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by Trinity Gruenberg trinity@inhnews.com The Verndale School Board held their regular meeting on March 2. Fund Balance Policy The discussion about Policy 714 started because some people were worried that the district’s goal of having a 50% unassigned fund balance was no longer realistic given the current financial situation and declining student enrollment. Superintendent Jeannie Mayer explained that if the trends continue—like fewer students, small increases in state fund

by Trinity Gruenberg trinity@inhnews.com The Wadena County Commissioners held their regular meeting on February 24. New Administrator Hired A small group consisting of Chair Ron Noon, Vice Chair Brian Winkels, and HR Director Jennifer Westrum worked together to find and negotiate with candidates for the county administrator position. After interviews and discussions, they agreed to hire Colleen Winter, with a tentative start date set for Monday, April 6. Winter has some p

by Coach Robert Schuller Tigers Turn the Tables on Thunder in Section 5A Playoff Win Nine days can make a big difference. After suffering a 23-point loss to Long Prairie/Grey Eagle just over a week earlier, the Browerville/Eagle Valley Tigers flipped the script Monday night, defeating the Thunder 65–62 in a thrilling opening round Section 5A playoff game on their home court. The Tigers came out with strong energy early, jumping to a quick 10–2 lead and setting the tone for

by Coach Austin Selvey On Monday night, the No. 9-seeded Bertha-Hewitt Bears traveled to Walker to take on the No. 8-seeded Walker-Hackensack-Akeley Wolves in the opening round of the section tournament. The Bears came away with a 71-64 victory to advance. Bertha-Hewitt held a narrow 33-29 lead at halftime before both teams picked up the scoring in the second half. The Bears added 38 points after the break to secure the win. Defense and late-game free-throw shooting proved

by Coach Greg Johnson Verndale 62, Laporte 42 On Monday, March 2, the Boys Basketball team began Section 5A playoff action by hosting the Laporte Wildcats. The Pirates were able to come away with a first-round win by the score of 62-42. Braylin Deleon led the way in scoring with 26 points. Bryce Pickar had 9 points and 7 rebounds, while Chase Jenson had 7 points and 7 rebounds. Stats: Zain Waldahl 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals,6 points. Joe Elfstrum 5 rebounds, 1 assist,

As promised, I have come up with the first of several prompts that can be used to help you get better results from your AI. Since I primarily use ChatGPT, these prompts were created with the AI generation tool in mind. So here is the first one I created. This prompt is a fairly all-encompassing prompt where you can seat yourself in whatever role you want your AI to take on. You would simply fill in the [AREA] with whatever you want to have a prompt for. In this particular c

News from Clarissa's Past 25 Years Ago March 14, 2001 The FLA Region Star Event was held in Staples on February 16. Pictured are the FLA members that placed at the competition. Crystal Hess received a gold rating and will participate at the state level April 26-28 in Bloomington. Jackie Karnes, Jessica Karnes, Jenny Gabler, and Renee Coburn, all received a silver rating. ********** St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church of Clarissa played in an eight team volleyball tournament held

News from Browerville's Past 25 Years Ago March 15, 2001 The 2001 Todd County Dairy Princesses were crowned on Saturday evening at a banquet held in Clarissa. The princesses are Katrina Ann Ahrens, Sonja Stoterau and Brenda Becker. Todd County Dairy Ambassadors are: Rhonda Lee Brekke, Melissa Wiese, Brandy Bruder and Jill Walburn. The princesses will now compete at the regional level. ********** The roof on the Todd County Highway Department maintenance shop in Staples has

News from Eagle Bend's Past 25 Years Ago March 14, 2001 The eighth graders from Eagle Valley constructed solar systems that are required as a graduation standard project. Along with the solar systems they had to prepare a report using the scientific method. They had to have an introduction, hypothesis, data, conclusion a minimum of two questions that they formulated and further investigation to prove the project if they had more time to follow up on it. The judging was done

News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago March 14, 2001 People eat every day, at least most of us do. But sometimes it isn’t possible. Sometimes the cupboard is bare. That is when the Bertha-Hewitt Food Shelf can help. The food shelf began in the early 1980s. “It started shortly after we begun the Head Start program,” said Sharon Howe. “The teachers were going out into the homes of the children and they sensed a need in the community for a food shelf. At that time Ju