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The boys’ Basketball team played one game last week, thanks to yet another lovely winter storm this past Tuesday. So on Friday night, they headed to Menahga for a conference match with the Braves. Unfortunately, it was not a good start to the weekend for the Bears, who fell 40-72 to the Braves. Subscribe and get more of your high school news!

News from Browerville's Past 25 Years Ago December 14, 2000 FBLA students purchased $100 worth of presents at Browerville Hardware last week for the Toys for Tots program. The toys will be distributed to needy families through he area food shelf. Your donation of a gift or cash can help too. ********** The boys basketball team opened its 2000-2001 season with a loss to the Bertha-Hewitt Bears 54-51 in overtime last week. For being the first game of the season, fans were tr

News from Clarissa's Past 25 Years Ago December 13, 2000 Fifty-two years of bakery expertise is drawing to a close for Glen and Kenny Ward and their families. December 23 will be their last day in business. It all begin with Glen and Kenny’s father, Joe Ward, who started the bakery in the fall of 1948. Kenny recalls his dad saying, “I came to Clarissa with five kids and a lot of ambition and we’ve been going ever since.” From the beginning, it was a family run business. The

News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago December 13, 2000 The city of Hewitt will have two bars in January if everything gets approved for the re-opening of the Hewitt Bar. Darlene Boman from Eagle Bend is working on getting the bar operating again. She plans to leave the name as Hewitt Bar for the time being. She is working toward getting the approval from Todd County and work done to operate the kitchen/restaurant portion of the bar also. ********** Domian-Ande

News from Eagle Bend's Past 25 Years Ago December 13, 2000 Pictured is the Eagle Valley Health Fair event. Garret Hurd was explaining the effects of alcohol to Nikki Brynarski, Ashley Engen, Katie Weishair and Tammy Seifert. Beth Ahrens was explaining what first responders responsibilities are to Kyle Klein and Casey Johnson. ********** The Todd County Trail Association held their annual banquet on Saturday, December 9. The winner of a 2000 Polaris snowmobile was Jean Morr

News from Verndale's Past 40 Years Ago, December 18, 1985 • “It was fantastic,” said Brian and Nancy Roth of Thomastown Township when they heard the news they had been chosen winners of the Farm Bureau State Young Farmer Award. “We were overjoyed. It’s not that we’re the best,” Brian said, “it’s just a good feeling just to be one of the six since Minnesota is one of the larges agricultural states and the Farm Bureau the largest farm organization in the state.” • Pictured ar

News from Browerville's Past 25 Years Ago December 7, 2000 As early as 1985, the congregation of the Zion Lutheran Church in Browerville began to realize they were running out of room. After much discussion between the members of the congregation, they decided to build an addition to their church to better accommodate their growing needs. Since 1985, the congregation had been saving money and discussing possible plans for an addition. It was not until October 1999 that the f

News from Clarissa's Past 25 Years Ago December 6, 2000 Jane Olson, a social worker with Todd County for the past nine years, was recently named Social Worker of the Year by the Minnesota Foster Care Association. Olson accepted the award on behalf of the entire Todd County Social Services Department. She said Todd County has been very supportive of the Minnesota Foster Care Association and it pays to send foster parents to the group’s state conference every year and they pa

News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago December 6, 2000 Selvey’s on Second, formerly The Pie Pantry, located on Main Street in Bertha is under new ownership. Dave and Beth Selvey of Bertha took over the business on October 15. They purchased the business from Joyce Moore. The Selvey’s are both from the area and decided to get into the restaurant business because “they wanted to make Bertha their home.” ********** The squeal of brakes, the sound of breaking glass,

News from Eagle Bend's Past 25 Years Ago December 6, 2000 Eagle Lanes has been a part of our community for many years. It offers entertainment for the entire family. Al and Betty Woida of Eagle Bend purchased the bowling alley from Ted Asmus about seven years ago. The Woida’s have made it a “family business” by running it along with their children, They have nine children, four of whom are still living at home. They reside next to the bowling alley which was Dr. Smith’s eye