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— FEATURED STORY —
Riding the Currents

Veterans and pilots Neil Planzer
and Brian Bruckbauer reflect on their twenty-eight-year friendship.

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NOW AVAILABLE
June/July 2026
Friendship

Friendship is something that seems to grow easily here in Lake Country.  

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In our free online story, “Riding the Currents,” we celebrate the decade-spanning friendship of veterans and pilots Neil Planzer and Brian Bruckbauer.  

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In addition, our print magazine highlights the annual International Friendship Festival in Pelican Rapids, the Bemidji Area Take a Kid Fishing event, the legend of Bar Harbor, and so much more.  

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Wherever this summer finds you, we hope you, too, are celebrating the way your own story has landed in a place where friendship and belonging still matter. 

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A Special Thanks to All Those Who Entered the  2026 Poetry Contest!
Winners will be published in the October/November issue.

Subscribe today to see who wins!

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Enter the 2026 Photo Contest.

Don't be shy.

Grand Prize
$500

Find it contest

You could win a FREE Lake Country Journal subscription.

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To enter the contest, look for the kangaroo hidden on a page in the June/July 2026 issue.

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If you are correct, you will be entered in a drawing for a year’s free subscription to LCJ.

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Congratulations
to the
2025 Photo Contest Winners

SPONSORED BY THE

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