Fools Five. The 47th annual foot race raised $139,000 for cancer research and local support groups.. Funds went to Mayo Clinic, the Hormel Instititute, the Masonic Cancer Center and Gundersen Health. Images: Steve Lunde

Mounted posse. Linda Moor of Nodine, a volunteer deputy with Sheriff Ron Ganrude’s mounted posse, blocks a side street ahead of the runners coming down Main Street. On duty too was Sunshine, a patient buckskin tobiano who’s also a veteran. “She’s 17  going on 18,” Moor told to an inquiring passerby. Why Moor’s snow cap? The day was beautiful and sunny but only in the mid-40s. Runners were mostly in long pants.