Okabena News

Residents of the Southwest Star Concept school district will go to the polls Tuesday to cast their vote for a ballot referendum that could very well determine whether SSC continues as it has or whether drastic changes in the way the school district operates are put into place.

Several people were injured in a two-car accident Monday afternoon southeast of Okabena.

A 90-year-old Okabena man has been arrested and charged with a felony stemming from alleged criminal sexual contact with a juvenile female.

A 90-year-old Okabena man accused of allegedly assaulting an 11-year-old girl sexually was released on his own recognizance Tuesday with the condition he have no contact with his victim or anyone under the age of 18.

Recent sightings and reports of interest: Indigo Buntings, Eurasian Collared Doves in Jackson and in Okabena, and Great-Tailed Grackles south of Lakfield, just off of Highway 86.

Recent sightings and reports of interest: Indigo Buntings, Eurasian Collared Doves in Jackson and in Okabena, and Great-Tailed Grackles south of Lakfield, just off of Highway 86.

Less than three months after allocating $1 per resident toward an effort to install a citywide fiber optics communication network, the Jackson City Council this week authorized another $2.50 per resident to the same cause.

Local emergency responders were called to the scene of a shooting Thursday afternoon in Okabena.

Okabena is the place to be for all-day Independence Day fun, starting with a classic car show at 10 a.m. and wrapping up with a grand fireworks display at 10 p.m. The 2009 Okabena Community Fourth of July Celebration continues a longstanding tradition of Independence Day events and activities in the proud little community in northwest Jackson ...

This past Saturday, June 20, the Jackson County Birdwatchers were invited to Dale and Sue Adena s farm in rural Okabena.

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.

Four of the six men arrested in Jackson County last week as part of a two-day drug ring bust appeared in Jackson Countya TMs Fifth Judicial District Courtroom Monday.

A truck that took to the ditch on Interstate 90 Saturday morning after experiencing mechanical trouble caused a small grass fire that required the Okabena Fire Department to extinguish.

A big weekend is coming for Jackson County students whose years of schooling now just await one final assignment: to accept the long-awaited symbol of all their accomplishments, a diploma.

Lakefield and many other area communities plan Memorial Day services on Monday, May 25, at varying times throughout day.

Big turnout for Camaro event A good crowd turned out for Kemna-Asa Auto Plazaa s classic car cruise-in event and unveiling of the 2010 Camaro Monday evening.

An Okabena man accused of growing marijuana in his basement is out of jail after posting $5,000 bond.

The Heron Lake Fire Department and Heron Lake Ambulance Service responded to a house fire at 1032 County Road 9 in the early morning hours of Tuesday.

Last year the closest of Minnesota's 42 tornadoes all bypassed Jackson County to the north.

The Heron Lake Watershed District is leading the effort to address the 32 impairments identified by the Environmental Protection Agency in a recent study of the West Fork of the Des Moines River Watershed.