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Sept. 18-20, 2026 / Spring Valley
GALLERY ‘We give a duck about Dam Days’
The Spring Valley Lions Club was hard at work Friday, Sept. 18 preparing their “world-famous” burgers, complete with onions and cheese for those who desired it.
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Julie Huebel of the Pierce County Historical Association (left) greets visitors to the PCHA display in the Spring Valley Community Center on Sunday, Sept. 20. The display featured newly discovered Spring Valley and Weston area photos taken by local photographer John Krueth taken in 1903-04.
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Lion Margaret Volenec, of Ellsworth, assisted the Spring Valley Lions Club Sept. 20 with the cash register at their hamburger stand.
Sarah Nigbor
The Spring Valley American Legion Post 227 Honor Guard led the Dam Days parade on Sunday, Sept. 20.
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The Spring Valley Area Ambulance crew served as the 2026 Spring Valley Dam Days grand marshals on Sunday, Sept. 20.
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The Spring Valley Area Ambulance crew served as the 2026 Spring Valley Dam Days grand marshals on Sunday, Sept. 20.
Sarah Nigbor
Tom Gunderson, of Spring Valley Garden Club, drove this plant-decorated John Deere in the Dam Days parade Sunday. The garden club is responsible for planting and taking care of the hanging baskets throughout town.
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McKay Avenue was lined with spectators Sept. 20 as the Spring Valley and Elmwood fire departments rolled on by with the SV Marching Band in the background.
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The Spring Valley Marching Band placed first in Class B at the Glenwood City parade last weekend, then marched for the home crowd in the Dam Days parade Sept. 20.
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The Spring Valley Elementary School Cardinals represented their school in the Dam Days parade Sunday, Sept. 20.
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The 2026-27 Elmwood UFO Days Queen Olivia Knegendorf and Princess Nora Fish represented their town in the Dam Days parade.
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Danu the Bubble Fairy (Edria Nyhus) of The Wandering Wings flitted through the Dam Days parade making giant bubbles with the Spring Valley Public Library.
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Maxine Monett-Huber and Donna Lien, the queens representing Elmwood for Staying Put, rode through the Dam Days parade in a Trishaw.
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Bob Traynor manned the timpani drums with the El Paso Marching Band, a local parade favorite.
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The UW-River Falls Marching Falcons Marching Band gave a performance to top off Dam Days 2026.
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The UW-River Falls Marching Falcons Marching Band gave a performance to top off Dam Days 2026.
