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y Tim King
Gerald Ruda was chosen as Chairman of the Board of
he Todd County Commissioners for 2012 at the Tuesdayanuary 3 meeting. Ruda had been vice chair during
011. He takes the chairman’s gavel from Commissioner
ark Blessing.
“I would like to thank Commissioner Mark Blessing
r a year of outstanding leadership in 2011,” Ruda said.
Commissioner Randy Neumann was chosen as vice
hair for 2012.
OFFICIAL TODD COUNTY NEWSPAPER
Commissioners once again selected the unified bid of
he Staples World to be the official newspaper for Todd
ounty. The county’s official newspaper publishes the
ficial proceedings of the board of commissioners, includ-
g the minutes of meetings. The official publication also
ublishes the county’s financial statement and list of
delinquent property taxes. Although the
Staples World was chosen as the official
newspaper, the Eagle Bend News Herald,Browerville Blade, and Long Prairie Leader
will publish the same material. The Staples
World has contracted with those publications
to publish the official material.
The bid of the Staples World was $9.30 per column
inch. That is the same rate as the World’s successful bid
to be the county’s official newspaper last year. Legal
printing for the county was budgeted at $11,000 in 2011.
According to County Administrator Nathan Burkett the
actual cost for legal printing in 2011 was $13,313.41. The
county has budgeted $11,000 for legal printing again for
2012.
In separate action commissioners accepted the bid of
the Long Prairie Leader to distribute the county financial
statement to the parts of Todd County not covered by the
distribution of the official newspaper. The Leader’s suc-
cessful bid was $7.30 per inch and was made jointly on
behalf of the other three weekly newspapers. The
Leader’s bid has been the same since 2008.
COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS
Commissioners approved their roster of committee
assignments for 2012. Committee assignments for the
On the afternoon of January
4, the Todd County Sheriff’s
Office was notified that
Maryann Leona Biskey, 57, was
missing from her rural resi-
dence on 309th St, Section 132,
Bruce Township, rural Burtrum.
Her husband, Gary Biskey, had
noticed she was missing when
he awoke in the morning. Her
purse and cell phone were at the
residence, and no vehicles were
missing. Family members
reported they had not heardfrom her since the evening of
January 3.
On Thursday afternoon,
January 5, the body of Maryann
Biskey was located within a half
mile of her residence. Deputiessaid they found no signs of foul
play, but could not determine
any cause of death. Her body
was sent to the Anoka County
medical examiner's office for an
autopsy, which was completed
Friday, January 6. No cause of
death has been released.
Anyone with information
about her death is asked to con-
tact the Todd County Sheriff's
Office at (320) 732-2157
The Todd County Sheriff ’s
Posse, Long Prairie Fire Dept.,
and MN State Trooper helicop-
ter assisted in search efforts.
The MN Bureau of Criminal
Apprehension is also assisting
in the investigation.
A community newspaper serving Browerville, MN and surrounding areas. USPS 067-560
Thursday, January 12, 2012
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W EEKLY W EATHER REPORT
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Commissioner Gerald Ruda, right, was appointed Chairman of the Board of Commissioners
r 2012. Commissioner Randy Neumann, left, has accepted the position of Vice Chair.
Commissioners appointChair/review committees
Burtrumwoman’s
cause of
death is
unknown
Continued on page 16.
Reprinted
from the
Todd County
Sheriff’s
Newsletter
It usually
goes without
saying, when
Law Enforce-
ment has news
to report, it is
almost always
negative. On
T h u r s - d a y ,
Decem-ber 29,
2011, an ATV
driven by
Travis Ritter,
of rural Sauk
Centre, went
through the ice
on Fairy Lake
in Kandota
Twp. Ritter’s three year old son
was a passenger on the ATV.
Ritter was able to hoist his son
out of the freezing water, but
was not able to get out of the
water himself.
This is where the good news
come in. Two 17year old girls,
Mercedes Eke and Kali Arnzen,
were enjoying the unseasonably
war weather and were skating
on the lake when they saw the
ATV plunge through the ice.
Eke immediately skated to her
cell phone and called 911.
Arnzen skated to the locationand took off her ice skates and
threw them to Ritter, to use as
ice picks to pull himself from
the freezing water. He was still
unable to climb out of the freez-
ing water, so Arnzen retrieved
one of her skates from Ritter,
removed her jacket, tossed
Ritter a sleeve of the jacket,
anchored herself with the skate
and assisted Ritter by helping
pull him out of the water.
Ritter and his son were taken
to the hospital in Sauk Centre,
where they were treated and
released. The quick thinking of
the two young ladies was amaz-
ing. Without their help, emer-
gency personnel would most
likely have been reporting bad
news and would have been
involved in the recovery of a
body.I’m sure neither of these girls
planned on being heroes. Since
the incident I have spoken with
Ritter and he said he didn’t
know what he would have done
without their assistance. I’ve
also spoken with the parents of
both girls. The girls are very
humble about this experience. A
formal commendation is being
planned for the girls.
The lakes in Todd County are
still very unpredictable and no
vehicle traffic is suggested on
our lakes. Use extreme caution
when on the ice and if you are
not familiar with a particular
lake, it’s best to talk to a local
bait shop or area fisherman
about possible ice hazards typi-
cal of local lakes.
Todd County Sheriff Pete
Mikkelson.
Maryann Leona Biskey.
Mercedes Eke and Kali Arnzen’s quick
hinking on December 29th may have helped
avedthe life of Sauk Centre’s Travis Ritter.
Sauk Centre Herald photo.
Sauk Centre girl’s quick thinking may have saved man’s life