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Sunday, November 1 Benjamin Siegle, 24, of Alexandria called the Todd County Sheriff’s Office to report that he had hit a deer on Co Rd 38 west of Clotho. Nobody was injured in the accident but there was damage to Siegle’s 1989 Dodge Truck. At approximately 5:06 p.m., the Todd County Sheriff’s...
Friday, October 30 721 – assisted with a civil issue. 721 – responded to a business alarm. 721 – assisted Homeland Security. Thursday, October 29 723 – responded to a domestic. 733 – took a report of a domestic assault. 733 – theft. 733 – responded to a property damage vehicle accident. 733 –...
Minnesota Department  of Natural Resources John Edward Marty, Maplewood. Aquatic plant management – fail to have a permit. $200 fine. $90 fees. Juan Carlos Mejia, Long Prairie. Fishing-Extra line. $50 fine. $90 fees. Jose Moris Rodriguez, Apple Valley. Fishing-Extra line. $50 fine. $90 fees. Larry...
Sunday, October 25 A page came in for a vehicle accident involving two semi’s at the intersection of Hwy. 71 and Hwy. 27 south of Long Prairie. There were no injuries but the north bound traffic lane was blocked and fuel was leaking from a  fuel tank. The department assisted with traffic control...
Ron Branstner addresses a near capacity crowd at the Hub Supper Club on the issues surrounding refugee resettlement.
The Concerned Citizens of Todd County group held an informational meeting at the Hub Supper Club in Burtrum last Thursday night. The topic for the evening addressed the refugee resettlement throughout the nation in recent years. The group invited Ron Branstner, who has addressed other communities...
Members of the Blivet Players and soloists line up for the opening of the USA Community Chorus’ Veterans Day show.  They are (L-R) Fr. Michael Kellogg, USAF TSGT Maureen Putnam, USAF TSGT Tom Speckhard, MnANG CW4 Scott Bjerke, USAF CPT Tony Foster, MnANG MAJ Neal Wilson, USN LCDR Graham Clark and USMC LTC Richard Vosepka. 
The USA (Upsala/Swanville Area) Community Chorus will be presenting its 15th annual Veterans Day Program on Wednesday, 11 November at 7:30 p.m. in the Upsala School Auditorium.  This year’s program will end the Chorus’ commemoration of the 70th anniversary of World War II as it highlights three of...
Seven members of the USA Honor Squad take a short break before picking up their rakes to complete raking leaves from the East Swanville Cemetery as part of one of the squad’s yearly community service projects.  Squad members, from left, are: Shane Lambrecht, squad commanding officer, Morgan Bellefeuille, Travis Bellefeuille, Elijah Wardlaw, squad executive officer, Braedan Rene, assistant squad leader, Ryker Stevens and Samuel Gunnon. 
USA Honor Squad members commenced their community service projects for the 2015-16 school year by raking the leaves from the East Swanville Cemetery.  Throughout the year, members of the squad, which is a military drill unit made up of third, fourth, fifth and sixth grade students in the Swanville...
Jason Rieber has served as an officer/paramedic on the Breezy Point Police Department for the past eight years. Submitted Photo.
Breezy Point police officer Jason Rieber has spent much of his adult life helping others. The Long Prairie native has spent the past eight years serving the city of Breezy Point as an officer/paramedic, a career path that even surprised himself as he had previously worked in emergency medical...
The following cases were heard before Judge Douglas P. Anderson in Seventh District Court in Todd County October 26. Luis Manuel Espitia Cabrera, Long Prairie. Domestic assault. Dismissed Olivia Rajane Evans-McKnight, Long Prairie. Domestic Assault. Sentenced. Condition – Adult (Conditions, other,...
People living in Todd County who have trouble paying home energy bills may be eligible for assistance through the Energy Assistance Program (EAP). The Energy Assistance Program is funded by the Minnesota Department of Commerce and the United States Department of Health & Human Services. People...

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