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The Long Prairie City Council met on Monday, Aug. 21 to make decisions about a proposed development. In order to develop the land, it first needed to be rezoned. The council, however, voted to deny the rezoning request for the property. Council Members David Wright, Clint Krueger, Lilah Gripne, and...
The Osakis City Council met on Monday, Aug. 14, for a regularly scheduled board meeting. Among regular updates and approvals, the council discussed the state’s recent legalization of cannabis use, as well as next steps to encourage water conservation in the midst of the prolonged dry weather our...
The Osakis School Board held their regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, Aug. 14. Notably, the board discussed changes to upcoming meeting schedules and heard an update from Hailey Nierling, a teacher with the school’s agriculture program. Changes to upcoming school board meetings Schedule changes...
The City of Long Prairie heard an audit report from Ryan Schmidt of Schlenner Wenner & Co. at their Monday meeting on Aug. 7. Nearly $900,000 was cashed out from a 2016C General Obligation Bond escrow account in 2022 and transferred to the general fund. This transfer caused the 2016C fund to go...
The Osakis School Board held their regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, July 10. The board approved several items as part of the agenda and had a chance to meet the new student representative for the 2023-24 school year. Roxanne Sweetwater, student body president, will report to the board...
The Long Prairie City Council heard from concerned citizens during the public comment period at the July 24 meeting. Jody Bebault was back at the Long Prairie City Council to give a public comment. “I’m still heart sick, but I’m also a little bit angry,” she said. Bebault said that the Long Prairie...
With a referendum on the way this fall geared towards enhancing the school district’s facilities, the Osakis School Board is also looking at taking a new approach with their goals as a district. During a special meeting July 21, the Osakis School Board reviewed a new strategic plan to guide the...
The Long Prairie-Grey Eagle School Board addressed school bathroom legislation at their July 17 board meeting. Bill H.F. No. 2497, an act relating to education finance, is a 165-page document that outlines amendments to a plethora of laws, modifying school accounting in numerous ways including for...
The Osakis School Board held a special meeting on June 27 at 6:30 p.m. to discuss and take action on several items, including a referendum scheduled for Nov. 7, 2023. The referendum will consist of two questions for voters regarding updates to school facilities. The first question in the referendum...
Road construction around Long Prairie is at a standstill according to Kent Louwagie of Bolton and Menk. Second Avenue S is mostly done. The area will be reseeded this fall. Riverside Drive project area utilities are mostly done. The blade broke down over a week ago and the workers were called to...

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