Benning Printing & Publishing

To the Editor: #1. 2026 will be another tough year for residents and businesses. It started last spring when valuation notices went out. If you had Commercial/Business property you probably saw a very large increase in your valuations. Or if you had land that was previously classified as AG Homestead and changed to Residential Homestead, the tax on your land doubled from .5 to 1.0. Or in the city of Sebeka, because of sales, your valuation increased 30% in one year. THERE MA

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