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Christ the King celebrates the birth of Christ

Dec 22, 2020
1 min

Christ the King celebrates the birth of Christ

The story of Silent Night was performed by Christ the King Catholic School Grades K-6. The sixth graders told the story. At the end of the play, the students performed the song Silent Night. The sixth graders sang while the lower grades hummed the tune and did sign language of the words. Individual singers were: Zoe Clasemann, Kira Schultz, Emily Biegler, Ruben Perish, and Nick Biegler. At right, the Biegler family portrayed the Holy Family along with the angel and shepherd f

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Food distribution receives a visit from the Grinch

Dec 22, 2020
1 min

Food distribution receives a visit from the Grinch

The Grinch made a special appearance at the Farmers to Families food drop at the Verndale Family Life Church on December 15. Lilly Roberts posed for a picture with the Grinch. The Farmers to Families food drop distributed 931 boxes of food and 932 gallons of milk on December 15. The boxes contained cottage cheese, cheddar cheese, carrots, onions, oranges, potatoes, liquid eggs, hot dogs, pulled pork, sausage links, sour cream, and apples. Four lanes were created to get people

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Food shelves feel the impact of the pandemic: They are here to help you

Dec 22, 2020
1 min

Food shelves feel the impact of the pandemic: They are here to help you

by Trinity Gruenberg trinity@inhnews.com As the COVID-19 pandemic worsens, food shelves are feeling the impact. Many families are struggling with lost jobs or reduced wages, and food shelf visits have increased. Verndale Area Food Shelf The Verndale Area Food Shelf was established seven years ago with Deb Nelson as director. Typically, they distribute about 4000 pounds of food per month. Since the pandemic began, they have seen new families coming in and more seniors, ranging

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Verndale City Council: Bid awarded for new water tower construction

Dec 22, 2020
1 min

Verndale City Council: Bid awarded for new water tower construction

by Trinity Gruenberg trinity@inhnews.com The Verndale City Council held its regular meeting on December 14. Water Project Clif Allen with Moore Engineering received a “jaw-dropping” response for bids on the water tower project. Allen had previously warned the council that the bids could exceed $1 million due to increasing steel and building prices. Bids came in with the highest at $1.515 million, and the low bid was $788,500, Maguire Iron, Inc. The bids included the removal o

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Burger Depot handing out free Christmas meals

Dec 22, 2020
1 min

Burger Depot handing out free Christmas meals

by Trinity Gruenberg trinity@inhnews.com The Burger Depot will be handing out free Christmas dinners on Christmas Day. The home-cooked meal includes mashed potatoes, turkey or ham, stuffing, gravy, and a vegetable. Cookies will be sold three for $1. There is a limit of four meals per family and you must be a Verndale resident. Their tips, all donations, and cookie sales will be donated to the Verndale Fire Department. Reserve your meal by calling 218-234-7078. Click here to s

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Merry Christmas from all of us at the Verndale Sun

In Focus

Dec 22, 2020
2 min

In Focus

I can’t believe Christmas is here already! I feel like it’s still two weeks away and not this coming Friday! I’m not a fan of time passing this quickly when it’s a season I wish to enjoy. I’m just glad my Christmas shopping is done and everyone has received their gifts since I mailed them off early. I am glad the light show is going well. The last time I counted, we were close to beating what was raised for the Bertha Community Food Shelf during Halloween, which is great! I h

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Grumpy Old Ganz

Dec 22, 2020
2 min

Grumpy Old Ganz

Church Day Over the years I have attended many churches in our local communities and in other states and have found one common denominator among them...routines. There are generally two groups with some overlapping that I am referring to. Let’s explore... Most of us know someone who falls into one or both of these categories. In my observation, there are those that wear the same clothes every Sunday and those that sit in the same place in the church. To prove my claim I found

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A Matter of Perspective

Dec 22, 2020
2 min

A Matter of Perspective

You were born to be brave. Act like it. Live in this truth. If you want some of your ambitions to take a leap forward, get out of the green zone in your life and take a couple of risks. If you’ve built some pretty high walls, you don’t need to tear them all down; just build a door or two through them and get on the other side. ~Dream Big by Bob Goff How do we “act” like we are brave? It’s a good question and one which can be difficult to answer because the answer may be diffe

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