Lakefield News

Lakefield native Jennifer Haugen, a registered dietitian at the Austin Hy-Vee, has been honored as the Emerging Dietetic Leader of 2012 by the Minnesota Dietetic Association.

Ziegler Ag Equipment in Jackson has a familiar face as its newest local territory sales manager.

A former Lakefield police chief has received one of the highest awards a Minnesota police chief can receive.

As the school year winds down, the Lakefield library is gearing up for a summer full of fun.

Jackson County Central's annual Choral Pops Concert will take place Monday at 8 p.m. in Lakefield at the JCC Middle School.

Minnesota bird watchers have only ever documented sightings of the lazuli bunting, a colorful songbird typically found farther west, 47 times in the state since 1900.

As they were carried down a gently sloping hill in large pet carriers, five trumpeter swans squawked and trumpeted in anticipation of their impending freedom at the Wolf Lake Waterfowl Production Area near Windom.

A Lakefield student has received top senior individual exhibit honors in the 2012 Minnesota State History Day Competition.

As a way of saying a giant "thank you," the Jackson County Ducks Unlimited is hosting a sponsor banquet next Wednesday at the Hi-Lo Supper Club in Lakefield.

From a tagalong at Cedar Point Boy Scout Camp to a Scoutmaster, Darrell Bloome has had a long relationship with Scouting.