Echo Press

As the Alexandria Lake Area Sanitary District moves forward with plans to reduce pollution in Lakes Winona, Henry and Agnes, it will hold a public hearing to explain its plans to treat Lake Agnes with alum. The hearing is set for 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 18, at the Douglas County Public...

As the Twin Cities copes with a sudden cluster of drug overdoses, Alexandria's hospital is also seeing a large increase in opioid-based and heroin-based overdoses, an emergency room doctor says. "Alex, like many communities across the state, has been seeing a fairly significant statistical...

The Viking Sportsmen club in Alexandria is looking for volunteers this Saturday, June 15 to help stock Spruce Creek with brown trout. About 3,000 brown trout will be stocked in Spruce Creek, which is a spring fed tributary of the Long Prairie River. The river winds through Spruce...

Alexandria firefighters will soon have new equipment that could save lives. The council authorized Fire Chief Jeff Karrow to get quotes for a battery-powered "Jaws of Life" tool to pry open doors of vehicles damaged in crashes or to rescue people trapped inside a residence. Firefighters...

To the editor: I ask all Douglas County pull tab players, recipients and the members of the 14 nonprofit charities in the county who sell pull tabs and use the profits to fund local activities and community enrichment to do the following: • Please contact your county commissioner,...