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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...
The Long Prairie City Council approved a request from the Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Elementary School to turn 1st St. S on the school’s west side into a one-way street running from south to north.
The street will be a one-way during pick up and drop off times during school days. The school will...
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...
Minnesota’s family farmers are facing a tough battle with our drastically changing climate. Intense heat, heavy rainfalls and difficult pests create obstacles in a career already marked by the uncertainty of weather. And the news of wildfires and hurricanes elsewhere in the country are making...
Beginning in June and July, the nation started to experience a coin shortage, attributed to the pandemic. “As the spreading coronavirus and resulting business closures crippled economic activity in the United States, the circulation of coins dropped off significantly. The U.S. Mint, which...
