About 650 bicyclists turned out last year for the fourth-annual Bridge the Valley Bike Rally, which starts and ends in downtown Stillwater.

This year, organizers are hoping even more cyclists show up at the Sunday event, which includes a series of rides designed for all ages and skills. Riders can choose from 10-, 25-, 40-, 50- and 70-mile loops on paved blacktop, said Mark Fisher, chairman of the public image committee of Stillwater Sunrise Rotary Club, which is helping organize the Bridge the Valley Bike Rally.

There will be fully stocked rest stops and maintenance and support on all rides; there also will be live bands and food trucks.

When a rider registers, they will get access to an app called “RidewithGPS,” an interactive mapping software that verbally and visually provides direction, Fisher said.

All rides will start and finish at Chestnut Plaza, immediately west of the Lift Bridge. Entry fees are $50 for adults, $35 for kids ages 6 to 18, and free for kids 5 and under; families, up to five riders, can register for $110.

Proceeds from the event support both local and global Rotary initiatives, Fisher said. Local projects include mentoring and scholarships at Stillwater Area High School, early childhood literacy programs throughout the Stillwater Area Public School District and enhancements to public spaces like Bridgeview Park, including new benches and invasive buckthorn removal.

Internationally, funds will be used to deliver mobility devices to people in Africa, improve sanitation in schools in India and help farmers in Nicaragua, Fisher said.

For more information, go to www.bridgethevalley.org.

— Mary Divine

Twins to honor DWI enforcement cops

Nearly 70 law enforcement officers from across Minnesota, including four officers from St. Paul, have been nominated for their outstanding efforts to stop impaired driving last year and will be recognized Sunday at the Minnesota Twins game.

The state Department of Public Safety’s office of traffic safety said those who will be honored represent the DWI Enforcer All-Star team. In 2024, the team made 5,120 combined driving while impaired arrests across the state, which is nearly 20 percent of the 26,582 total arrests for DWI in the state that year.

“This event will honor their work to protect the lives of everyone on Minnesota roads,” the state department of public safety said in its press release.

The following officers from St. Paul and surrounding areas will be among the 70 recognized on Sunday:

• Matthew Boogren of the St. Paul police with 70 arrests.

• Jeremy Ellison of the St. Paul police with 62 arrests.

• Jacob Dub of the St. Paul police with 60 arrests.

• Malachi Slaughter of the St. Paul police with 58 arrests.

• Jonathan Coello of the South St. Paul police with 61 arrests.

• Jacob Weldon of the Inver Grove Heights police with 119 arrests.

• Tawny Weaver of the Maplewood police with 92 arrests.

• Jack Milbauer of the Woodbury police with 57 arrests.

• John Miller of the Woodbury police with 50 arrests.

— Kristi Miller