Editing Long Prairie, Minnesota (section)

== Government ==
Jim Kreemer is the town's mayor as of 2025. The mayor serves a two-year term. City council members serve a four-year term.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Long Prairie City Officials |url=https://www.longprairie.net/our-city/city-officials/ |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=City of Long Prairie}}</ref> The town's administrator is Candace Bruder.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Long Prairie City Administration |url=https://www.longprairie.net/city-departments/administration/ |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=City of Long Prairie}}</ref> Long Prairie is in [[Minnesota Senate]] District 11 and [[Minnesota House of Representatives]] District 11B. It is in US Congressional District 7. The town is in Todd County Commissioner District 3 which also includes Long Prairie and Reynolds townships.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Todd County Minnesota |url=https://www.co.todd.mn.us/ |access-date=23 September 2023 |website=Todd County Minnesota}}</ref>

The city co-owns an airport, known as Todd Field, with Todd County. The airport, which is five miles south of town, is also known as [[Long Prairie Municipal Airport]]. The runway is 3,000 feet long.<ref>{{Cite web |last=www.goldenshovelagency.com |first=-Golden Shovel Agency |title=Long Prairie Municipal Airport {{!}} Todd Field |url=https://www.longprairie.net/our-city/airport/ |access-date=2024-01-31 |website=City of Long Prairie}}</ref>

=== Great River Regional Library ===
Long Prairie hosts one of the 32 public branch libraries of the [[Great River Regional Library]]. Great River Regional Library is a library system serving [[Benton County, Minnesota|Benton]], [[Morrison County, Minnesota|Morrison]], [[Sherburne County, Minnesota|Sherburne]], [[Stearns County, Minnesota|Stearns]], [[Todd County, Minnesota|Todd]] and [[Wright County, Minnesota|Wright]] Counties in central [[Minnesota]]. It is a consolidated library system consisting of 32 branch libraries, with a headquarters at the St. Cloud Public Library. In addition to the Long Prairie branch, Todd County has branches in Grey Eagle, [[Eagle Bend, Minnesota|Eagle Bend]], and Staples.

=== Parks ===
Long Prairie's park system is overseen by a seven-member park board. The following parks are in the city:
*Soldier's Field
*Westside Park
*Locke Park
*Water Tower Hill
*Lake Charlotte Park
*Harmony Park
*Riverside Park<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=www.goldenshovelagency.com |first=-Golden Shovel Agency |title=Long Prairie, MN Parks and Recreation |url=https://www.longprairie.net/city-departments/parks-and-recreation/ |access-date=2023-10-22 |website=City of Long Prairie}}</ref>
[[File:WPA stone work at Riverside Park, Long Prairie, Minnesota.jpg|thumb|Stone wall, dated 1936, in Riverside Park.]]