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A viral video circulating in the area involving Three Two0 PredPatrol and posted online April 25 shows a man posing as a 13-year-old girl online before arranging to meet Patrick Lyndon Walker at the St. Cloud Mall. According to the video, Walker allegedly sent sexually explicit photos to the decoy before being confronted at the meeting location. The video can be viewed at www.facebook.com/320pp. A petition for civil commitment has been filed by Todd County Human Services for

News from Clarissa's Past 25 Years Ago May 23, 2001 Carolyn Krenzelok began her new position as Navigator for the American Cancer Society last month in Clarissa. Navigator is an American Cancer Society initiative designed to help residents of Clarissa find the cancer services and resources they need through their cancer journey. ********** On Thursday, May 17, Marvin Prust received a certificate of continuous membership for being a Legion Member in good standing for 50 year

A viral video circulating in the area involving Three Two0 PredPatrol and posted online April 25 shows a man posing as a 13-year-old girl online before arranging to meet Patrick Lyndon Walker at the St. Cloud Mall. According to the video, Walker allegedly sent sexually explicit photos to the decoy before being confronted at the meeting location. The video can be viewed at www.facebook.com/reel/1307382527919167 or www.facebook.com/320pp. A petition for civil commitment has be

After more than 20 years behind the counter at Unity Bank, Clarissa, Julie Bruder is retiring with a full heart and deep ties to the community she’s served. Bruder began her career in 2006 as a part-time employee, eventually moving into a full-time role. While the building itself hasn’t changed, the way banking is done certainly has. She’s seen the transition from mostly paper records to digital systems—and now a blend of both. “The scanners have changed a lot,” she noted,

News from Clarissa's Past 25 Years Ago May 16, 2001 Last Friday, first graders honored their moms at a special program. They performed songs, presented their moms with hand-made gifts and each recited a poem. Pictured, Jacob Schauer is giving a gift to his mom, Denitra and Brooke Schumann shared a poem, and Jerod Nelson is also pictured with his mom. ********** The Eagle Valley Rebels baseball team continues to search for improvement on defense. The Rebels have had more t

News from Clarissa's Past 25 Years Ago May 9, 2001 The Rebels softball team put themselves in a deep hole as they gave up three first inning runs and five fourth inning runs to trail 9-0 after four innings. Jenny Nelson made some great plays as shortstop for the Rebels. Walks, followed by errors, followed by hits usually spell trouble, and it did for Eagle Valley. Michelle Holt pitched the first four innings. Holt gave up six hits and walked three. ********** Elise Krause,

News from Clarissa's Past 25 Years Ago May 2, 2001 The total number of eggs hidden throughout the Independent News Herald’s Spring Edition was 177. The winners of the contest were Nicole Haase of Bertha ($25 cash) and Christine Sanders of Clarissa (Twins Tickets). Most of the eggs were used in the ads, in borders and pictures, etc. ********** Twenty-eight winners were honored by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota and Olympic gold medal winning swimmer Tom Malchow at a stat

News from Clarissa's Past 25 Years Ago April 25, 2001 “The outfield fence of the softball field needs a lot of help,” said Butch Booker during his maintenance report, “Eighty feet of the center field fence is down due to the flood. The best thing to do would be to have Oberg Fence of Deerwood come and take down the whole fence, re-stretch it and put it back up again.” Booker also asked if they have to put washed sand under the playground equipment and volleyball courts? **

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 Clarissa's Past 25 Years Ago April 18, 2001 The Randy and Cari Jonas family who live south of Clarissa have had several of their sheep killed in the past few weeks. According to Randy, the sheep started showing up dead and were usually cornered in the pasture. They got rid of their dogs thinking they were the culprit. The day after that they found an 800 pound steer corned in the pasture with part of his hind quarters eaten. The game warden was called and sent out