Tracy Area Headlight Herald

07/26/2025

It’s live! Our all new weekly podcast is now available! The first guest in The Headlight Hot Seat - Jeff Carpenter, City Administrator. Find it on our website - headlightherald.com or visit YouTube to subscribe!

The Tracy Area Headlight Herald is a newspaper based in Tracy, MN, that covers local news in Lyon, M

07/03/2025

Just a reminder that the Headlight Herald office will be closed Thurs. 7/3 and Fri. 7/4 as Per will be busy covering events and Tara is recovering from surgery. We’ll have limited hours next week as well. We thank you for your patience.

06/13/2025

Small fire causes little damage to Wheels display

Year by year, the Wheels Across the Prairie Heritage Center continues to make notable improvements on an ever-growing campus.
Last Thursday afternoon, it suffered a rare setback when a fire broke out beneath the caboose attraction.There was more smoke than fire, and the caboose took on only minor damage, but nonetheless the ordeal was a scary one for those close to the museum who happened to be on museum grounds at the time.
“We’ve been blessed with not having any major problems of any kind,” said Museum volunteer Norine Hanson.
That is until Thursday.
“We didn’t need that excitement today,” said Museum Director Jon Wendorff, who was showing visitors around at the time. “I'm just glad we caught it when we did. It could’ve been worse. Accidents happen.”
Other than some smoke in Wendorff’s lungs, there were no injuries reported.

06/11/2025

Day 2 of state golf is underway for Taylor. She enters the day in 67th place. Alex will tee off about 12:30 and enters day 2 tied for 10th.

06/10/2025

Taylor Munson teed off early this morning and putts on hole 11 at state golf. Watch for coverage of the state golf meet and state track meet from the Tracy Area Headlight Herald.

05/07/2025

Parents of 2025 graduates! The deadline is Friday if you want your open house in the Headlight Herald this year. Please give us a call or email [email protected] with your information.

04/15/2025

Law enforcement searched for about one hour on the south side of town before taking a man considered armed and dangerous into custody.
Police shut down about a two-block area of Front St. in front of the Tracy Alliance Church while the search took place. The suspect was taken into custody about 5:47 p.m. The church was briefly turned into an incident command area.
The TPD had issued a “shelter in place” warning to Tracy residents at 4:40 p.m.
Numerous law enforcement agencies were on site, including the Lyon County Sheriff’s Department and Minnesota State Patrol.
See this week’s paper for further details.

04/05/2025

We’re moving out some unused furniture. We’ve got 4 desks that are ready for a new home. $20 each - price negotiable. Stop in during business hours to take a look.

04/01/2025

This framed print hangs in my office, a gift from Per. It is a copy of the very first Tracy Area Headlight Herald we published as business owners. Today we celebrate 6 years of business ownership - no April fools joke here. We also launched a new website today and have a new printer and publication date this week. It has been a CRAZY ride, full of ups and downs, but we are so blessed to continue to serve the Tracy area as your source for local news and advertising. There are days we joke about “let’s buy a newspaper!” There are days that business ownership can feel daunting. But there are more days of pure joy that we get to do what we love in this amazing community. Thank you so much for your support these last 6 years. We look forward to many more to come!
Tara & Per

03/31/2025

It's the week of change here at the Tracy Area Headlight Herald! For our online subscribers, our new website launches tomorrow. Today, all current subscribers will receive an email with instructions to set up your new online account. Please watch for it and let us know if you have any questions.
To our print subscribers - reminder, the publication date changes to a Thursday this week. Newsstands and post offices will be delivered Thursday morning.
Thank you for your patience as we work to provide you with the best local news coverage!

03/05/2025

To our readers:
We have made it back to Tracy with the papers. Newsstands in town are delivered and ready for pick up. However, mail delivery may be a day late as we were late making it to the post office. Newsstands and post offices outside of Tracy will not be delivered until this afternoon. We appreciate your understanding.

03/01/2025

David Schuh was pinned in the third period of his consolation semifinal match at state.