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Wow, we enjoyed the sunshine and it was nice to get some vitamin D.  Another busy week up here on the hill.  Stephanie, Boston and Max, (from the Dairy Queen) donated ice cream sundaes for all, and Lu, Hagen, and Leevke came up to help them serve and then stayed to join us for a wild game of 6’s...
Brenda Thomes
  The Long Prairie City Council has fired Long Prairie City Administrator Brenda Thomes effective immediately after a closed session of the council during its meeting last night.  Former city administrator David Venekamp will serve as the interim city administrator until a replacement can be found...
  The Long Prairie-Grey Eagle school district recently released its plan to find a replacement sport after making the decision to cut the gymnastics program due to no applicants for vacancies at all coaching positions in the program. The topic was again discussed during a regular session on Oct. 15...
  Representative John Poston from District 9A is looking to continue his service to the residents of District 9A, which includes most of Todd County outside of Long Prairie, Cass and Wadena County.  Poston just ended his freshman run in the Minnesota House of Representative. Like any other freshman...
According to a statement from Dan Drilling of the Sears Hometown  Outlet in Little Falls, the recent bankruptcy filing by Sears Holding Co. does not apply to local Hometown stores. Drilling said his Sears store and others like it have been separated from Sears Holdings since 2012. He said his Sears...
The November 2018 meeting of the Prairie Quilters will be held Thursday, Nov. 1, at 7 p.m. at the Long Prairie Senior Citizens Center at 50 3rd St North (right on Hwy 27 in Long Prairie next to the Library) with plenty of additional parking behind the building. Join us for a fun evening of quilt...
The Long Prairie Chamber of Commerce has one remaining candidate forum for the upcoming election.  The forum will feature candidates for the Long Prairie City Council. The city council and mayor’s forum will be held Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. in the LPGE Secondary School auditorium. The Long Prairie Chamber...
The Long Prairie Police Department is reminding residents that winter parking regulations are going into effect Nov. 1 and will run through March 31., 2019.  There will be no parking from 1:30 a.m. to 5:30 a.m. on Central Ave. east of Todd St. to 6th St. SE.  The rest of downtown along Central...
Halloween may be a fun holiday for children, but for parents, trick-or-treat time can be a little troublesome, warned the Long Prairie Police Department. Concerns about children’s safety, whether they are out in the neighborhood or back at home with bountiful bags of goodies can cast a spell on the...
Next month, the American Lutheran Church in Long Prairie will be among 5,000 drop-off locations collecting shoebox gifts for children overseas during Operation Christmas Child’s national collection week Nov. 12-19.  Long Prairie families, churches and other groups are asked to transform empty...

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