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Stephen M. Larson Funeral services will be 11:00 am Saturday, February 27, 2021 at First Baptist Church in Long Prairie for Stephen Larson who died suddenly on Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at his home in Alexandria. The Rev. Matt Stacey and Rev. Paul Twist will officiate and burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery in Long Prairie. Visitation will be Friday, February 26, 2021 from 4-7 pm and 1 hour prior to services Saturday at First Baptist Church in Long Prairie. Arrangements have been entrusted to the Williams Dingmann Stein Chapel in Long Prairie. Stephen was born December 15, 1953 in Wo...

In perhaps another indication of how 2020 has been a year most people want to forget, Iowans spent a record amount of money on liquor this past year. The increase came during the 2020 state fiscal year, which ran from July 1, 2019, through the end of June this year — a period that includes the first four months of the COVID-19 pandemic that resulted in stores, bars and taverns operating under tight restrictions. Despite the pandemic, or perhaps because of it, total liquor sales in Iowa during the 2020 fiscal year were $367.3 million, an increase of 8.2 percent over the previous year, acc...

Like the heart, home apparently also is where the booze is. The arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic in Iowa last March and a subsequent temporary shutdown of Iowa’s bars, restaurants and hospitality industry and mitigation directives to slow the viral spread meant more Iowans were working and drinking at home — which translated into record liquor sales for fiscal 2020. Officials in the Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division say in a report released Thursday that liquor sales totaled $367.3 million during the fiscal year that ended June 30 — an increase of 8.2 percent over the previous ...

"This dismissal of this case is in direct opposition to the will of the public and the Legislature, who instituted these laws,'' the plaintiffs stated. Asberry ruled in favor of the defendant's motion to dismiss determining there was no "cognizable claim'' at issue, Larson said. In September, the nonprofit CARU Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals filed a civil complaint against the dairy, located on Cottonwood Avenue since the early 1960s, listing dozens of alleged acts of inhumane treatment. The suit sought an injunction against further operation of the farm. "The abuse and negl...

Like the heart, home apparently also is where the booze is. The arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic in Iowa last March and a subsequent temporary shutdown of Iowa’s bars, restaurants and hospitality industry and mitigation directives to slow the viral spread meant more Iowans were working and drinking at home — which translated into record liquor sales for fiscal 2020. Officials in the Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division say in a report released Thursday that liquor sales totaled $367.3 million during the fiscal year that ended June 30 — an increase of 8.2 percent over the previous fiscal ye...