Recollections
News from Eagle Bend's Past
25 Years Ago
December 25, 1996
The Eagle Bend City Council held a lengthy meeting to cover year-end business and settle salaries for 1997. After a lengthy discussion and two attempts at a motion, the council unanimously voted to increase wages by $70 a month for Sam Cossentine, Kevin Hess, Lenny Cossentine, Betty Gabler and Ryan VanDenheuvel. They voted to raise the starting salary for part-time bartenders from $4.75 per hour to $5.15.
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Ross C. Olson has become Todd County’s assistant administrator in the Planning and Zoning office. Olson began his new job on December 2. He fills the vacancy created by the resignation of Todd Holman in September.
50 Years Ago
December 23, 1971
Upon opening the Eagle Bend Produce Company for the normal business day on Friday, Manager Elmer Peterson discovered that the business establishment had been robbed the preceding evening, Thursday, December 16.
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Each year when Christmas draws near, the students of the Eagle Bend Public School help the school atmosphere take on the holiday spirit by decorating Christmas trees. The elementary grades each have a tree in their room and each floor of the school has a tree on it. The student council sponsors the tree on the third floor each year and directs its trimmings.
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