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News from Browerville's Past 25 Years Ago September 28, 2001 Not many people know where tiny Mill Lake is located in Todd County, but that is about to change. Mill Lake is located east of Browerville about eight miles on County Road 29. It is an idyllic setting in the Squaw Tip Hills left by three ancient glaciers which once covered the northern two-thirds of the state. The hills were formed by retreating glaciers which left rolling oak hills dotted by small ponds and lakes.

News from Eagle Bend's Past 25 Years Ago May 23, 2001 New inductees into the National Honor Society were: Amanda Crider, Justin Boseck, Danielle Notch, Kali Dickinson, Crystal Hess and Sara Sales. ********** On Monday, May 14, the Rebels boys and girls junior varsity finished their golf season strong at Oakwood. The boys shot well enough for a third place finish out of the eight teams there. Mike Anderson led the team with a 46, which also gave him an individual second pla

News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago May 23, 2001 The May 14 meeting started off with Dale Schaefer’s maintenance report. Schaefer said that a manhole has shifted four inches right off its base at the north end of Third Avenue SE. It needs to be dug up and reset. ********** On Wednesday, May 9, the honor awards ceremony was held. Stacy Denny, daughter of Gene and Mary Denny of Hewitt, was the recipient of the Baush and Lomb Honorary Science Award which goes to

News from Verndale's Past 40 Years Ago, May 28, 1986 • Over 50 rural Wadena County residents met last Thursday evening in the county courthouse auditorium with State Representative Loren Jennings, who is considered one of the foremost authorities on State Ditch Laws. Also present were Senator Don Anderson and Representative Don Righter. Jennings said the three groups most involved with drainage are the Agricultural Society, the DNR and environmentalists “Who don’t want to do

News from Clarissa's Past 25 Years Ago May 16, 2001 Last Friday, first graders honored their moms at a special program. They performed songs, presented their moms with hand-made gifts and each recited a poem. Pictured, Jacob Schauer is giving a gift to his mom, Denitra and Brooke Schumann shared a poem, and Jerod Nelson is also pictured with his mom. ********** The Eagle Valley Rebels baseball team continues to search for improvement on defense. The Rebels have had more t

News from Browerville's Past 25 Years Ago May 17, 2001 On May 9, the District Special Olympics competition was once again held in Long Prairie with the cooperation of the Long Prairie/Grey Eagle School system offering the use of their track facilities. The Area 5 Special Olympics Track and Field event hosted about 275 athletes from: Browerville, Aitkin, Bertha-Hewitt, Brainerd, Crosby-Ironton, Long Prairie-Grey Eagle, Menahga, Mid-State Co-op, New York Mills, Remer, Onamia,

News from Eagle Bend's Past 25 Years Ago May 16, 2001 Forty teddy bears, furry ones, cloth ones, in all colors of the rainbow and some others besides, have recently been made by women of the United Methodist Church in Eagle Bend. “We had made teddy bears for the Eagle Bend Fire Department once before, but they have run out,” explained Carolynne Bisel. “They asked us to make some more. The teddy bears are given to children at fire calls or accidents. The little bears give the

News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago May 16, 2001 The Eagle Valley and Bertha-Hewitt Schools are using a new game to help teach their students. The Stock Market Game is an interactive educational tool that can be used in grades 4-12 to teach a variety of subjects including math, social studies, language arts and business. Jan Hierl at Eagle Valley and Mike Bauck at Bertha-Hewitt are the teachers who are working with a carefully designed curriculum. In this port

News from Verndale's Past 40 Years Ago, May 21, 1986 • Two young men, the sons of Darold and Jean Hahn, have returned to Verndale to begin a business on their own. Jeff and David have purchased the equipment of the defunct Ritari Systems Inc., and will be providing services of a well-equipped machine shop and manufacturing plant. For the time being, they are also located in the same building, adjacent to the railroad tracks on South Brown Street in Verndale. • Because the M

News from Browerville's Past 25 Years Ago May 10, 2001 When Browerville Science Teacher Bruce Curley went to the school board and asked them for the money to fund a greenhouse for his students, they told him it would be too expensive. Not to be defeated, Curley sought and received $20,000 to fund his project from a private party. Because the greenhouse is new to the school, much of the time this year has been used setting up the house and fine tuning its automatic climate co