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Happening today 

☀️ Showers early, then cloudy in the afternoon. High temperatures near 70. This will lead to some cloud cover and a cooler day on Friday. Some late-day sun is likely. Temperatures will struggle to get into the low 60s on Friday afternoon. 

💧 Governor Tim Walz will visit a farm in Finlayson to sign the agriculture and broadband bill into law. Later, he will visit Duluth to highlight the state’s plan to identify and replace lead pipes throughout the state and visit a community housing organization.

💃 In celebration of Prom Season, staff at Avidor Minnetonka, a 55+ active adult community, are hosting a prom in the community’s Great Room and out on the pool deck.  Dozens of residents and their invited guests are expected to turn out for the event which has an “Under the Sea” theme.

Herman, Minnesota bachelors still cherish memories of ’90s ‘Bachelormania’ love hunt

• In the mid-1990s, the town of Herman, Minnesota, had a serious gender imbalance, with 8 men for every woman.
• To address this imbalance, the town’s economic development coordinator organized a “Bachelorfest” event, in which 78 bachelors were actioned off at the Grant County Fair, and women were invited to come and bid on them.
• Bachelorfest was a huge success, and it helped to attract new women to the town. Many of the bachelors who participated in the event ended up finding love, and some of them even got married.

Some of the Herman bachelors even went on national TV shows like Leeza Gibbons and Oprah Winfrey. In fact, after former Herman bachelor, Gary Findlay, was featured in a story about Bachelormania on 20/20, his phone started ringing off the hook.

“It was at least 500 letters and Federal Express, Speedy, the mailman. They were in my yard every day with fruit baskets, bottles of champagne, flowers, and of course all the letters. It was really amazing,” said Gary.

One of those letters was from his current wife, Rhonda, who grew up on a dairy farm in Underwood 53 miles away. She captured Gary’s attention and ultimately his heart.

Gary wasn’t the only Herman bachelor who found lasting love during that time. His brother Dan met his wife Bonnie after answering a personals ad Bonnie put in the local paper after watching the same story on 20/20.