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Over the past several years, it’s been more and more difficult to find housing in Long Prairie. At Monday’s city council meeting, the aging infrastructure and decades-old ordinances surfaced as a major impediment to quick fixes. The Long Prairie City Council met on Monday, April 17 and voted to...
  The Swanville School Board tightened up the district’s cell phone policy some at its last meeting.    Now, students in grades seven through 12 will not be able to use cell phones in the classroom. If they are found to be in use, the phones will be taken and can be picked up in the office at the...
Monday, April 24 During the week of April 16 through April 22, the Todd County Sheriff’s Office responded to 146 calls for service. Included in those calls were four accidents, three alarm calls, five animal complaints, seven assists to other agencies, eight disturbance calls, eight suspicious...
Long Prairie Police Department Veronica Estrada, Long Prairie. No Proof of Insurance. $200 fine. $85 total fee. Obstruct View- Objects Suspended. $40 fine. Drive Without Valid License Endorsement. $100 fine. Adeline Durr McCoy, Long Prairie. Speed 40/30. $40 fine. $85 fee. Cleopatra Umang, Long...
The Browerville School District’s administration and board of education are working with building stakeholders to develop a scope of work for building a new, state-of-the-art gymnasium opening for the 2024-25 school year. The project was prompted by a collapse of the gym’s roof on April 1, 2023. “...
The Long Prairie Burger King closed suddenly on April 10, 2023 without an announcement as to why, leaving many to wonder what happened. General Manager Cindy Moore, who had been running the store for the past year, said it was a shock to her and her employees just as much as it was to the...
Robert Charles Thomas Sr. of Sauk Centre made an initial appearance in Todd County District Court April 12 in connection to a murder-for-hire plot that was to take place in Todd County. According to documents filed in Todd County District Court, authorities learned in late March 2023 that Thomas...
Jill Hanson, Family and Consumer Science Instructor at Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Schools was selected as the 2023 Minnesota Family and Consumer Science Teacher of the Year.  Hanson will be recognized this June in Baltimore at the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS) national...
Mariah Nieman, family nurse practitioner (FNP), joins Lakewood Health System’s oncology staff.   Originally from Pine River, MN, Nieman received her bachelor of science in nursing degree from Western Governor’s University and her master of nursing degree from Walden University. Nieman is a member...
Tempers flared during the Grey Eagle City Council meeting on April 11 when Tim Ainali addressed the city council regarding their decision to disconnect his house from the city sewer after he had installed a private well.    “You can’t do it. It’s illegal. We are in the city limits, and I have the...

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