Bernard Companies in the News
Locally owned in Chatfield, Bernard Bus Service is celebrating 75 years of family-owned business. Mike Bernard’s grandparents, Art and Evelyn, opened the business in 1947. Mike’s uncle was in charge when they retired with Mike’s parents, Chip and Lana, taking over the business in 1985. At that time, they had 9-10 routes in Chatfield with all the buses running on LP; they worked out of a one stall garage.
Mike Bernard of Bernard Bus Service, Chatfield, exclaimed, “I don’t understand how there can be confusion? Stop arms on school buses are great big, red signs with flashing red lights that say ‘STOP!’ STOP means STOP!”
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Bernard Bus Service, which contracts with Olmsted and Fillmore County school districts, has 45 buses in its fleet. The Bernard says they report around 50 stop violations every year to law enforcement. This is just a small fraction of the amount of violations they see, but cannot report.
(ABC 6 News) – Minnesota lawmakers are on a mission to make getting to and from school safer for our students. Since last year, the Dept. of Public Safety has been awarding millions of dollars to school districts and transportation companies to put stop arm cameras on buses.
