Grantsburg Rotary

Grantsburg Rotary Our meetings are held every Tuesday at Noon at the Vanessa Restaurant three miles west if Grantsburg WI on State Highway 70

Rotary is an organization of business and professional leaders around the world. Rotarians work to help build vital communities, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations and advance a more peaceful world through understanding, goodwill and service. Our guiding value is this: Service Above Self!

Grantsburg Rotary Club Kicks Off Its 33rd Annual Rose Sale! Jenny Lee, Rotarian of GrantsburgToday, we had a fun and joy...
08/25/2026

Grantsburg Rotary Club Kicks Off Its 33rd Annual Rose Sale!
Jenny Lee, Rotarian of Grantsburg

Today, we had a fun and joyful rose auction to celebrate the kickoff of the 33rd Annual Rose Sale!
The funds raised through this annual fundraiser will help provide scholarships for local students and support community development projects.
Thank you to everyone who participated and helped make today’s event so much fun! We are grateful for the opportunity to serve our community together.

Shrinking the size of the county board will be on the ballotBy Byron Higgin, Grantsburg Rotary“Administrating Burnett Co...
08/25/2026

Shrinking the size of the county board will be on the ballot
By Byron Higgin, Grantsburg Rotary

“Administrating Burnett County has never been as challenging as it is today, mostly due to new restrictions on revenue,” said 13-year Administrator Nate Ehalt. He spoke to Minnesota Rotarians last week.

Since state reimbursements are about 1/3 of the county’s income, new restrictions have cut the amount the county now gets.
“We have to be really careful how we administer the funds,” he said.
“How do we do it …. We cut!” He added.
“We eliminated eight percent of our workforce to keep our budget fairly flat,” he told Rotarians.

One department has gone from eight to two workers.
In fact, “Last year we managed with an unbalanced budget for the first time since I’ve been administrator. It was a little scary,” he said.
He said there were times, “When we could hardly make payroll.”

A big issue for the county is coming up in the November election when county voters will vote to keep the number of commissioners at 21 or cut it to 15.
Recently community residents circulated a petition to shrink the size of the county board, and they had enough signatures to send he issue to the ballot.
“If the size of the board is shrunk it will save the county about $22,000.

However, a new map, for board coverage will have to be drawn.
However, the county has been able to make up fund by the additional sale of lumber cut from the ample county woods. “We work with developers and use the resources we have,” he indicated.

Timber sales are a big part of the county budget.
While Ehalt admits it’s been a challenging year, he finds Burnett County is still sitting in good shape.

Grantsburg firm is ‘pumping away’ all over the country:By Byron Higgin, Grantsburg RotaryIf you’ve spotted Oil wells in ...
08/25/2026

Grantsburg firm is ‘pumping away’ all over the country:
By Byron Higgin, Grantsburg Rotary

If you’ve spotted Oil wells in North Dakota or Oklahoma. There is a good chance they are using pumps from Minnesota business Northern Pump.
General Manager John Segelstrom recently told Minnesota Rotarians the business is a part of McNally’s Industries in Grantsburg.
“We have a good partnership with McNally’s,” Sederstrom said.
Northern Pump and McNally’s have enjoyed a 24-year partnership.
As for the pumps in oil wells, Sederstrom said, “We found our niche there.”
There was a time when the US was pumping out a lot of oil and Northern Pump was right there in the middle of it.

The Northern Pumps are known to stand high pressure and high temperatures and are suited to the oil business.
Norther Pump has a large distribution force and pumps from Grantsburg are used all over the country.
Since 1929, Northern Pump has specialized in manufacturing high-pressure, heavy-duty positive displacement rotary gear pumps. Originally founded as the Northern Fire Apparatus Company, and now part of McNally Industries, the company has remained committed to building gear pumps engineered to outperform in the most demanding high-pressure and severe service environments.

With a legacy spanning nearly a century, Northern Pump’s products have consistently demonstrated durability, reliability, and performance.

Today, pumps produced at the Grantsburg, WI facility embody decades of precision manufacturing, deep engineering expertise, and a proven track record in the field. Northern’s heavy-duty rotary gear pumps are recognized as the workhorses of positive displacement applications.

Backed by McNally Industries’ strong foundation in design engineering and extensive manufacturing capabilities, Northern offers custom-engineered gear pumps tailored to meet the toughest high-pressure demands

New signRotarian Ted Kniutson showed the club the new sign they will be displaced at Vanessa’s Diner to let folks know w...
08/25/2026

New sign

Rotarian Ted Kniutson showed the club the new sign they will be displaced at Vanessa’s Diner to let folks know where the Rotarians meet.

GOLF OUTING on August 11, 2026The Minneota Rotary Golf Outing with St. Croix Falls last week was a huge success with ove...
08/25/2026

GOLF OUTING on August 11, 2026

The Minneota Rotary Golf Outing with St. Croix Falls last week was a huge success with over 50 golfers competing.
Outing Chairman Mike Giles reported over $8,100 was raised by the two clubs.
After expenses and the splitting. Of the profit with St. Croix Falls, Giles reported the local club willet in the vicinity of $3,500.
The money will be used for local Rotary projects.

Pontoon Party for Nursing Home Residents on August 18
08/25/2026

Pontoon Party for Nursing Home Residents on August 18

New Rotary Sign:Grantsburg Rotarian Dave Dahlberg (left) accepted a new Rotary sign from fellow Rotarian Ted Knutson (ri...
07/30/2026

New Rotary Sign:

Grantsburg Rotarian Dave Dahlberg (left) accepted a new Rotary sign from fellow Rotarian Ted Knutson (right). The sign will be installed along Highway 70.

"Grantsburg is home to A major defense provider"By Byron Higgin, Grantsburg RotaryMcNally Industries, a defense Manufact...
07/30/2026

"Grantsburg is home to A major defense provider"
By Byron Higgin, Grantsburg Rotary

McNally Industries, a defense Manufacturing Company, located in Grantsburg, has become such a large part of defense department manufacturing that, "We have a $62 million backlog,” said Chief Operating Officer Jim Segelstrom.

A Grantsburg Rotarian himself, Segelstrom this week told Rotarians his company has 110 employees and is on solid financial ground after years of replacing and manufacturing systems parts for defense, including airplanes and helicopters.

McNally claims, “This is where engineering starts and quality is delivered.”
“We manufacture and support defense department programs,” said Segelstrom.
Among McNally’s specialties is manufacturing assembly and value
engineering complex precision machined components, mechanical hydraulic sub-systems and value-added engineering services.
“We support every phase of the operation including prototypes for new components, long-term partnerships to support full-rate production, assembly or testing.” Segelstrom said.

Many of the parts manufactured by McNally are used in combat vehicles, weapon systems and to replace parts on helicopters.

“We provide a unique capability with our customers to develop exceptional products to meet or exceed the mission requirements,” says information on the McNally website.
Some of =the products provided include:
*Technical date packages;
*Ordinance systems;
*Ammunition handling systems;
*Ground support systems and
*Mechanized cable pulling tools.
Whatever the need, from product design to solving individual challenges, McNally does it all.

Grantsburg Rotary Club Golf Outing:Book your spot today! You won't want to miss it!
07/28/2026

Grantsburg Rotary Club Golf Outing:

Book your spot today! You won't want to miss it!

"Reed School to get renovation"By Byron Higgin Grrantsburg RotaryIn 1909 a new school named after Civil War Veteran Thom...
07/18/2026

"Reed School to get renovation"
By Byron Higgin Grrantsburg Rotary

In 1909 a new school named after Civil War Veteran Thomas Reed was constructed in West Marshland Township in Burnett County. It later served as the township hall and was later donated to the Grantsburg Historical Society.
Today it’s located in Alumni Park on the corner of Johnson Street and Highway 70 and is the opening to the entire Grantsburg School District complex.

The Reed School is currently a rural one-room schoolhouse as it was a century ago to help teach current school children about the past of education in Burnett County.

The Grantsburg Historical Society needs to repair the ramp, re-place doors and siding to keep the facility operating as a functional learning center for children of the school district.

As a result, the historical society is asking residents for donations to bring the school up to operating condition.
Rotarian Greg Peer is a member of the renovation committee, and he hold Rotarians this week The Big Gust weekend was the kickoff of the fundraising event and about $6,700 was raised. With a matching grant there are enough funds to start the reconstruction project.

In fact, the work is set to start very soon.
The school was moved to its current location in 2006 along with its fixtures and outhouses after serving as a one-room school from 1910 to 1919.

In the past 20 years, school children have enjoyed learning in the school’s pioneer setting. Everything in the Reed School is original to the time period including pictures on the walls, the books on the shelves and the entire environment.
“We wish it could be used more,” said Sally Cravens of the Reed School renovation committee. She even suggested families and reunions could use the school. “The kids have so much fun,” Craven added.

The Reed School is only one of two rural schools still standing in Burnett County.
“This is history we will never get back if we don’t keep up this school,” said Craven.
The Historical Society needs to raise $40,000 to complete the renovation.
To help make donations out to the Grantsburg Historical Society (Reed School) with your name, address phone and email to: GHS at PO Box 35, Grantsburg, WI 54840.

Each donator will be presented a button that says: “Support Reed School, summer 26 with a drawing of the school on the button.

Address

PO Box 185
Grantsburg, WI
54840

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