Miss Litchfield Addie Lundin Crowned Queen of the Lakes

2024-2025 Miss Litchfield Addie Lundin was crowned as Queen of the Lakes at the conclusion of the Minneapolis Aquatennial on July 26th. The sophomore at NDSU will have a busy year of appearances throughout Minnesota and other locations around the country as an Aquatennial ambassador.

Lundin says she will be traveling as far as Pasadena, California and she and the other two ambassadors – who are from Dassel and Howard Lake – will be appearing in LaCrosse, Wisconsin next month. She says she will be able to handle her schedule at college, where she’s majoring in nursing, while serving as Queen of the Lakes.

Lundin says her week in Minneapolis prior to the coronation included 3 interviews and learning about community, leadership and volunteerism and one of her responsibilities is making people feel welcome to visit Minneapolis and to attend the Aquatennial in 2026. She says she is hoping to return to Litchfield in the future and help with the Watercade celebration.

Lundin says one of her questions on stage during the coronation in 2024 when she was running for Miss Litchfield prompted her to announce that she wanted to start a pickle ball tournament during Watercade as a royalty fundraiser, and she saw that goal come true with the first annual tournament last month, and as Queen of the Lakes, she’s hoping to promote alumni engagement – getting more of the royalty to come back and get involved in the celebration in the future.

Lundin says she will be on the stage at the Bernie Aaker Auditorium in Litchfield next July inviting Miss Litchfield Brooke Caron to attend the Minneapolis Aquatennial the third week of July – and she encourages everyone to attend what they call the “best days of summer.” She says she is the first Miss Litchfield to become Queen of the Lakes, but she will not be the last. The last time a Miss Litchfield was part of the Minneapolis Aquatennial royal court was 25 years ago with runner-up Dayna Cervin.