Lakefield News

A Lakefield woman is Jackson Countya s new 4-H program coordinator. Jennifer Schoenfeld will assume the reins of Jackson Countya s 4-H program on Jan.

An unofficial 6 percent tax levy increase would largely plug the $504,377 budget deficit facing the city of Lakefield, though the city council held off on approving the levy figure until its Dec.

Due to worsening weather conditions, the second annual Jackson County Birdwatchers' potluck and get-together scheduled for Tuesday evening at the Lakefield Senior Dining building has been postponed.

The Southwest Minnesota Broadband Group's application for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act dollars has proceeded to the second phase of funding evaluation.

Winners in the Lakefield Business Association-sponsored Christmas Cash drawings during the communitya s Holiday Shopping Extravaganza Thursday were Louise Rients, Carolyn Hansen, Dennis Brown, Ruby Ackermann, Pam Bosacker and Delpha Jeppesen.

Concern over the corn chaff issuing from the local grain elevator was among the issues taken up by the Lakefield Planning and Zoning board during its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, along with several zoning permit approvals.

Nearly 1,200 Federated Rural Electric members were without power for about an hour Saturday afternoon when farm tillage equipment broke a transmission pole in Sioux Valley Township.

There have been chili cook-offs in Lakefield before, with lots of chili to taste and a prize or two to win, but the inaugural Emerald Valley-Lakefield Kiwanis Chili Cook-off set for Saturday will be something entirely different.

Three people were injured in a one-vehicle rollover accident Monday afternoon southeast of Lakefield.

It was four years ago this year that Immanuel Lutheran School first decided to host a shopping night as a fundraiser for the school's Children's Fund.

On Wednesday, Nov. 11 at 9 a.m. Minnesota Army National Guard Sargaent Garrett Rasmussen delivered the Veterans Day address at JCC Middle School in Lakefield.

Local electric rates will be going up early next year - now it's just a matter of how much, according to a decision by the Lakefield Municipal Utility board during its regular monthly meeting Nov.

Christmas was on the minds of Lakefield Business Association members last week as they set a date for a combined Santa Night and Christmas Open House event and kicked off the 2009 Christmas Cash program.

The Lakefield schools will mark Veterans Day 2009 with morning programs. Jackson County Central Middle School students will meet at 9 a.m. for a program on Nov.

The ball is rolling on county government employeesa paychecks rising to better compete with comparable jobs in the wider marketplace.

The possibility of reducing personnel at the Lakefield Police Department force topped a number of police-related items brought up during the regular meeting of the Lakefield City Council Monday evening.

This Halloween, a group of local kids will be going door to door in Lakefield seeking out treats not for themselves, but for those in need.

What once held promise of being one of the best crops in recent memory has turned into nothing less than a soupy mess.

The event that funds the annual Lakefield Halloween Parade this year precedes the Oct.

The Livewire, Jackson Countya s largest-circulation newspaper, has been recognized as one of the top newspapers in North America.