Lakefield News

On Tuesday, July 7, the Lakefield American Red Cross Blood Drive will take place, on Elma Hendricksen's 91st birthday.

Initial reports from the scene of a Wednesday afternoon accident north of Lakefield indicate one person has died as a result of injuries sustained in the collision.

A cooperative business model is the current plan for building and operating a fiber-optic network that would cover most of the communities in Jackson County, as well as possible coverage into Nobles and Cottonwood counties, according to discussion at a special Lakefield Municipal Utility board meeting June 23.

An autopsy was ordered after the body of a missing Lakefield man was found in a wooded area of Belmont Park north of Jackson.

We first told you yesterday... Jackson County authorities were searching for a missing man last seen in the Belmont Park area.The Sheriff's Department today says authorities located the body of 39 year old Dale Maine of Lakefield in the area.They say they found the body Monday night around 6:30 about 15 yards from the Des Moines River.The cause of ...

Saturday is Summerfest 2009a s biggest day, with a flurry of activities and events capped off by the grand parade and the brand new community photo.

The search is on for a 39-year-old Lakefield man who has gone missing. Dale Maine was last seen in the area of Belmont Park, north of Jackson.

Summerfest 2009 began Monday and runs through Sunday, with nearly every day in between plumb full of fun-in-the-sun summertime activities and events.

What started more than a year ago, in May 2008, has nearly come to completion in June 2009, as the streets of Lakefield scheduled for resurfacing - all 10 blocks of them - are complete.

Some of Lakefielda s longest-tenured residents will be honored in this yeara s Summerfest Parade.

Months before the luminarias line the way for local cancer survivors, family members, friends and supporters on Friday night, each bag passed through the hands of a pair of ladies who have seen lots of life and lots of cancer's toll.

While thunder clapped in the distance and the last drizzle of rain from a passing thunderstorm fell on the silver dome of the Jackson County Courthouse Tuesday afternoon, a small crowd huddled beneath as county officials marked the 100th anniversary of the dedication of the hilltop edifice.

It was a near perfect night for racing action this past Saturday at the ASA Sanctioned Jackson Speedway for Riverside Sinclair/Houseman Oil and The Performance Center, both of Estherville, Iowa, race night.

Final preparations for the Lakefield Business Associationa s part in this montha s Summerfest celebration were made at the organizationa s June meeting last week.

The potential for city legal costs led the Lakefield City Council to hold off on approving a county request to use city property for a recycling drop-off near Sparks County Park.

Jackson County will rededicate its courthouse Tuesday, June 23, 100 years after the stately structure was formally turned over to the people of the county in grand fashion.

A change to one of the countya s tile systems was approved Tuesday by the Jackson County Board of Commissioners in order for a drained wetland north of Lakefield and east of South Heron Lake to be restored.

Five current or former residents of Jackson County are in jail on drug charges following a string of arrests in Jackson and Lakefield this week.

On Wednesday, June 10, from 6:30 to 9 p.m., the Heron Lake Watershed District and the Prairie Ecology Bus will be searching for scientists.

Coast-True Value Marine new DISH Network outlet Coast-True Value Marine in downtown Jackson is the area's new DISH Network outlet.