Opinions
Letter to the Editor:
A few weeks ago, on one of those glorious warm weekends in March, I put on a baseball cap and took a long stroll through town. From my quiet nest of townhouses behind the hospital I walked westward, looping alongside Highway 287, past the golf course piled high with melting...
This week’s column will update readers on the status of the Deferred Maintenance Project that will be entering “Phase II” of the project this summer; bids were opened earlier this month and the School Board acted on the bids at the March 21st meeting.
Bid Results and Action
1. Gym Floor...
This week’s column will look at current and future enrollment of the LPGE School District; enrollment numbers are critical to all schools for educational and financial planning purposes.
Projected enrollments are created by using a combination of hard data such as current enrollment and census...
Having been on Gull Lake since 1973, I share the opinion with the many area residents who do not want another invasive species – muskies – introduced into the lake.
The DNR is considering stocking muskies in a number of Minnesota lakes and the Gull Chain of Lakes is on its list of candidates....
Neighbors,
I believe I could write this week’s update about the weather and leave everyone feeling joyful. I am sure I will hear rakes and leaf blowers this weekend as people start to clean up the yards. I did notice the ice coming off lakes this week on my way home from St. Paul, and the...
This week’s column will update readers on a new policy that the Board will implement at all future meetings. Anyone who wishes to speak to the Board must sign and agree to the following (excerpts from the full document to fit the space allotted) when participating in a public meeting of the School...
Congrats to the Pierz Pioneers wrestling team for their third-place finish at state last week! Great job, guys! And a shout out to the Long Prairie boys and girls basketball teams for their successful season. The #5 ranked boys team lost to Sauk Centre in the postseason and the girls ended the...
Letter to the Editor,
Tuesday’s Republican Presidential Preference Poll taken at the precinct caucuses had a different result in Todd County than in Congressional District 7 and in the entire State.
In Todd County our preferences came in as follows: Senator Ted Cruz 179, Mr...
This week’s column will update readers on the status of the Deferred Maintenance and Safe Schools Project that will be entering “Phase II” of the project this summer.
Important dates in the next couple of weeks:
1. March 9 – Bid Opening in the Board Room (209) at the Elementary School
1:00 –...
To the Editor:
Pope Francis recently visited Mexico. While there he offered hope for the suffering and impoverished in that country. Upon departing he made a comment directed at those of us across the border. Build bridges he said. Don’t build walls. He was, in particular, referring to our...
