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News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago December 27, 2000 A short school board meeting culminated in a tour of the new addition is what happened at the Bertha-Hewitt School Board meeting on Tuesday evening. Members of the board heard again from Doug Cederstrand from E and V Construction Managers. He told them the progress being made is good and everything is on or ahead of schedule. All the concrete sidewalks are complete, however, landscaping and parking lot strip

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 Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago December 20, 2000 The new chapel at the Bertha-Domian-Anderson Funeral Home was dedicated to the memory of George Domian and “Swede” Anderson. Pictured by the dedication plaque were Joe Schuller, Rhonda Amundson, Nora Anderson, Jon Johns and Jerry Anderson. ********** During the latter part of the regular meeting of the Bertha City Council on Monday, December 11, new Mayor Gary Kleen and new Council Member Brad Rach took

Public safety and local government entities will soon receive over $2.2 million to improve their public service through Sourcewell’s Impact Funding. The recipients include 31 counties, cities, and townships, and 20 fire departments, police departments, and sheriff’s offices throughout Sourcewell’s central Minnesota service region. “These projects represent an incredible impact on our region’s communities,” said Paul Drange, director of regional services at Sourcewell. “Give

News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago December 13, 2000 The city of Hewitt will have two bars in January if everything gets approved for the re-opening of the Hewitt Bar. Darlene Boman from Eagle Bend is working on getting the bar operating again. She plans to leave the name as Hewitt Bar for the time being. She is working toward getting the approval from Todd County and work done to operate the kitchen/restaurant portion of the bar also. ********** Domian-Ande

News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago December 6, 2000 Selvey’s on Second, formerly The Pie Pantry, located on Main Street in Bertha is under new ownership. Dave and Beth Selvey of Bertha took over the business on October 15. They purchased the business from Joyce Moore. The Selvey’s are both from the area and decided to get into the restaurant business because “they wanted to make Bertha their home.” ********** The squeal of brakes, the sound of breaking glass,

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News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago November 29, 2000 Joseph De Sciose, a photographer from Manhattan, New York, has taken literally thousands of pictures. He has had many pictures published, but he never had one of his photos published in the New York Times until he submitted one of the Bertha-Hewitt Color Guard getting ready for a competition in Milaca. Band Director Ken Nelson received a letter from a former student who now lives in New York who was elated w

News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts 25 Years Ago November 22, 2000 Dave Ruby was at the November 13 Bertha City Council meeting. Ruby talked to the council about the schedule for the Bertha Community Center’s completion. The week of the 13th, they plan to get the roof metal and wall metal put up. The week of the 20th, they hope to have plumbing and electrical roughed in. They are looking at a January 1 completion date. ********** Kent Smith, president and owner of Diamond