Community Connection of Sauk Centre

03/11/2026

Our local food shelf thrives off of community support!

03/11/2026

🚗Demo Update:

Rules are complete. Please log into https://www.communityconnectionsaukcentre.com/demolition-derbies for Demo rules, Auto Cross rules, registration and parental consent forms.

➡️NOTE, there will be 2 new classes this year.

We will be having a Two Man Team Light Weld. This class will require paid pre-registration by May 30th. There is a minimum of 8 teams and maximum of 11 teams for this event. Registration details are in the rules under the 2 Man Light Weld section.

Also new this year will be the Full-Size Chain Class is now Full-Size Stock Class (details in the rules).

Hope to see you all there.

Community Connection has been hosting the Demolition Derby at the Stearns County Fair since 1965 and has continually seen it evolve and grow to the event it is today. We are happy to be hosting again this year.

02/14/2026

Save the date for the 2026 Demo Derby Meeting!

12/09/2025

The Community Connection crew was busy shopping for all the families in need on Saturday! We can’t wait to share everything we got with families all around our community this Christmas! 🎄🎅🏼❤️

11/13/2025

Thank you Pine Country Bank for being a donation drop off site for one of our biggest and most meaningful events of the year! Stop by if you are able to donate!

🎁 The Season of Giving Starts Now!

Pine Country Bank in Sauk Centre is proud to be a Toy Drive Collection Site for the 40th Annual TLC Toy Drive! 🧸

We’ll begin collecting toys from November 3rd through December 8th to help bring joy to local children this holiday season.

Stop by and drop off a donation—every gift makes a difference! 💚

10/16/2025

Please read the following article that was posted in the Herald this week regarding not hosting the annual Monster Manor this year:

Year without screams
Monster Manor tradition on hold
Posted Thursday, October 2, 2025 12:00 am
By Shalon Wilber | STAFF WRITER
For 45 years, community members have filed through the dark halls of Monster Manor at the Stearns County Fairgrounds. But this October, the haunted house will not open its doors.
“It’s been a lot of years,” said Jackie Spoden-Bolz, co-chair of Monster Manor. “It gets to be a lot, a lot of work, and it gets harder every year to find more and more volunteers. So, we just decided … at our last meeting, for this year, we’re not going to have a haunted house.”
Monster Manor is organized by the Community Connection of Sauk Centre. The group hopes to find a partner organization to help carry the tradition forward in future years.
Spoden-Bolz said the decision was not an easy one.
“I think we’ve probably been in the back of our minds … knowing that it had to come eventually,” she said. “It wasn’t an easy decision in the least, but I think I prepared myself and knew this was going to be eventually.”
Monster Manor began in a barn in 1980 before moving through several locations, eventually landing at the fairgrounds. Over the years, thousands of children and families attended.
“It’s neat seeing kids come back year after year, and then they’ve turned into teenagers, then into adults,” Spoden-Bolz said. “They’ll tell us how many years they’ve been coming. … It really did turn into a family almost.”
Though it raised some money, Spoden-Bolz said the haunted house was never the group’s main fundraiser.
“Over the years, it hasn’t been something we count on as a fundraiser because we do it more as something for the kids to do,” she said. “Our major fundraiser basically is the demolition derby, … and we have charitable gambling that we can donate all over to. But this, we’re fine (financially) … without this.”
Community Connection will continue to support Sauk Centre in other ways.
“Really the absolute biggest thing we do is the Sauk Centre Food Share,” Spoden-Bolz said. “That is the thing that probably has the biggest impact on the community. Our community, over all these years I’ve been doing this, no matter what project it is, if we needed support, especially with the food shelf, our community is right there.”
As for Monster Manor’s future, Spoden-Bolz said the group would welcome new energy.
“If we find other organizations or volunteers that would do it, you know, it may come back,” she said.

We appreciate your understanding in this difficult decision.

08/11/2025

2025 Auto Cross Results!

08/11/2025

Saturday Demo Results!!

08/10/2025

FRIDAY results!!

08/09/2025

Thursday night results are in!!!

08/06/2025

🚨Only ONE more day!! Join us at the Demolition Derby (Thu-Sat) & Auto Cross (Sun)!

🎟️Giveaway!! SHARE this post for a chance to WIN 2 FREE grandstand passes! Tag 3 friends for an extra entry! *Make your post public and tag us to so that we can see you shared!

🚘Drivers, get ready! Rules, registrations & parental consent forms here:
https://www.communityconnectionsaukcentre.com/demolition...
*Parental consent forms for pit people under 18 must be notarized*

✨Huge thank you to our wonderful sponsors this year:
Dan Welle Chevrolet Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram
Felling Trailers, Inc.
Opatz Metals + Rolloffs
Sauk Centre Fleet Supply
Kraemer Lumber & True Value Hardware of Melrose

Community Connection of Sauk Centre is a community service organization.
We donate locally to various individual benefits, groups and organizations.