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Vern Herrst’s planned 2,200-mile horse ride across the West and Midwest is part personal challenge, part fundraiser and part homecoming.
Herrst, of Winthrop, intends to ride his saddle horse Nikki, with a pack horse trailing along, to his hometown of Howell, Michigan, for his 50th high school class reunion in late August.
Vern Herrst, who ran unsuccessfully last year for a seat on the Winthrop Town Council, has been selected to fill the council position that was created when Mort Banasky died in August. Herrst was one of two people who applied to fill the council vacancy. The other was Billie Jo Hope. The council briefly interviewed […]
By Laurelle Walsh and Ann McCreary
Three Winthrop offices – only one contested – and one uncontested Twisp council position on the November ballot
