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Recent detections of the North Central skunk variant of the rabies virus in cattle from Iowa, Minnesota, and South Dakota, have prompted this notification. Rabies cases in livestock are relatively infrequent. However, they serve as indicators of active rabies virus transmission between skunk reservoirs and livestock within agricultural communities. This indicates ongoing circulation of the North Central skunk variant across the Upper Midwest. While rabid cattle have been de

by Trinity Gruenberg trinity@inhnews.com The Wadena County Commissioners held their regular meeting on Tuesday, July 7. Commissioner Murlyn Kreklau was absent. ADA Entrance Project The county board approved a modified design for an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)–compliant entrance on the north side of the courthouse, choosing to keep an existing pine tree and drop a previously discussed connection to the annex. The project will add the new entrance ramp on the north

News from Clarissa's Past 25 Years Ago July 11, 2001 A public hearing was held for the alley tarring by the trailer court at the July 2 council meeting. The issue was tabled until the next council meeting to be held on Tuesday, July 17. The cost of tarring the alley would be $5300 with 80% of the cost passed on to the homeowners. There were citizens on both sides of the issue. Those in favor of it felt it was a street, why not pave it? It has been patched for 13 years and

News from Browerville's Past 25 Years Ago July 12, 2001 Wade Johnson thinks that if he had gotten a chance to address neighbors’ concerns about his business expansion plans, they may have supported his bid for a conditional use permit to add slaughtering to his meat market business. But Johnson said the neighbors and officials at the zoning meeting didn’t listen to him. And, he said, two or three phone calls to County Commissioner Gary Feist to discuss the issue went unanswe

News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago July 11, 2001 Martina Hendrickson’s sister, Eleanora Berthiaume, who lives just outside of Hewitt checked on a shed that had blown over in the storm. Inside she found a mother cat and eight of her kittens who had perished in the building. Three other kittens were still alive. One died shortly after being found. The other two were taken to Martina’s daughter, Cathy, who was at work at the time, and brought them home. Gizmo, th