By:
Jarrod Schoenecker, editor@montgomerymnnews.com
The Minnesota chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society MS 150 bike ride on Saturday and Sunday, June 13 and 14, brought over 2,000 bicycle riders raising money for charity to Le Sueur County and Montgomery.
After doing the first 75 miles of their ride in a loop in the southwest portion of the county on Saturday and spending a night at camp in St. Peter, riders made their way through Montgomery on their way to Buck Hill in Burnsville on the second 75-mile track.
The 150 mile annual ride, whose inaugural ride went through Montgomery in 1980, helps raise funds for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society to fund research and help out those with the diagnosis and their loved ones.
Much like 1980, Montgomery was...
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Mark Kline (left) shows Tim Behnen of Bloomington how to blow the steam whistle. Behnen was one of the select few who raised the most money, earning a spot to blow the whistle Sunday morning. It’s his sixth MS 150.
Kolacky Royalty gave away free kolackys at the rest stop for riders all day, nearly running out.
Larry Jindra plays tunes for the crowd at the rest stop for the MS 150 at Tri-City United High School.
Local family and friends who have been connected around Multiple Sclerosis and the MS 150, along with Kolacky Days royalty, posed for a picture in front of the old steam engine from the historical society. Pictured, from the left are, Jim Reeder, Mindy Reeder, Ken Rynda, 2025 Kolacky Queen Olivia Westerman, Kolacky Days Miss Congeniality Emily Kuchinka, Maureen Reeder, and Melissa Reeder.