Community
After not holding a pageant in 2021, the Young Women’s Service Club of Minden announced that the Miss Minden Pageant will resume in 2022, at a new location. This year, the pageants will be held at Minden High School’s auditorium. The Miss Minden/Spirit of Fasching Pageant will be held Saturday, January 15, 2022 beginning at […]
Councilman Michael Roy, Chairperson, for National Night Out, along with Mayor Terry L. Gardner, Police Chief Steve Cropper and the other members of the City Council, invite neighborhoods city-wide to support the theme, “Give Neighborhood Crime & Drugs A Going Away Party”. Neighborhoods throughout the City of Minden are being invited to join forces with […]
The Greater Minden Chamber held its 79th Chamber Awards Gala Thursday night at the Minden Civic Center. The highlight of the evening was the awarding of the Man and Woman of the year awards. The 2021 Man of the Year award, presented by the Minden Lions Club, went to Jake Chapman and the 2021 Woman […]
Minden High School announced on Thursday that senior Connor Heard has been named a Commended Student in the 2022 National Merit Scholarship Program. About 34,000 Commended Students throughout the nation are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. Although Heard will not continue in the 2022 competition for the National Merit Scholarship awards, he placed […]
On a sunny and cool Wednesday afternoon, the Lakeside Lady Warriors softball season came to an end. 6-1. Visitors from New Orleans took the win. It was a sad moment when the final out was recorded. Assistant coach Guy Sanders told the young ladies to be mature about the defeat as they congratulated the victors. […]
A vaccination clinic will be held in Minden on Tuesday, February 23rd from 10:00am -2:00pm at the Minden Fairgrounds located at 800 Goodwill Street, Minden, LA 71055. When arriving at the fairgrounds, you will need to enter from Clerk Street onto Council Street and go to the livestock building (green building past the main fair entrance). […]
While Covid-19 made for a very unusual and subdued Minden-St. Jude Auction, the virus was unable to slow the fundraising efforts for the St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. While on Sunday night, the auction appeared to be $47,540 off of last year’s record total. However, on Monday the winner of the Grand […]
Louisiana Tech University has announced the names of students on its fall quarter president’s and dean’s honor lists. Students whose names are followed by an asterisk earned recognition as members of the president’s honor list. That distinction signifies achievement of at least a 3.8 academic grade point average on a minimum of nine semester hours […]
Louisiana Tech University held its fall commencement ceremonies Nov. 20-21, in the Thomas Assembly Center. Local Graduates included: Minden Laurin Elizabeth Clemons – Bachelor of Science Caden Sellers Copeland – Bachelor of Science Nicole Lynnette Stewart – Graduate Certificate Richard Woods – Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies Dubberly Emily […]
As Louisiana moves into Phase 2 on Friday, June 5, 2020, free drive through testing will be offered to state residents who are 18 years or older with a valid ID. All persons will stay in their vehicle while the test is conducted. There will be 50 tests available on a first come first served […]
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