Long Prairie police and Todd County sheriff's deputies responded to reports of gunshots at a residence in the 500 block of Second Avenue Southeast in Long Prairie about 3:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021. Officers found a man, now identified as Antonio Francis Rodriguez Fortes, dead just outside the home.
Pilot project to involve irrigators in the Bonanza Valley to help manage groundwater continues to move forward. Now in its fifth year, it aims to assure sustainable use.
The victim was driving a 2002 Mercury Grand Marquis west on state Highway 27 at about 7:30 p.m. when the vehicle veered off the road, according to the State Patrol.
Neighbors say they have not been able to find answers to their questions, and that often, people in local and state agencies won’t return their calls: “We’ve had low water before and not like this year ... They’ll say it’s the lowest it’s been since 1935. They got all kinds of excuses.”
LONG PRAIRIE, Minn. — Authorities are still searching for the suspect who shot and killed one person and wounded another near Long Prairie, Minn., Saturday, Aug. 29.
While practitioners from Lakewood were already conducting on-site testing at the packing facility for employees experiencing symptoms, the operation expanded Thursday to include everyone regardless of symptoms. Tests were completed for 170 employees Thursday and another 160 Friday.
STAPLES, Minn. -- The 17-year-old boy who was driving a horse and buggy that was hit by a semi-truck in northern Todd County has died, the Minnesota State Patrol reported Friday, Dec. 1. David Miller of Staples was driving the horse and buggy wes...
STAPLES, Minn. - A 17-year-old boy is facing life-threatening injuries after the horse and buggy he was driving was rear-ended by a semi-truck.David Miller, of Staples, was injured on Thursday, Nov. 30, on Highway 210 in northern Todd County, the...
LONG PRAIRIE, Minn. -- The Long Prairie Police Department found a suspect in the apparent killing of a woman about 14 hours later at the north-central Minnesota town's hospital after he sought treatment there Friday morning. Police Chief Kevin La...
HEWITT, Minn. -- A Breckenridge, Minn. man was hurt when the car he was driving hit two horses that were standing on a highway in Todd County in central Minnesota.
LONG PRAIRIE, Minn. - A Long Prairie man who was convicted of first degree manslaughter for fatally striking his ex-wife with a shoe hammer was sentenced to 12 1/2 years in prison.Craig Lamont Williams, 49, will serve the time at the St. Cloud Co...
