Le Grand

Le Grand is an active little town in the southeastern part of Merced County, near Planada and Plainsburg. This unincorporated town in 2022 had a population of about 1,700 people. Le Grand came into existence when the Santa Fe Railroad came through in 1894-1896. Up until that time just a very few homes were in the area. The…

Way out on Plainsburg Road, about a couple miles each way between Highway 99 and the town of Le Grand, there’s a huge metal building — a…

Le Grand High School hosted a successful fundraising event for the Bulldog Track and Field team this month, raising $1,300 in funds through their…

Heads up! The La Grange Rodeo Association is back in the saddle again, and ready to host the 75th annual La Grange Rodeo on Sunday, April 3, in La Grange. The traditional event is also the first rodeo of the season. You'll see bull riding, bareback and saddle bronc riding, team roping and calf roping, steer wrestling and barrel…

Le Grand High School has been ranked the top high school in Merced County through the U.S. News and World Report magazine’s annual survey. And this isn’t a…

Le Grand Union High School District is one of 250 school districts in the United States and Canada being honored by the College Board with placement on the 10th…

The Le Grand Union Elementary School District was selected as one of 57 recipients of California’s leading educational honor, the Golden Bell Award. The Golden Bell Awards, celebrating their 40th year, are presented by the California School Boards Association to promote excellence in public education and school board governance by…

You may have heard about the Summer of ’69, but some fun-loving former Le Grand students actually lived it. Now that it’s the Summer of 2019, members of…

BY LT. CMDR. GUSTAV HEIN Navy Community Outreach A 2007 Le Grand High School graduate and Le Grand native in the U.S. Navy supports the nation’s…

Le Grand High School celebrated its Class of 2019 — consisting of 92 students from the Le Grand - Planada area — during a ceremony on campus last week. The Le Grand High School Class of 2019 consists of — Cristal Almanza, Stewart Gomez-Ramirez, Adrana Mendoza, Zaq David Quintela, Fatima Almanza, Gisselle Guadalupe Gomez-Ruiz, Natalia Lisette…