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News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago December 20, 2000 The new chapel at the Bertha-Domian-Anderson Funeral Home was dedicated to the memory of George Domian and “Swede” Anderson. Pictured by the dedication plaque were Joe Schuller, Rhonda Amundson, Nora Anderson, Jon Johns and Jerry Anderson. ********** During the latter part of the regular meeting of the Bertha City Council on Monday, December 11, new Mayor Gary Kleen and new Council Member Brad Rach took

Public safety and local government entities will soon receive over $2.2 million to improve their public service through Sourcewell’s Impact Funding. The recipients include 31 counties, cities, and townships, and 20 fire departments, police departments, and sheriff’s offices throughout Sourcewell’s central Minnesota service region. “These projects represent an incredible impact on our region’s communities,” said Paul Drange, director of regional services at Sourcewell. “Give

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The Browerville School dedicated the new gym to Harvey Christensen on Saturday, December 6. The Christensen family is pictured: Tucker Alstead, Kennedi Alstead, Kelli Alstead, Wendi Emery, Brandan Emery, Brady Emery and Duane Emery. At right, the plaques denoting the dedication of the Harvey Christensen Court were handed to his daughters. Pictured are Kelli, on the left, hugged by School Board Chair Bob Bryniarski, and Wendi, on the right, hugged by Superintendent Scott Vedbr

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Girls’ Basketball lost a pair of games last week to tough opponents in Menahga and Wadena. On Tuesday, they hosted Menahga and found themselves down early by 20 to start the game. Still, the Bears played strong late in the first half and early in the 2nd half, keeping it a 20-point game for most of the way before Menahga pulled away even more at the end to make it a 40-77 loss for the Bears... Subscribe to get the rest of the story...

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!

Girls Wrestling Results vs. UNC and Wadena The Browerville-Eagle Valley girls wrestlers competed against United North Central (UNC) and Wadena, turning in a mix of wins and losses across the lineup. Against UNC, several wrestlers picked up wins by fall, including Olivia Brown, J’Lyn Owens, Brielle Flan, Kelsey Schmitt, Charlee Line, and Brynn Sudbeck. Lily Tolifson and Ellie Haloren suffered losses in their matches. In the dual against Wadena, Olivia Brown earned another w

Wolves Fall Narrowly to UNC, 32-29 The Wolves came up just short in a tightly contested match against the UNC Warriors, losing 32-29 in a battle that went down to the wire. The Wolves started strong, winning the first seven matches. Matthew Bosl (107 lbs, win by pin), Hayden Hiebert (114 lbs, 12-0), Benelli Johnson (121 lbs, 6-4), Hunter Katterhagen (127 lbs, win by pin), Evan Flan (133 lbs, 7-5), and Brodie Pachan (145 lbs, 17-4) all contributed key points for the team. U

The Browerville-Eagle Valley TIgers shot 55.9% from the field on Saturday, using a dominant inside game to score 56 of their 74 points in the paint in a 74-56 win over Battle Lake. The Tigers built a strong first-half lead, going into the locker room ahead 39-26... Subscribe to get the rest of the story...