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The Long Prairie-Grey Eagle High School honored area veterans this past Friday with the school’s annual Veteran’s Day program. Sergeant Joseph Hinz of the Minnesota National Guard was this year’s speaker. Veterans also enjoyed a reception following the program.
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It’s been a rocky few months for the Long Prairie-Grey Eagle School Board and the day finally came and went that many in the school district had been waiting for—Election Day.
This election always held the potential for change due to the number of seats...
Erik Smetana from Gallagher was at the regular meeting of the board attending over Zoom.
He went over the class and compensation study that the county had employed Gallagher to do. They began this about a year ago.
Smetana said they looked over the data from 26 different counties to do their...
For their fall production the Upsala Drama Club will be presenting “Just Another High School Play” by Bryan Starchman. The plot has a group of high school actors who have apparently been abandoned by their drama teacher. They are left to fend for themselves opening night in front of a live audience...
Swanville students are preparing to perform their fall play, Murder Most Fowl written by Craig Sodaro. This murder mystery comedy follows famous chefs competing in a chicken cooking contest. When one of the chefs turns up dead, a killer quest ensues. With a multitude of plausible suspects, and a...
Long Prairie’s Southwest Industrial Park has seen a lot of activity recently with the new apartment development and now with sale of two lots for a new veterinary clinic it will see even more.
According to Dr. Jeff Sauer in a letter to the council, the Long Prairie Veterinary Clinic has outgrown...
The Osakis City Council had a marathon meeting recently, addressing numerous projects around town.
High on the list were the continuing issues with being able to source the materials required for the water treatment plant. Because of this, residents have noticed a drop in the quality of water they...
The Osakis School Board had a fairly light meeting in October but with some big items coming up in the future.
In particular, the board will pick up the mantel from a number of separate groups that have been meeting independently over the past several months.
The board will meet in a work session...
The USA (Upsala/Swanville Area) Community Chorus will present their 23rd Veterans Day show, “A Salute to Hollywood’s Real Life Heroes” on Monday, November 11 at 7:00 p.m. The show will be in the park building in Swanville and will feature the Blivot Players, the 05 Quartet. The West Central...
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has confirmed the presence of zebra mussels in Long Lake, near Little Sauk Township in Todd County.
An angler contacted the DNR after finding a zebra mussel on aquatic plants in Long Lake. A DNR invasive species specialist found zebra mussels on a dock...
