Windom News

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.

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.

About $5.3 million of road surface and safety improvements are planned for the stretch.

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.

Felony burglary charges have been dismissed against Hans Paul Hottel, who figures to be a key witness in the trials for the 2007 murder of Alberto Samilpa Jr.

The new Go Minnesota director will take the reins of the fledgling economic development corporation on Monday.

A Mountain Lake auto dealership isn't taking its "Dear John" letter lying down. Town's Edge Auto has appealed General Motors' decision to sever ties as the financially beleaguered automaker seeks to streamline U.S. dealership operations.

The Lakefield Municipal Utility board joined the Southwest Minnesota Broadband Project Group in seeking to put together a plan to bring broadband service to the area at its meeting last Tuesday, May 12.

Nearly three quarters of a million dollars in grant money was given to support Minnesota's regional airports Wednesday.

Congressman Tim Walz has announced that Blue Earth is among three southern Minnesota towns to receive federal grants for airport upgrades.

A Windom man is accused of selling a local elevator the same load of soybeans at least three different times.

The Jackson County Birdwatchers enjoyed a successful outing on Sunday, May 17. They checked whether the eaglea s nest along Highway 71 in Jackson County is active this year , and they birded in the Obie Knutson Memorial Park and other Fish Lake areas before hiking the trails at the Wings on the Prairie Discovery Center .

Three special public meetings are scheduled in the coming week to discuss a proposal for Jackson County Central and more than 20 other area school districts to start classes this fall a week earlier than the current school year and two weeks before the rest of the state.

A Windom man was injured in a single-vehicle rollover Monday evening in Belmont Township.

Jackson County Centrala TMs Performing Arts Center will host some of the statea TMs best individual music performances when music students from across the region gather before a judge Saturday for the solo ensemble contest.

A 32-year-old man is dead after a house fire in southwestern Minnesota. Travis Phelps of Heron Lake was found in the home and taken to Windom Area Hospital, where he died.

Last August, KELOLAND TV and Life 96.5 partnered to bring you the "Drive Thru Difference" challenge.

The Rev. Mark Yackel-Juleen's first call to be a pastor was to a two-point parish, First Lutheran Church in Dundee, and Grace Lutheran Church of rural Dundee.

THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS UNVEILED ITS 2009 CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM OF HIGHWAY AND BRIDGE PROJECTS WITH A COMBINED COST OF 1.4 BILLION DOLLARS.

Jon Skillingstad, who has served as administrator of the Minnesota Veterans Home, Fergus Falls, since the first resident arrived in March 1998, is the recipient of the Administrator of the Year Award from the Aging Services of Minnesota Institute.