Hagerty said in an email from family said she “hopes to be back in the Herald soon” with occasional appearances in print.

For the past several years, Hagerty has written five columns per week in the newspaper: That Reminds Me, The Eatbeat, Dear Shirley and two versions of Happenings.

Her Eatbeat column, which began publishing in the early 1980s and will again be seen Wednesday, garnered international attention online, network television appearances and provided the basis of a book, Grand Forks: A History of American Dining in 100 Reviews.

Hagerty started at the Herald in 1961 as a full-time features reporter. In 2012, the same year her Olive Garden restaurant review gained Internet fame, the University of South Dakota honored her with the Al Neuharth Award for Excellence in the Media.

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