Parkers Prairie News

State Sen. Dan Skogen, DFL-Hewitt, said recently that under Gov. Tim Pawlentya s proposed unallotments, property taxes and college tuition will rise, hospitals and nursing homes will see deeper cuts, and local school districts may be forced to borrow to make ends meet.

A Fergus Falls man was injured Wednesday night when his motorcycle struck a deer north of Parkers Prairie.

Clinton-GB at Ashby, 5 p.m. Hancock at Brandon-Evansville, 5 p.m. Parkers Prairie at Menahga, 5 p.m. Minnewaska at Subsection, St.

The case against a 39-year-old former WesMin Resource Conservation and Development employee came to a close in Douglas County District Court Tuesday.

Mike Hejhal had a pair of hits and drove in three runs Thursday as the Pirates snapped a four-game slide by topping Parkers Prairie 7-2. Cody Yungbauer doubled and Matt Moenkedick tripled for the Pirates.

Wolverines took five firsts. Hannah Toedter 1600, Brigetta Berg pole vault, Boys 4x100 relay, Girls 4x100 relay, Girls 4x800; Runner-up Brittany Noon 200, Dane Hoffman shot, Rachel Craig high jump Softball Steph Perkins 4-hitter; Wolverines now 5-0 Verndale 6, Parkers Prairie 5 Pirates win fourth straight Baseball Verndale 7, Parkers Prairie 2 ...

Marge Van Gorp of Alexandria is a regular contributing columnist to the Echo Press Opinion page.

A call from the state fire marshala s office for 100 firefighters to help with flooding efforts in the Fargo-Moorhead area was quickly filled by area firefighters the last two weeks.

" Erick Sjodin is among a new breed of Minnesota State Patrol troopers. The married father of three spent years in other professions before he decided to apply skills he had learned to law enforcement.

Al Edenloff was born in Alexandria and later moved to Parkers Prairie where he graduated in 1979.

Clean and clever comedy? That is what youa TMll find when you attend the Parkers Prairie Comedy Fundraiser starring Rox Tarrant, Wild Bill Bauer, David Harris and Patrick Ryan.

Section 6A-South finals - Brandon-Evansville 65, Parkers Prairie 60, Section 6AA-West finals - Osakis 54, Minne-waska 35 Section 6A-South boysa TM pigtail games a ' Park-ers Prairie 51, Ashby 50; Battle Lake ...

The Multi-Regional State Spelling Bee will be Thursday, March 12th, at the Bigwood Event Center in Fergus Falls.

Bronson Steuber, Taylor Menke and Cooper Moore all won their opening-round match at the Class A state wrestling tournament Wednesday.

The fourth-seeded Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale Raiders will host the fifth-seeded Wadena-Deer Creek Wolverines Tuesday in the first round of the Section 6A team wrestling tournament.

The Fergus Falls Daily Journal won second place in the General Excellence category in the 2007-08 Minnesota Newspaper Association Better Newspaper Contest Thursday.

Bone-chilling temperatures this week closed schools, postponed events and shattered records in Douglas County.

Lakes Area at Viriginia Invitational a ' BOYS a ' 1. Chisago Lakes 354, 2. Virginia Area 312, 3. Hibbing 288, 4. Lakes Area 286, 5. Blaine 261.

As of about 6 a.m., Tuesday, many schools around the area are two hours late because of brutal cold temperatures.

Russ Anderson has put out a lot fires in the six years hea s spent as mayor. By keeping his office door open, hea s assuaged residentsa concerns before they ended up on a council agenda.