McIntosh alum John Berndt chosen Hero of Year by national 40 and 8

State Highway Patrol Trooper John Berndt, a 1997 graduate of McIntosh High School, was recently named Hero of the Year at the National Promenade of the Society of the Forty Men and Eight Horses, more commonly known as the Forty and Eight.Berndt was recognized by Voiture 146 in Aberdeen in April and then selected as the South Dakota state Hero of the Year before being chosen as the nation...