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Eagle Valley and Parkers Prairie schools will partner on two-year football and wrestling programs
By Rin Porter At their Jan. 13 meeting, Eagle Valley school board members voted to approve a two-year deal with Parkers Prairie to cooperatively sponsor football and wrestling programs for the two upcoming 2014-2016 school years. Parkers Prairie will serve as the host district for the two programs, and the joint teams will continue to be known as the Prairie Valley Nighthawks. Activities Committee member Adam Riedel told the board that no cooperative agreements had been reached to cover basketball or baseball. He said Parkers Prairie wanted to retain its traditional team name and colors for those sports, and did not want to move to a Nighthawks shared baseball or basketball program with Eagle Valley at this time. However, Riedel said Parkers Prairie would accept Eagle Valley players on Parkers Prairie baseball and basketball teams if Eagle Valley cannot fund its own individual baseball Continued on page 12.
Left: On Friday, January 17th high winds and blowing snow caused hazrdous road conditions around much of the state. Local law enforcement and rescue agencies responed to several accidents in the Todd County area. On January 16, at 11:54 am, Todd County Deputies responded to a vehicle crash involving a single axle propane tanker and a semi tanker carrying gasoline on County 21, at 370th St. Both trucks were traveling north on County 21; the propane tanker was turning left on 370th St., with the gasoline tanker attempted to pass, causing the crash. Both vehicle sustained moderate damage. Lawrence Doll, Eagle Bend, driver of the propane tanker sustained a minor injury; the other driver, Scott Carpenter, Wadena, was not injured. The tanks on the trucks remained intact and no contents were spilled. The sheriffs office was assisted at the scene by the Clarissa and Browerville Fire Depts. and the MN State Patrol. The crash is still under investigation. At 11:23 am, January 18, the sheriffs office received a report of a missing person, Continued on page 12. identified as 22 year old Jared