After Nearly A Decade, Bushnell Has Its Day
Fire Dept. Celebrates 100 Years
August 26, 2021

Daria Anderson-Faden
The craft table was a most popular place to be during Bushnell Day 2021. These girls not only made bead bracelets and other items for folks at the celebration, they did it for free.
Bushnell Day 2021 reappeared after almost a decade of nonexistence. The day began with a parade complete with Bushnell fire trucks celebrating 100 years of service to the community, Kimball and Dix fire trucks, princesses, the VFW, and Bushnell Day King Bruce Sigette and Queen Wilma Lockwood-Sigette.
According to Bushnell Fire Chief Klent Schnell, "A group of Bushnell citizens formed a fire department in 1921."
The department has come a long ways from the initial equipment of a hose cart, ladder, hose and two half gallon chemical fire extinguishers. Now, the 19 members of the Bushnell Fire...
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