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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.  

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

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.  

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.

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

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