For someone, it was a Halloween prank, maybe, that went terribly wrong. For the family of a Becker crash victim lost 11 years ago, it was a tragic vandalism of their beloved neice’s headstone. The story, however, ended happily, as an anonymous “angel” repaired the marker, leaving it better than it was before. That’s the […]
Patriarch Don Barthel, of Don’s Bus Service, Dies
Albertville patriarch Donald Barthel, who founded one of the community’s cornerstone businesses and served the schools district here for more than five decades, died Saturday, Aug. 2 at his home in Albertville, surrounded by his family. He was 90. Barthel grew up on one of the community’s quintessential dairy farms, north of Albertville city limits, […]