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News from Eagle Bend's Past 25 Years Ago January 31, 2001 The women of Faith Lutheran Church and Immanuel Lutheran Church of Eagle Bend made a joint effort to make mission quilts. The material was purchased with money donated from the Lutheran Brotherhood. The quilts are sent to foreign missions, fire victims and home missions. The sewing group averages about 10 projects per month. If anyone knows of a local need, you can contact Evelyn Oftedahl or Linda Peterson. *********

News from Eagle Bend's Past 25 Years Ago January 24, 2001 Eagle Valley’s Sno-Daze Queen is Lisa Brown and King is Jacob Asfeld. ********** The Eagle Valley boys basketball team added two big conference wins to their record last week. On Tuesday, the Rebels defeated St. John’s Prep 64-48, and on Friday, they defeated Browerville 73-71 in a come from behind, overtime win. The Rebels’ team play appears to have turned a corner from the low scoring struggles they had earlier i

News from Eagle Bend's Past 25 Years Ago January 17, 2001 Michelle Lang, representing Lakewood Health System Foundation, Staples, gave a presentation on fundraising to members of the Eagle Bend Area Development Committee at their January 10 meeting. Her recommendations included a silent auction followed by a live auction selling services to be provided by local business people. The EBADC is attempting to raise $142,000 to build a new park within the city of Eagle Bend. Actua

News from Eagle Bend's Past 25 Years Ago January 10, 2001 CentraCare Clinic of Long Prairie and Lakewood Heath System of Staples have joined together to build a new clinic south of Eagle Bend off Highway 71. They are building a new health facility which will be a 5000 square foot building. A groundbreaking ceremony was held Friday, December 29. Pictured are: Mark Murphy, CentraCare; Greg Wolhowe, Director of Clinic Services; Mel Nefstead, Lakewood Health System; Dr. Paul Van

News from Eagle Bend's Past 25 Years Ago January 3, 2001 “Mom was worried to start with”, said Mike Pontius. “She came out and watched the Nationals but she doesn’t like it a lot and will be glad when it’s over!” Mike was referring to his intercollegiate boxing as a Cadet at the United States Air Force Academy. Mike is the son of Jim and Pam Pontius, rural Eagle Bend. He graduated from Eagle Valley High School with the class of 1997. ********** On Saturday, December 23, Al

News from Eagle Bend's Past 25 Years Ago December 27, 2000 Spotlight on Scholarship Gold award winners—to receive the Gold award, a student must be involved in a MSHSL activity in that season (football, volleyball or cheer leading), be a member of the Varsity or JV team and must have a GPA from 3.6 and up. Pictured are: Justin Boseck, Antony Motl, Charlie Woida, Mark LaVoie, Jared Voge, Austin Murch, Clayton Krause, Nathan Wood, Michelle Holt, Tabitha Denny, Katy Denny, Mega

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

News from Eagle Bend's Past 25 Years Ago December 20, 2000 It was the early 1970s when a young couple, Fred (Buck) and Carolynne Bisel, and their young children decided to leave the Washington, D.C. metro area. Buck had been the manager of a large Safeway food store. They had a choice of grocery stores in Sauk Centre, Grey Eagle or Eagle Bend. They chose Eagle Bend because it was located in a strong agricultural area, not depending on the tourist trade. They bought the groce

News from Eagle Bend's Past 25 Years Ago December 13, 2000 Pictured is the Eagle Valley Health Fair event. Garret Hurd was explaining the effects of alcohol to Nikki Brynarski, Ashley Engen, Katie Weishair and Tammy Seifert. Beth Ahrens was explaining what first responders responsibilities are to Kyle Klein and Casey Johnson. ********** The Todd County Trail Association held their annual banquet on Saturday, December 9. The winner of a 2000 Polaris snowmobile was Jean Morr

by Trinity Gruenberg trinity@inhnews.com Jerry’s Auto Body is celebrating its 50th year in business in Eagle Bend. Jerry Lorentz, who established the business and opened the shop in 1975, has kept articles, advertisements, and photos from the shop over the last five decades, recalling memorable moments and significant changes in the industry. “It goes by quickly. In the old days, you think, ‘I’ve been in this for 25 years; that’s forever!’ and then suddenly there’s another