Photos by Chad Koenen

Several hundred motorcycles converged on New York Mills over the weekend to participate in the 24th annual Ronald McDonald RIDE. The event raises money for the Ronald McDonald Hosue in Fargo and final totals were still being tallied at the time of press. Winner of the 2025 Harley-Davidson Street Glide was Allen Wittrock of Alexandria, Minn. The winner of the $1,000 raffle was DeAnn Buckhard of Grand Forks, N.D., the two $500 winners was Paul Iverson of Dawson, Minn. and Joey Eggert of Fargo, N.D. The 10 $100 winners went to Matt Rowland of Park Rapids, Minn.; Brent Isola of Menahga; Nick Genzler of Minneota, Minn.;  Jim Schoenrock of Alexandria, Minn.;  Tiffany Holm of Fargo, N.D.; Latham Hetland of New York Mills; Brian Carr of Carrington, N.D.; David Lundstrom of Audubon, Minn.; Kem Reseth; and Bud Newman of Moorhead, Minn. In addition to the motorcycle rally, a bike rodeo was held on Saturday morning at NY Mills School (above) where children were able to get fitted for a new bike helmet and have their bikes checked to ensure they were safe to ride this summer.