Lakefield News

Local Pioneer plant takes step in the evolution of seed packaging The quiet expansion of Jackson's Pioneer Hi-Bred production plant was one of the community's many developments undertaken last year in the shadow of nearby AGCO's major expansion project, but this week Pioneer's building addition grabs front-page attention in the Farm Market News, a ... (more)

John Bandy was just a boy when he first learned of his great-great-great grandmother and how she kindly helped a friend with a sewing project one March weekend back in 1861.

The South Dakota departments of Transportation and Public Safety want to advise motorists that Xcel Energy will be using helicopters for repair work on power lines along Interstate 90, east of Sioux Falls, beginning on Thursday, February, 9th.

Whether it comes over the telephone, by email, on the Internet or via the regular mail delivered to your door, fraud can make anyone a victim - and it can happen fast.

La Crosse, WI On January 29, a fire broke out in a residence hall basement at UW-La Crosse.

The state and national political scene will hit home on Tuesday when Jackson County residents gather with neighbors within their respective party affiliations - or check out a political party that attracts their interest - and help shape the ballot for this November's election.

An event that has brought many a chili lover and chili chef out of their homes during the cold winter months will happen again this year - on Sunday, Feb.

Minnesota humorist Al Batt mixed business with pleasure Sunday as the keynote speaker for the annual meeting of the Lakefield Business Association.

Present-day residents of the area that played host to one of the most gruesome chapters in the story of the 1862 Dakota Uprising got a fresh perspective Saturday on the events that led up to and followed that heart-stopping moment in history.

Services for Georgeana W. Ringgenberg, 96, of Jackson will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Salem Lutheran Church in Jackson.

A former Lakefield resident is in jail this week, accused of selling methamphetamine in her former hometown.

The annual meeting of the Jackson County Historical Society later this month will kick off the year marking the 150th anniversary of the Dakota Uprising in appropriate style.