This gorgeous shot was captured by Mathew Clark on the morning of our nations 250th birthday. If you have a photo you would like to share for Out on the Gravel - of anything from your dog to local farmers working field - send it to Barbara at linncountynewsreporter@gmail,com.

Linn County Democrats gathered at the Pleasanton Community Center on Sunday, July 19, for their annual picnic carry-in dinner. Several candidates for election were also in attendance.

Pleasanton city fire personnel were on hand at Stegge Lake on Saturday afternoon offering kids a chance to cool down with water spray and popsicles. Kids enjoyed their frozen treats in the pavilion as firefighters readied the spray for the cool down.

This week’s Out on the Gravel submission comes from Janet Reese who recently caught this gorgeous blaze of color while looking westward from Ransom Road near La Cygne. If you have a photo you would like to share with us for Out on the Gravel, please send it to Barbara at linncountynewsreporter@gmail.com.

First place winnners of the wiener dog races at Blast in the Park are, left to right: dog Axel with Kendra Flanders, dog Stanley with Charlee Woodrum and, far right, dog Ethel with Maggie Foster.

Bo and the Beards played Red Dirt country and assorted pop songs for the crowd at La Cygne's Blast in the Park event on July 11.

Vendors set up to show their wares to the crowd attending the Blast in the Park at La Cygne.

Emil Wilson pulls the gate up releasing the hounds in the Weiner Dog Race that started the events of Blast in the Park at La Cygne on Saturday, July 11.

This week’s Out on the Gravel submission comes from Angie Dean who captured this image of our local ag producers hard at work at the intersection of Highway 31 and Ellington Road last week. If you have a photo you would like to share, please send it and the information to Barbara at linncountynewsreporter@gmail.com

Things get serious during the much-anticipated hog wranglin’ event Saturday at Blue Mound.