Bluffton boosters came from far and wide on Friday, July 30, to support the tornado-relief benefit, filling the hall and tables outside.A - " Photo by Loren Undseth "Small town America is far from dead, and is being rebuilt as we speak," said organizer Al Roggenkamp with a smile as he described the highly successful Bluffton Tornado Benefit that ...

In the spirit of an old-fashioned barn raising, neighbors are helping neighbors in Bluffton Friday night with a benefit supper and dance.

The Hoeper farm, southeast of Bluegrass, is just one of many farms in the area that have been impacted by the heavy rainfall over the past week.

Nine total strangers, including Pastor Thomas Starkjohn of Winsted, tried to find their way in the dark, down the basement stairs of a home they had never been in before, and owned by someone they had never met.

The Menahga Gateway Lions have announced that they are making cash donations totalling $1,500 to the communities of Wadena, Deer Creek and Bluffton to help with tornado relief.