Looking Back
News from Bertha and Hewitt's Pasts
25 Years Ago
October 10, 2001
The citizens of the city of Hewitt are counting their blessings for Juanita Mitchell. She is a member of the Hewitt City Council and has worked diligently on getting funding resources for different projects around the city. She helped raise money for the city’s new playground, more than $22,000. This included $16,000 in grant money. And she wrote an application for a FEMA grant for the fire department that was awarded $19,000.
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Among six athletes being inducted into the Minnesota State University Hall of Fame on October 13, is Dick Sagehorn, a native of Bertha and a graduate of Bertha-Hewitt High School. Sagehorn was a three-year linebacker for the Dragons and an ALL-NIC selection as a junior and senior. Despite a rare losing season in 1975, he was voted the MVP in the NIC by league coaches.
75 Years Ago
October 11, 1951
The Bertha Commercial Club will play host to the facility members of the Bertha School and their wives and husbands and to school bard members and their wives. Dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. followed by a short get-acquainted time.
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At a regular meeting, the Hewitt Board of Education adopted a budget for the coming year that will lower the tax levy by an estimated $2000.
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