Weekend festivals: Tall Timber Days, Pola-Czesky Days, Derby Days
This week MPR News looks north to Grand Rapids for its Tall Timber Days. Lee Jess, longtime organizer of the festival, explains the heritage of Grand Rapids and its logging history.
• Grand Rapids Tall Timber Days runs through Sunday with chainsaw carving, a street dance and more festivities.
• Silver Lake Pola-Czesky Days happens with toilet bowl races, tractor pulls, and music all weekend long.
• Shakopee Derby Days featureswith a soapbox derby, a turtle derby, and a series of challenges for the older set called the Senior Olympics.
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