A view of the southeastern portion of Belle Plaine, with the Minnesota River bluffs in the far background.

Young people enjoy showing off their flips and dives at the municipal pool.

Belle Plaine’s oldest church, the Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, was built in 1868. Designed in the Prairie Gothic style, the building is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Strawberries at Emma Krumbees Orchard and Farm are ready for picking.

The housing boom early in this decade has slowed down, leaving unsold lots.

Weekly livestock auctions, and other kinds of auctions, are held at the Belle Plaine Commission Company, run by Ediger Auctioneers.