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To the Editor: On Saturday, March 28, Resist! Long Prairie will once again gather at the stoplights at the intersection of Highway 71 and County 38 from 2-3 p.m. to protest and demand a halt to Trump’s war and mushrooming evil authoritarianism. Our protest will be in conjunction with the national No Kings mobilization. We hope that you can come, bring a protest sign, and demand an end to policies that harm children, elders, and our families. We reject Trump and Fischbach’s

To the Editor: I’m going to speak about our growing population. Is it just me or is our world’s population growing? I’ll tell you, it isn’t just me, our population is growing by leaps and bounds, in places and in ways our ancestors probably would have never believed. And it’s a real problem; it is already affecting our world in many negative ways. If you have any mental capacity then by now you have probably guessed that I am speaking about individuals growing larger and

News from Browerville's Past 25 Years Ago March 29, 2001 A group of town people from the community will be going to Haiti as part of the Haiti Outreach Program. While in Haiti, the group will take part in the construction of a new 20x20 foot home that will house a family of six. To make the trip possible, $10,000 had to be raised to send the group, and an additional $1500 was raised to be used for material to construct the home. The house will consist of a brick foundation

News from Clarissa's Past 25 Years Ago March 28, 2001 John Romstad, Commander of Clarissa Post 213 of the American Legion, announced that Jared Voge, son of Rick and Jane Voge of Clarissa, was named to attend the 53rd Annual American Legion “Legion Boys State” to be held at the Campus of St. Olaf College in Northfield, June 10 through 16. ********** The Clarissa Senior Citizens have been waiting patiently for their new building to be completed. Now that it is nearly finish

News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago March 28, 2001 “I’ve heard it called the dumbing of Minnesota,” said Bertha-Hewitt Superintendent Larry Werder. “It’s not about raisers,” said Bertha-Hewitt School Board member Mary Ward, “It’s about education.” She was referring to Governor Jesse Ventura’s proposed budget which would cause the district to lose about $190,000 for the 2001-2002 school year. Bertha-Hewitt does have a fund balance of close to a million dollars,

News from Eagle Bend's Past 25 Years Ago March 28, 2001 Last Thursday, 76 women attended a Farm Woman Appreciation Day that was held at the Double Eagle Country Club near Eagle Bend. Jim Lunemann of Central Ag Services started the program by welcoming everyone. Lunemann said he learns a lot from farmers by what he refers to as “milk tank talk”. From those talks he gets asked plenty of questions and based the topics of the day on some of them to answer some frequently asked q

News from Verndale's Past 40 Years Ago, March 24, 1986 • A good sized crowd was on hand last Thursday night at the Staples AVTI for the first public hearing in six years on the Highway 10 project. They were told, barring unforeseen difficulties, the final legs in the Highway 10 project on this area should be completed in 1989, with the exception of city by-passes. • Publication of last week’s issue of The Sun was delayed somewhat while pressmen were ironing out the wrinkle

Mervin Kauffman is facing 18 felony charges, which include nine counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, five counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct, one count of third-degree criminal sexual conduct, one count of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct, and two counts of fifth-degree criminal sexual conduct. If convicted, he could face a maximum of 449 years in prison and fines totaling $610,000. According to court documents, on September 9, 2023, the Todd Cou

by Debra Meyer-Myrum news@inhnews.com What began as a few troubling symptoms last summer turned into a life-changing diagnosis for 10-year-old Allison Dotzler and her family. Today, the Christ the King fourth grader is in the fight of her life—and doing it with courage, humor and a community standing firmly behind her. Allison is the daughter of Michelle and Matthew Dotzler of Clarissa. She shares her busy household with siblings Marissa, Alexis and Jacob. Described by her

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