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The Todd County Board of Commissioners voted on a number of board action forms regarding personnel at the meeting on Oct. 6.
One of those actions included accepting the resignation of Sue Moller, a lead eligibility worker who has worked with Health and Human Services for 35 years.
Said HHS Director...
The Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) announced late July that South Country Health Alliance’s (SCHA) coverage for MinnesotaCare and Medical Assistance would be discontinued in all but one county, threatening the survival of the health plan. Todd County was not that county.
Following a...
Every year there is an endless supply of recipes out there for what to do with Holiday leftovers. Well instead of racking your brain trying to figure out which of them to use, why not make up some plates that are freezer ready (labeled, dated and sealed) and share them with people who would enjoy...
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is providing a timeline and other details about its production of maps for the state’s new law requiring vegetative buffers around bodies of water. The information is available at the DNR’s buffer law Web page, www.dnr.state.mn.us/buffers.
“We...
Let’s Talk Plants!
I hope you all have been enjoying our beautiful Indian summer days! My Browerville area garden has had some frost damage, but hasn’t quite reached a “hard frost” which is defined as temperatures less than 28 degrees Fahrenheit. According to an on-line National Weather database...
Barn Talk: The Brown and White of Handling Manure in Todd County
Farmers KNOW…having to handle anything more than once is less than efficient…
Spring 2015 Statistic: Number of Todd County manure stockpiles required to be moved for not meeting setbacks…
7
•Foresee problems meeting setbacks for...
Our Week In Review
Did you see the snow flurries the other day-made us think of Christmas. We have been planning the Bazaar and it is scheduled for Saturday Dec. 5th so be sure to mark it down on your calendars. Time continues to fly by and with daylight savings time the days continue to get...
Some 50 years ago, on a stretch of road no longer recognized as part of one of our local highways, the strangest thing some had ever seen was witnessed.
It was in the evening of Oct. 23, 1965. A young man named Jerry Townsend, who worked at KEYL, was on his way back to Long Prairie and was...
Long Prairie has a number of high volume apartment complexes that require a unique approach to fire safety. To address this, the Long Prairie Fire Department held a drill with management and residents at the Prairie View 400 apartment building. Prairie View 400 currently has 48 residents with...
The voters in the Long Prairie-Grey Eagle and Swanville School Districts will have some decisions to make next week as ballot referendums will be held.
In each district, voters will be asked to raise the operating levy, and provide additional funding.
LPGE
The referendum at LPGE, if passed,...
