Enterprise Dispatch Blog

COKATO, MN – The Cokato Historical Society will host the third annual Upper Midwest Model T Snowmobile Rally Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 16 – 17 in Peterson Park, across the street from the Cokato Museum at the corner of Fourth Street and Millard Ave., in downtown Cokato.
Hours will be Saturday, 1 to 5 p.m. and Sunday, noon to 3 p.m. There is no admission charge.
For complete information about the rally, including promotional materials, information packet, and tentative schedule can be found at www.cokato.mn.us/cmhs/ and click on the “Snowmobile Rally” link, or call the Cokato Museum at (320) 286-2427.

COKATO, MN – The Cokato Museum and Historical Society will host its 10th annual New Year’s Eve open house, Sunday, Jan. 3 from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Centennial Room of the library/museum building.
Tin melting is a staple in many Finnish households on New Year’s Eve. Participants melt small pieces of tin over a stove in a cast-iron lathe, then cast the melted tin into a pail of cold water where it takes unique form. Traditions hold that these shapes will foretell what the upcoming year will bring.