Opinions
Last week I took my friend Francisco to City Hall to cast his ballot. I live in Leslie township and had already voted but Francisco doesn’t speak English. He values his right to vote as an American citizen and he wanted to make sure he understood his ballot.With all the talk about intimidating...
Sadly, the fall season is coming to an end. With the end of fall comes winter weather and announcements. It is a great time to review those procedures to make sure everyone gets the communications they want and need.This year the school will not be posting weather announcements to the TV station...
The thing about a lot of Republicans is that they really aren’t serious. I mean serious about what they say their values are. Take their talk about crime, for example. They talk about being tough on crime but not any of them have talked about being tough on the Jan. 6th rioters.It’s not like there...
Greetings patrons of Long Prairie-Grey Eagle! I have an exciting new program to announce and one that I hope encourages creative and innovative ideas. The district recently received a $5,000 grant from Sourcewell to fund what is called the Innovative Schools Project Grant. Thanks to all of our...
I had lunch at Taqueria Chavez the other day. I ordered the chile rellenos with a side order of rice and beans. It was delicious and reasonably priced. I’d recommend it.
I remember when the Chavez family opened their restaurant. It must have been 15 years ago, or so. There had been several other...
To the Editor:
Children are bullied for things such as being overweight or underweight, wearing glasses or different clothing, being new to a school, or are less popular than others and have less friends. They are often being perceived as weak or unable to defend themselves. They are usually...
The Todd County Boardof Commissioners spent$152,000 this last year to writea plan called One Watershed,One Plan. The idea behindspending all that money for awritten plan is a good idea.Although most of the LongPrairie River’s watershed isin Todd County, there’s a bigchunk in Douglas County...
Last month was an eventful thirty-one days.
In the middle of the month the Conger Ice Shelf in eastern Antarctica collapsed. At the same time the temperature at the Concordia Research Station recorded an all time high of ten degrees Fahrenheit. That sounds cold but it’s more than sixty degrees...
I recently had a discussion with a fellow shopper. We discussed the causes for the shortage of and rapid increase in the price of eggs. (Avian flu and supply chain issues). I remarked that I wished we had leaders who were competent to handle at least some of the issues we faced, without making them...
According to Long Prairie weather records, a substantial rainfall on June 21, 1941 flooded Highway 71 south of Long Prairie. The flooded area included part of a poultry farm between town and Lake Charlotte. The stream that drains that area is Venewitz Creek, which flows from Lake Charlotte to the...
