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The Long Prairie-Grey Eagle School Board once again took up the topic of a School Resource Officer.
The matter had previously been looked at by the board and was voted down due to the financial implications and shifts in attitudes nationwide about police in the wake of the murder of George Floyd...
The Long Prairie City Council held a couple light meetings in May to address routine items.
The Council tabled action on a request form the New Classics Motor Club to hold a car show, swap meet and burnout contest at the industrial park in July as no members were present at the meeting.
The...
Governor Tim Walz launched ‘Your Shot to Summer,’ the state’s COVID-19 vaccine incentive campaign encouraging Minnesotans to roll up their sleeves and get their COVID-19 vaccine during the next month.
The campaign aims to get 70 percent of Minnesotans 16 years of age and older vaccinated by July 1...
The Long Prairie Lions Club recently made a donation of $1,350 to the Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Thunder softball program for outfield fence screens. On hand for the donation were Lion Richard Bernard, Thunder head coach Joe Gaida, Thunder seniors Averie Cavallero, Emily Weber and Savannah Lowe, Lion...
CentraCare is now providing the COVID-19 vaccine to all Minnesotans ages 12+. In an effort to provide easy access to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, CentraCare – Long Prairie will be hosting a vaccination event at their West Campus, 20 9th Street SE, Long Prairie, offering Pfizer vaccine (ages 12+)...
Great River Regional Library (GRRL) will kick off the annual Summer Reading Program (SRP) on Monday, June 7th, continuing through Saturday, August 7th.
Registration begins on Monday, June 7th, and can be done in the Beanstack app, visiting griver.beanstack.org, or by visiting your local library...
Families with young children will get a little more help purchasing groceries soon. While hungry school children have been able to take advantage of Pandemic Benefit Transfer food benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic, for the first time, many of Minnesota’s youngest children will now be eligible...
Mary Ann Kuharsk is well known for her PROLIFE Across AMERICA signs and billboards. She is a founding member of that organization and an author and national speaker on life and family issues.
On June 15, 2021, she will be the featured speaker at the Celebraion of Life Fundraising Gathering for...
The following cases were heard before Judge Daniel A. Benson in Seventh District Court in Todd County May 4, 2021.
Keith Landon Harmening, Staples. 3rd Degree driving while impaired. Dismissed. 3rd Degree driving while impaired-alcohol content greater than .08 within 2 hours. Sentenced. Local...
Early Tuesday morning was just like any other morning for Chuck Blankenship. But on his way into town, his morning took a turn that he wasn’t expecting, and life took an unthinkable turn for a local family.
It was just before 7 a.m. when Blankenship drove past the Pitschka resident south of Lake...
