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Ray and Marlo Benning are celebrating 25 years as the owners of the Independent News Herald. They purchased the newspaper from Ernie and Diane Silbernagel, taking over the business on June 1, 2000. The Silbernagels had owned the Eagle Bend News and Bertha Herald since 1979 and combined these papers with the Clarissa Independent in 1992, creating the Independent News Herald. This publication is the official newspaper of Todd County, the Bertha-Hewitt and Browerville School D

According to court documents, Father Joseph Herzing, a priest of the diocese of St. Cloud, was charged on November 26, in Stearns County District Court, with multiple felony offenses stemming from alleged conduct involving a single adult. The charges include felony stalking for an alleged pattern of conduct intended to terrorize the victim, third-degree criminal sexual conduct for alleged sexual penetration while in a prohibited occupational relationship, and three felony co

News from Clarissa's Past 25 Years Ago December 20, 2000 It takes a lot of hard work and determination to start a band and stick with it, but that’s just what two local teens have done. Jon Cline, 16, of Browerville, and J.J. Korfe, 18, of Clarissa, started playing together about three years ago. More recently, Lucas Uchoa, 16, of Brazil, has become the vital third member of their group. They are doing so well they are in the process of putting together a compact disc. They

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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

Bishop Patrick Neary, C.S.C., of the Diocese of St. Cloud was notified on Wednesday, November 26, 2025, that Father Joseph Herzing, a priest of the diocese, was charged in Stearns County with one count of stalking, one count of third-degree criminal sexual conduct and three counts of threats of violence, all involving one adult. Bishop Neary has placed Father Herzing on leave immediately from his ministry at Christ the King in Browerville, St. Joseph in Clarissa, St. Joseph

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News from Clarissa's Past 25 Years Ago December 6, 2000 Jane Olson, a social worker with Todd County for the past nine years, was recently named Social Worker of the Year by the Minnesota Foster Care Association. Olson accepted the award on behalf of the entire Todd County Social Services Department. She said Todd County has been very supportive of the Minnesota Foster Care Association and it pays to send foster parents to the group’s state conference every year and they pa

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News from Clarissa's Past 25 Years Ago November 29, 2000 The council meeting was held on Monday, November 20 with Rick Busch absent. Sherry Crider asked the council where they are at with the ice skating rink that was to be on the corner of Frank Street and Ann Avenue. Crider went to the Lions to try and get funding to purchase a mat for the rink, but the Lions said they need to find a place and them come to them at that time. The council debated on locations to put an ice