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The following cases were heard before Judge Daniel A. Benson in Seventh District Court in Todd County October 14, 2020.
Timothy James Whitten, Fergus Falls. 1st degree-possess 50 grams or more-cocaine or methamphetamine. Stay of imposition pursuant to M.S. 609.135. Probation - Adult (Supervised...
The Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Thunder tennis team closed out their regular season competition with a loss against Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa Sept. 29.
“The girls played great and fought till the end,” said head coach Angela Eldred.
Next up for the Thunder is Sections. The Thunder finished as a 4-seed...
It was good while it lasted, or so it seemed as the Long Prairie-Grey Eagle School Board debated the guidance and changes to the district’s athletic events and above all, it’s learning model.
Learning Model
For several weeks now the case rate in Todd County has been inching upwards, slowly at...
If anything, this pandemic has taught us how to be creative, how to get things done when conditions aren’t favorable and how to adapt.
Politics, like business, has not been business as usual.
“It’s been really odd,” commented Rep. John Poston, 9A.
Poston normally would’ve attended four county...
When things are on an upswing and everything is going according to plan, it’s an easy decision to continue with something. It’s when things are uncertain and plans can change—not always for the better—does it matter the most how we respond to something.
This situation was put squarely into focus...
On Tuesday, September 15, 2020, the Todd County Board of Commissioners approved a Small Business and Non-Profit Relief Grant Program funded through the CARES CRF (Coronavirus Relief Fund).
The grant program is for small businesses and non-profits directly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The...
The following cases were heard before Judge Daniel A. Benson in Seventh District Court in Todd County September 30, 2020.
Robert Joseph Abts, Long Prairie. 5th degree possession of a controlled substance. Sentence. Condition - Adult(Cooperate with the search of your person, residence,, vehicle,...
A faulty voter report due to human error is being blamed for a number of absentee voters in Long Prairie receiving the wrong ballots.
According to the Todd County Auditor/Treasurer office, absentee voters in the city of Long Prairie received ballots that were for races in Long Prairie Township....
John Peters of Browerville knows he’s the underdog candidate when it comes to the Minnesota Senate District 9 race, but it’s a role that he’s embraced.
Peters, a former Republican himself, is the DFL candidate going against the most powerful republican in Minnesota politics, Senate Majority Leader...
Laura Wright of Little Falls, is yet another DFLer considered to be an underdog in this years race for the Minnesota House.
Since before Todd County was split into two separate house districts, each district has been held firmly in control by popular Republicans.
Wright will have her work cut our...
