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Father Joseph Herzing is facing five felony charges. The charges include stalking, third-degree criminal sexual conduct, and three counts of threats of violence. He served as a priest at the parishes of Christ the King in Browerville, St. Joseph in Clarissa, St. Joseph in Grey Eagle, St. Mary of Mount Carmel in Long Prairie, and St. John the Baptist in Swanville. Herzing was prohibited from all public ministry, pending the outcome of the judicial process. However, Herzing

News from Browerville's Past 25 Years Ago April 19, 2001 Congratulations to MerriAnne Werder and Sarah Gonsior as they were the Browerville Girl’s All Conference basketball players. And the boys All Conference players were Ryan Gritz, Mitch Johnson (MVP) and Jeremy Reed. ********** Todd County’s township officers held their annual meeting in Browerville last Thursday. They learned about projects the Region Five Development Commission has been involved in during the past ye

Jeramiah Christopher Raper, 47, of Long Prairie was apprehended following a high-speed pursuit on Friday, March 27. According to court documents, Raper was initially sought on a warrant issued by the Minnesota Department of Corrections. At approximately 6:20 p.m., a parole agent alerted a Todd County Sheriff’s Sergeant that Raper had been spotted at a gas station in Browerville driving a Subaru Impreza. The sergeant located the vehicle and a chase ensued. Raper sped away, r

News from Browerville's Past 25 Years Ago April 12, 2001 Twenty Browerville Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) attended the areas largest vocational students organization conference in Fargo on Sunday, April 1-Tuesday, April 3. Over 2000 FBLA members from 78 different schools attended the 34th annual conference at the Fargo Ramada. The Browerville FBLA placed 30th out of the 78 schools improving on their 65th place finish a year ago. Earning the opportunity to repres

News from Browerville's Past 25 Years Ago April 5, 2001 Are you ever amazed at the set and the sound effects and the lighting effects when you attend a play? Then you should attend the play put on by the Drama Department of the Browerville High School entitled “A Fine Monster You Are!” Heading the production of the play is a student director who must be an intelligent GOPHER! Student director for this play is Chelsey Konetzko who fits the bill to a “T” and her assistant is B

by Debra Meyer-Myrum news@inhnews.com After more than 30 years of serving as a summer gathering place for families, students, and swimmers, the Browerville community pool will close permanently, marking the end of an era for the town. The decision was finalized on March 9, when the Browerville School Board unanimously approved a motion to close the pool. While the announcement came quietly through school board minutes and word of mouth, the impact is expected to be deeply f

News from Browerville's Past 25 Years Ago March 29, 2001 A group of town people from the community will be going to Haiti as part of the Haiti Outreach Program. While in Haiti, the group will take part in the construction of a new 20x20 foot home that will house a family of six. To make the trip possible, $10,000 had to be raised to send the group, and an additional $1500 was raised to be used for material to construct the home. The house will consist of a brick foundation

News from Browerville's Past 25 Years Ago March 22, 2001 Sue Wiersgalla is secretary-treasurer of American Legion Post 293, and loves it. The American Legion Post and the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) work together to open the doors of the Vets Club to Browerville’s citizens but basically its a post home for the vets. The Vets Club is proud to sponsor the “fish fry” on Friday nights during Lent. This project is very successful and raises money for the year for various chari

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Father Joseph Herzing resigned from his position in February, The Diocese of St. Cloud notified the impacted parishes. Father Arlie Sowada is currently serving as the parochial administrator. Herzing was charged in Stearns County on November 26, 2025, with stalking, third-degree criminal sexual conduct, and three counts of threats of violence involving one adult... Subscribe to get the rest of the story...