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To the Editor: As superintendents across the region, we spend a great deal of time thinking about how we can provide the best possible education for our students while also being responsible stewards of taxpayer dollars. This November, Minnesotans will have an opportunity to vote on a constitutional amendment involving one of our state’s oldest resources for supporting public education: the Permanent School Fund. The Permanent School Fund has been supporting Minnesota schoo

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by Trinity Gruenberg trinity@inhnews.com After more than three decades of teaching, Mark Frethem is preparing to step away from the classroom, closing a career that began in the early 1990s and spanned generations of local students, colleagues, and coaches. Frethem began teaching in the 1990-91 school year, spending a year in Nevis before coming to Bertha-Hewitt in 1991-92. He is a native of Fosston, which is just west of Bemidji. He spent six years in the Navy, serving pr

by Trinity Gruenberg trinity@inhnews.com Bertha-Hewitt High School Student Brooklyn Hess recently returned from an exchange program that took her to South Korea and China, where she spent nearly two weeks visiting schools, staying with host families, and exploring major cultural and historical sites, including the Great Wall of China. Hess traveled from April 11–22 as part of an exchange organized by AESA Global and sponsored locally by the Lakes Country Service Co-op in Fe

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by Trinity Gruenberg trinity@inhnews.com A group of Bertha-Hewitt High School students (Eva Blashack, Brady Rach and Megan Walz) exchanged their textbooks for real-world history lessons this spring as they joined Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City (ACGC) students on an eight-day East Coast tour led by Social Studies Teacher Noah Singsank. The trip, which took place at the end of March, included visits to Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C., creating memorable e

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