Long Prairie News

The DNR said the 612-foot fishing pier on Dower Lake near Staples should never have been built.

Mariah Miller had her usual outstanding performance, but St. Cloud Tech also got a boost from Steph Strandberg and Molly Kalla in winning a Central Lakes Conference home dual gymnastics meet on Thursday night.

Brown said that he understood that the county needed to cut costs and could reduce some of their expenses by centralizing the purchasing of supplies, but asked the board to consider the local businesses when they looked at their cost savings.

LONG PRAIRIE - Criminal charges are pending in Todd County after an Osakis man fled a crash scene after being chased by a Todd County deputy at 2:35 a.m. Monday, according to a Todd County Sheriff's Office report.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency will hold a public information meeting regarding the Superfund site on Central Avenue in Long Prairie at 7 p.m. on Monday, Jan.

An Alexandria woman is preparing to run for the seat that state Rep. Mary Ellen Otremba, DFL-Long Prairie, holds.

On Sunday, December 20, 2009, a beautiful, peaceful, snowy morning, Kenneth H. Meyer, 90, was called to his heavenly home.

WEST UNION - A Long Prairie woman was injured Saturday afternoon after a one-vehicle crash in Todd County.

A manufactured ice house is sticking out of the water at an angle after it broke through the ice on a lake 10 miles southeast of Long Prairie, Minn.

United Way Volunteer Central connects people with volunteer opportunities. Call United Way of Central Minnesota at 252-0227 or visit www.unitedwayhelps.org . Respite care: Senior Helping Hands/Elder Network need volunteers to do respite care for people in and around St.

Two people were injured Tuesday in a car crash near Clarissa. According to the Todd County Sheriff's Department, Tanner Line, 17, of Browerville was eastbound on Todd County Road 84 when his 2007 Chevrolet pickup collided with a 1989 Pontiac, driven by Jamie Davis, 33, of Long Prairie.

LONG PRAIRIE - A 73-year-old pedestrian was recovering from minor injuries Thursday and a 21-year-old Arizona man was in the Todd County jail after a hit-and-run was reported Wednesday night.

LONG PRAIRIE - Motorists suffered minor injuries in two separate accidents on snow-covered roads Wednesday in northern Todd County.

OSAKIS - An Osakis man was seriously injured early Thursday after his vehicle rolled.

Health care reform is a complicated issue, but providing health care to people whose native language is not English just got a little easier.

It's pouring rain as we pull into the familiar parking lot. We've come for the "school surplus" sale.

LONG PRAIRIE - A stolen truck was totaled in a rollover crash Oct. 28 on Todd County Road 38 about three miles west of Long Prairie, according to the Todd County Sheriff's Office.

GREY EAGLE - A Long Prairie man was arrested Monday in relation to a two-vehicle car accident.

LONG PRAIRIE - A 23-year-old Royalton man was involved in an ATV crash about 6 p.m. Saturday, according to a Todd County Sheriff's Office report.

A 21-year-old Champlin man was injured Friday in an all-terrain vehicle crash at a residence in rural Grey Eagle.