The tax rate will decrease from $4.65 percent per $1,000 of assessed valuation to $4.50, making the effective tax rate 3 percent lower than it was in 2016.
BERNE — The Berne-Knox-Westerlo Parent-Teacher Association will host the second annual Jean Forti Run for Education 5K and Family Fun Run on Saturday, Oct. 15, at the Thompson's Lake Campground. A new course has been designed for participants to follow.
BERNE — This community lost a man important to its economy, its communal life, and its history when Paul Frank Giebitz died on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016 as the result of a tractor accident. He was 89.