Bertha News

Tropical Storm Hanna knocked out power to the southern Bahamas on Wednesday and officials from Nassau to South Carolina warned residents to prepare for possible evacuations as it moves north and grows into a ...

As both a Catholic and mother of a severely autistic child, I was livid after reading the Aug.

When a 13-year-old Minnesota boy was banned from church after parishioners complained about his behavior, it exposed a painful truth: Some autistic children can be annoying and disruptive in public.

During weekday Mass at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Parish, also known as Burnside's Downtown Chapel, two dozen people stand, kneel, make the sign of the cross and receive Communion.

When a 13-year-old Minnesota boy was banned from church after parishioners complained about his behavior, it exposed a painful truth so politically incorrect that some people feel guilty just saying it out ...

Lois is an extremely creative human being. She will now be continuing this artistic tradition throughout the wonderful secular universe! Together, from 1994 to 2008, Lois and John created a beautiful ...

Vandals damaged a couple of mailboxes along 175th Avenue in Germania Township by placing fireworks inside them.

Although my daily life now includes neither Minnesota nor covering religion news, I still keep an eye on both -- which is why the story of a rural Catholic congregation, a boy with autism and a court battle ...

A judge has upheld a restraining order barring an autistic boy from attending church in the small central Minnesota town of Bertha.

Not even a storm front would stop the Rapids River Days Parade. Even after a tornado warning was issued for Sauk Rapids and points east in Benton County about 3 p.m., festival coordinator Marla Elness was ...

A woman who says her autistic child should be allowed to attend church services put her priest on the stand during a court hearing Tuesday.

Reading The Enquirer during lunch, I almost choked on the headline 'Mom cited for taking autistic son to church' . I lost my appetite while reading about the restraining order issued against 13-year-old Adam ...

Hoping some good will come from her widely publicized dispute with her small-town church, the mother of an autistic child has started a new website to help special-needs families feel more welcome where they ...

Why does the catholic church ban people from attending services? I thought churches were open to all.

Autism campaigners around the world are urging Pope Benedict XVI to act on autism in the wake of the banning of a 13 year old boy with severe autism from the Roman Catholic Church of St.Joseph, in Bertha, ...

WWMPD? Not WWJD? But WWMPD? That keeps running through my mind in reading the news this week out of Bertha and Todd County, where a church has filed a restraining order to keep a severely autistic 13-year-old ...

The story out of Bertha about a mother's conflict with her church to bring her son to worship services provides an opportunity to raise awareness about resources available to help successfully include persons ...

The parents of a 13-year-old autistic boy in Bertha, Minnesota, are facing a restraining order from their parish priest because of their handicapped child.

The mother of a 13-year-old autistic boy, who was banned by a court order from attending services at a Bertha, Minn.

Some see it as too harsh. Others see it as a last resort for safety. A Minnesota church's efforts to bar a severely autistic 13-year-old boy from its Roman Catholic mass, saying he's a danger to others, ...