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Osakis Public Schools Superintendent Randy Bergquist does not intend to pursue renewal of his contract after it ends this June. The school board heard his remarks and approved the posting of a superintendent position for next school year.
“I sincerely thank the students and families for their...
Mrs. Rousslange’s LPGE Kindergarten Class learned about polar bears during science! The class learned lots of interesting facts and new vocabulary too, but their favorite new vocab word is BLUBBER! To demonstrate how their thick layer of blubber helps keep polar bears warm in their cold habitats...
On January 18, over 50 students and other community members to include several churches gathered at the Osakis school cafeteria to pack 750 bags of food for Osakis school students as part of “Backpack Attack.”
Backpack Attack is a United Way program that “provides bags of supplemental food to...
Twelve hometown projects that will bring more than $10.2 million in main street improvements to Little Falls, Long Prairie, and St. Cloud have been approved by the Initiative Foundation as part of the Minnesota Main Street Revitalization program. In December, the Initiative Foundation approved 13...
The Osakis City Council met at City Hall on January 9. The meeting began with an oath of office for Dan Wessels, Laura Backes, and Stephanie Finnegan. Wessels and Backes have served previous terms, while Finnegan is new to the council. With the new oath, Wessels term now ends 2024, and both Backes...
The Swanville School Board has been tossing the concept of supplementing their energy consumption with solar power for the past several months. Now, it’s looking more likely that the school board could move in that direction.
BJ Allen from the Region 5 Economic Development Commission was on hand...
Upsala Elementary School will be holding its annual Kindergarten Roundup on Friday, March 3.
Registration for the class of 2036 will begin at 8:30 a.m. for all children who are interested in attending kindergarten at Upsala Elementary School starting in the fall of 2023. Parents should bring...
The Swanvill School District will host its annual Kindergarten Roundup March 7 from 8:30-11:00 a.m.
The roundup is open to all families who will have children entering kindergarten in the fall of 2023.
All families are asked to bring immunization forms.
Please contact the school office at 320-547-...
The Long Prairie City Council voted on Tuesday, Jan. 17 in favor of supporting the efforts of CentraCare and the University of Minnesota in identifying a location for their proposed new rural medical school campus.
CentraCare and the U of M are partnering to start an initiative to see a medical...
Minnesota’s 2023 Legislative Session officially began Jan.3 as State Representative Mike Wiener, R-Long Prairie, and 133 other state representatives took the oath of office during a ceremony at the State Capitol in St. Paul.
“It is a tremendous honor to have earned the trust and respect of...
