Echo Press

Alexandria's tax levy will bump up 3.91 percent next year. The $6.99 million levy, approved at Monday's Alexandria City Council meeting, is $14,000 less that the preliminary levy increase of 4.12 percent approved in September. Although the overall levy is increasing slightly, the...

At its Monday meeting, the Alexandria City Council gave final approval to an ordinance that regulates short-term private vacation home rentals, often referred to as Vacation Rental By Owner, or VRBOs. Douglas County approved a VRBO ordinance in March. The goal of the city's ordinance...

The Alexandria City Council approved several permits and licenses at its Monday meeting. Charitable gambling permits were issued to: Douglas County Pheasants Forever to sell raffles for a Feb. 23 event at Broadway Ballroom; Outreach Food Shelf to conduct bingo at the VFW on Feb. 12;...

The public will get a chance to comment on a design to replace a Pope County railroad crossing with an overpass at a meeting Thursday, Dec. 13, from 5-7 p.m. at the Pope County Courthouse in Glenwood. Hosted by the Minnesota Department of Transportation, the meeting will provide maps...

The Alexandria girls hockey team broke out of an offensive slump on Tuesday night as the Cardinals snapped a two-game losing streak with a 4-0 win over River Lakes. Alexandria (4-5) had been shut out in each of those two losses, but River Lakes (3-8-1) had no answer for the Cardinals...

Cookies for a Cause Ninth-grade English students at Alexandria Area High School are holding a holiday cookie decorating contest to raise money for St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital. Called Cookies for a Cause, the contest is open to the community. It will be held from 5:30-7:30...