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The month of chaos has finally come to a close, and with it, another year slips into the history books. Many people will say 2025 was a dumpster fire of epic proportions. I won’t argue that it was easy—but I also won’t say it was entirely terrible. Violence continues in Gaza. The war between Ukraine and Russia grinds on. Mass shootings still scar communities. Fires, floods, and storms remind us daily of nature’s raw power. It’s unfortunate how this is our “normal.” But it wa

News from Clarissa's Past 25 Years Ago December 27, 2000 If you’ve used the postal service in Clarissa within the last four and a half years, your needs would have been met by Chuck Tangeman of Verndale. He has announced he has taken a postmaster position in Menahga and will be leaving January 11. He has thoroughly enjoyed serving our small community and has treated his job as though “it’s his own business” and takes great pride in his work. ********** Two young cheerleade

News from Browerville's Past 25 Years Ago December 28, 2000 Seven Browerville students led a training for 40 area high schools students at the Browerville Community Center. Kalie Becker, Lindsey Dickinson, Kelly Hudalla, Kim Hynnek, Bevin Smeija, Shanda Stracek, and Pokie Zellgert have been tobacco prevention advocates for the last couple of years. Together they led a Teens Against Tobacco Use (T.A.T.U.) Training. ********** At their December 19 meeting, commissioners comb

News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago December 27, 2000 A short school board meeting culminated in a tour of the new addition is what happened at the Bertha-Hewitt School Board meeting on Tuesday evening. Members of the board heard again from Doug Cederstrand from E and V Construction Managers. He told them the progress being made is good and everything is on or ahead of schedule. All the concrete sidewalks are complete, however, landscaping and parking lot strip

News from Eagle Bend's Past 25 Years Ago December 27, 2000 Spotlight on Scholarship Gold award winners—to receive the Gold award, a student must be involved in a MSHSL activity in that season (football, volleyball or cheer leading), be a member of the Varsity or JV team and must have a GPA from 3.6 and up. Pictured are: Justin Boseck, Antony Motl, Charlie Woida, Mark LaVoie, Jared Voge, Austin Murch, Clayton Krause, Nathan Wood, Michelle Holt, Tabitha Denny, Katy Denny, Mega

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by Debra Meyer-Myrum news@inhnews.com At the regular Todd County Commissioner meeting on December 16, Jackie Bauer, Administrator, informed the commissioners that the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources notified Todd County on October 22 that Minn. Stat. §97B.318 (the shotgun zone) will be repealed on January 1, 2026 and the county may choose to pass an ordinance limiting the types of firearms used to take deer under Minn. Stat 97B.031, subd. 7. However, Todd County is

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by Trinity Gruenberg trinity@inhnews.com Baseball has been a constant in the life of Paul Jenkins of Brainerd, and on Saturday, January 17, that lifelong dedication will be formally recognized when he is inducted into the Minnesota State High School Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame at a banquet in Minneapolis. Jenkins started playing baseball at just three years old and never really stepped away. At Staples High School, he was the leading hitter on the 1977 state