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Snow Days at the Long Prairie-Grey Eagle School District is upon us with activities starting next week. The week of activities will include the following dress up days for the students: College Apparel Day, Animal Wild Life Day, Hawaiian Day, Thrift Shop Day and Class Color Day. Coronation will be...
A little “spice” was added to the work session held on January 19 when the topic of a human resources director/coordinator was broached.
Commissioner Rod Erickson said that the department heads had talked about what they felt was needed to improve the general operations. He said they were given a...
The Todd County Sheriff’s Office along with the Todd County Attorney’s Office submitted an application for a Technology Grant from the State of Minnesota to purchase E‐citation equipment and software. The State of Minnesota awarded Todd County a grant in the amount of $30,000.
This amount does...
Internationally-known Little Falls artist Charles Kapsner will unveil the third of five 8’x10’ oil paintings to be permanently displayed inside the Committal Hall at the Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery near Little Falls.
The painting honoring the Coast Guard will be unveiled at 2 p.m.,...
The Swanville High School is pleased to announce its ExCel Award Winner: Junior Sophie Larson. The ExCel Award is sponsored by the MN State High School League and is for juniors who are involved in either athletics or the arts, and who are leaders in their school and community. Sophie is the...
Karen Garvey, Senior Editor at Hometown Memories Publishing, is asking local folks to share their memories for a living history book. She invites anyone with yarns about the “good old days” in Northwestern Minnesota to write them down and mail them to her for possible publication in the book. The...
The following cases were heard before Judge Daniel A. Benson in Seventh District Court in Todd County January 15.
Carlos Enrique Mata, Melrose. Careless driving. Sentenced. Condition – Adult (No same or similar. Chemical dependency evaluation/treatment within 90 days. No alcohol/controlled...
The February 2016 meeting of the Prairie Quilters will be the first Thursday of the month, February 4, at 7 p.m. in the original location (Middle School). Please enter the school using door #S5 and go to room 108. You can park and enter at the south end of the school, facing Hwy 287.
The program...
The University of Minnesota Extension Service will be holding the annual Cow/Calf Days workshop in Staples on Tuesday, February 9th starting at 9:30 am in the Assembly Room at Central Lakes College. Registration for this event is $20 per person.
This Cow/Calf Workshop is open to all beef...
I’ve been asked by several people, if I could start writing a column regularly every week or so. I gotta tell you my friends, at my age, that would be taking the term “regular” to a whole new level. Another huge consideration is “happy hour”. That would be the ritual I occasionally engage in,...
