A Bertha man has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in connection with a 1995 homicide in Black Hawk County, Iowa. Kelly Joseph Grant, 59, of Bertha, was arrested October 16 by Black Hawk County Sheriff’s deputies and agents with the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and the Todd County Sheriff’s Office assisted in the arrest. Grant is accused in the death of Angela Renee Buck, 37, of Waterloo, Iowa, whose

by Michael Hager There are many good reasons to support a school’s industrial arts classes. Funding is often not enough and the generosity of the community can give students a better variety of hands-on opportunities. “There are practical skills,” said Merle Felling when talking about these classes, “with tools that may land kids with good paying careers in the future.” Felling was initially surprised when he heard that a local shop class could not pull together enough stu

A Bertha man was injured in a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Highway 71 and County Road 24 in Bertha on Wednesday, October 14, at approximately 6:05 p.m. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, a 2017 Volvo semi driven by Maksym Semeniuk, 48, of Eagan, was traveling northbound on Highway 71 when it collided with a 2003 Ford pickup traveling westbound on County Road 24. The pickup was driven by Josh Allen Prather, 44, of Bertha, who sustained non-life-threatening i

by Trinity Gruenberg trinity@inhnews.com The Todd County Commissioners held their regular meeting on Tuesday, October 6. The commissioners authorized the removal of a hazardous structure on parcel 060054800 in Burnhamville Township. The county will pay for the removal and assess the cost to the property. Landowner Lori Smith told the board she hoped to repair and keep the home, saying she had not understood the urgency of the county’s notices and was working to arrange rep