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News from Verndale's Past 40 Years Ago, September 24, 1986 • Connie Nanik posed with Jule, her 3-year-old quarterhorse, who together, they won the first place trophy for sportsmanship in the State 4-H Show. Connie, who has been riding horseback since she was three years old, competed in the 14-year-old class with 35 other contestants. This is her second year of competition at the state level and her third year in the 4-H horse project. • Another young Verndaleite helping to

News from Verndale's Past 40 Years Ago, September 17, 1986 • As of press time this week, three persons have filed with the city clerk for posts on the Council. That of mayor and two council seats will be vacated. The terms of Mayor Dale Carr and Councilmen Roger Anderson and Fred Miller will expire. Seeing the mayor position are Gary Van Dam and Roger Anderson while Lyle Schmitz has filed for the council. • Six youth from the Verndale Christian and Missionary Alliacne Churc

by Trinity Gruenberg trinity@inhnews.com The Verndale City Council held their regular meeting on Monday, September 14. Sidewalk Snow Removal The Verndale City Council spent much time discussing a citizen petition that asked for the city to take over the responsibility of removing snow and ice from sidewalks, instead of having property owners do it. This idea relates to ordinance 93.02. The streets committee had already talked about possible compromises, like extending the

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The Verndale Elementary honored the 25th anniversary of the 9-11 attacks on Friday. Students paraded around Farwell and Brown Streets. Back at the school, students led the ceremony with several speakers reading passages about the events of the horrific attacks. September 11, 2001, began like an ordinary Tuesday morning. People went to work, children went to school, families started their day, but that morning our country experienced terrorist attacks that took the lives o

Matt Allen completed the varsity boys 3.1 mile race in 34 minutes, 5 seconds. by Coach Heidi Brandsma The Verndale Cross Country team participated in the Johanna Olson Invitational held at the Whitetail Run Golf course in Wadena on Tuesday September 8th. It was a challenging day for the team, with temperatures in the 80s and humidity that made running more difficult. The team rallied and finished strong. New for the team, we also had four elementary students who are pa

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by Coach Heidi Brandsma The Verndale Cross Country team has had a busy beginning of the season. The first meet we participated in was the Brave Like Gabe meet hosted by Perham. This meet took place on Saturday, August 29th at The Pioneer Village in Perham. There were 40 teams competing at this meet, split by school size into two different groups. Running for the Junior High girls’ team was Elliana Mathison, who finished the two-mile course in 19 min. 51 sec. Running for

News from Verndale's Past 40 Years Ago, September 10, 1986 • Joe and Diane Rousslang of Verndale look on in this photo as their son, John, was awarded a special honor medal for quick, correct thinking in an emergency situation. The award was presented by the Park Region Scout Council. Bruce MacKenzie, district executive officer from Brainerd, made the presentation last Thursday evening during a program held at Sunnybrook Park in Wadena. John was the one who discovered the fi

News from Verndale's Past 40 Years Ago, September 3, 1986 • Mayor Dale Carr said because he feels that 12 years of service on the council and serving as mayor is enough, he will not seek re-election in the November elections, as the filling dates opened Tuesday of this week. Carr feels it’s time for someone else to serve in that capacity. Also indicating they do not plan to file for re-election are Fred Miller, the oldest member of the council, and Roger Anderson, who has co