On December 5, 2019, a Minnesota National Guard Black Hawk helicopter on a maintenance test flight crashed near Kimball.
Three Minnesota National Guard members on board died.
Athletes at St. Cloud's Rejuv Fitness will remember the three during a special workout starting at 9 Memorial Day morning, May 26, 2025.
Rejuv is opening-up the event to the entire community -- not just Rejuv Fitness members.
The cost for this special workout -- a $15 suggested donation. Spectators can attend for free.
The Hero Workout donations -- with the approval of Plantenberg's family -- will benefit a local police dog unit "in honor of his deep love for fitness and his German Shepherd, Max."
The money will go to training, kenneling, equipment and eventually adding a new K9 in the next few years, according to the Rejuv Medical Facebook post.
The Memorial Day Community Workout -- dubbed the "Minnesota 3" Hero Workout -- is a serious challenge for fitness enthusiasts.
"The numbers in reps and/or rounds will usually pertain to something about the fallen hero. In the case of the Minnesota 3, the numbers represent the day their Black Hawk went down (12/19) and the ages of the soldiers at the time of their death (30, 28 and 28)," she says.