting a first hand look inside the new Ralph Bjelland Memorial Museum.

The nationally-known Center for Rural Affairs will be visiting Hoffman next week Tuesday to see all the progress taking place there

The Hoffman Commerce and Ag met for its regular monthly meeting on August 19 at Anderson's Dew Drop Inn. Here they talk about some items with the Hoffman Harvest Festival, plus Muriel Krusemark talked about a surprise visit by the Center for Rural Affairs next Tuesday, August 24, at 4:00pm.



The CFRA website is: http://www.cfra.org/

More will follow later.

Hoffman Commerce and Ag meets on Thursday (tomorrow) at noon at Dew Drop Inn

The regular meeting of the Hoffman Commerce and Ag will be held at noon tomorrow (August 19) at Anderson's Dew Drop Inn.

Come in to Hoffman tonight for the Farmers' Market, with food served by the West Central Minnesota Runners Club

The Farmers Market runs from 5:00pm to 7:00pm tonight in Hoffman at the city park, adjacent to Highway 27 in the heart of town. Cost is only $5 a person or $20 a family for pork chops, sweet corn, and beans!

**Update on Wednesday night...I've got photos and a video clip from the event added to the Herman-Hoffman Tribune website Dotphoto gallery and videos page at http://www.hermanhoffmantribune.com

Turnout is outstanding at the community supper on Friday night in Hoffman, sponsored by Prairie Lakes Coop

The cookout was a fundraiser for the Hoffman Water Tower Project.

Prairie Lakes Coop having a big cookout tonight to help the Hoffman Water Tower Fund

Come down to the Prairie Lakes Coop supper, moved to Main Street in Hoffman. It takes place from 5pm to 7pm tonight! In the photos, PLC employees prepare for the big cookout! Free will offering to the Water Tower Fund.

Heavy rain nixes Prairie Rivers Baseball on Friday night in Hoffman - other Harvest Festival activites will still take place

The Prairie Rivers Baseball game for Friday night @ 5pm has been cancelled.

The Supper served by Prairie Lakes Coop will still be held but on Main Street starting at 5 with the Bed Races to follow.

**Update at 3:20pm...The Hoffman Harvest Festival Bed Races are on! They will take place no sooner than 8pm, the advertised time was 8:30pm. Registration is set for 8:00 on Main Street in Hoffman.

Visit Hoffman History Hut during Harvest Festival

You are invited to visit the Hoffman History Hut during the weekend of the 62nd annual Hoffman Harvest Festival, according to its owner, Ruth Johnson. Hours are on Friday, August 13 from 1pm to 5pm, Saturday, August 14 from 10am to 5pm, and Sunday, August 15 from 11am to 1:30pm (when the parade begins). It is located on Main Street in Hoffman, to the right of the Hoffman Grocery.

The feature exhibit of the History Hut during the Harvest Festival is "A glimpse of Hoffman businesses 50 years ago." Ruth Johnson coordinated the publishing of the Hoffman Centennial book, spending hundreds of hours on its writing and assembly.

Permanent exhibits at the History Hut will also be featured - "Faith of our Fathers", a church exhibit - and "Readin', Ritin', and Remembering", a rural Hoffman school exhibit.

The Hoffman Bearcat classes of 1960 and 1965 will also be celebrating reunions that weekend.

BMX Races coming to the 62nd annual Hoffman Harvest Festival this weekend (click on ad to see the details)

Ralph Bjelland Memorial Museum will be open to the public this weekend for the Hoffman Harvest Festival

This week these display cases and many others will be filled with Hoffman-related memorabilia at the new Ralph Bjelland Memorial Museum.

Read more about it on page two of this week's upcoming Herman-Hoffman Tribune.

The second logo is painted this afternoon on the new water tower in Hoffman

This picture was taken from the corner of 1st Street and Main Street today at about 3:00pm.

Hoffman Coop builds a new grain bin

Here is a video clip of the laying of the foundation on August 2.

One of the logos is painted on the new water tower in Hoffman

I took this photo late on Saturday night around 8:30pm, parked on the east side of the Hoffman maintenance building by the athletic complex. I'll get better pictures of the painting on Monday.


Sometime between 5 and 7pm on Friday night, the painting crew added the new logo and town name on the east side of the new water tower in Hoffman.







Look for photos from that on Monday.

Hoffman's new water tower has its first coat of paint completed today

This video clip was shot on Thursday morning.

On Friday, one of the new logos (including the town's name) will begin to be painted on the tower's cone.

Discussion and update on the new water tower logo painting in Hoffman

Phil Corrigan gave an update on the new water tower painting at today's meeting of the Hoffman Commerce and Ag, held at Bullfrog's on July 22.

The upcoming Grant County Fair and Hoffman Harvest Festival posters are available for downloading at our website

This weekend is the 116th annual Grant County Fair, at the fairgrounds in Herman, MN. It begins today and runs through Sunday, July 25. You can view the schedule at our website. http://www.hermanhoffmantribune.com

Also, the upcoming Hoffman Harvest Festival poster is available for viewing at the Tribune's website. http://www.hermanhoffmantribune.com Find the download link on the left hand column on the homepage.

It will be helpful if you have a fast internet connection, as the PDF file is fairly large in size.

The 62nd annual Hoffman Harvest Festival runs from August 13 through August 15.