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WAITSBURG-Community members and visitors can take a step back in time on Sun., Sept. 15 when they join the Waitsburg Historical Society for the City's 47th Annual Pioneer Fall Festival on the Bruce House Museum Complex lawn. The annual event, held on the third Sunday of September, is an opportunity to celebrate the local history that helps make Waitsburg one-of-a kind.

This year's celebration kicks of at 11 a.m. with the Pioneer of the Year Award ceremony. This year's honorees are the descendants of Don Thomas, whose family settled in the valley early in the 20th century.

An outdoor nondenomin...