2+ hour, 18+ min ago  (89+ words) The Jackson County Central Board of Education made a flurry of personnel moves last week. Board members last Monday approved hiring Destiny Burgy as assistant head cook at Riverside Elementary Schoo. .. Digital Subscription Required You must be a Digital Subscriber…...

3+ hour, 58+ min ago  (79+ words) Readers are invited to submit a photo showing the height of Jackson County corn on the Fourth of July for a chance to appear in the Lakefield Standard. Submitted photos must be taken on July 4 and include at least one…...

22+ hour, 1+ min ago  (527+ words) Des Moines Valley Health and Human Services" public health team would like to celebrate America"s 250th anniversary with a special public health milestone timeline. From early efforts to fight infectious diseases to innovations that shape modern health care, this timeline…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (195+ words) Most of us are familiar with the second sentence of the Declaration of Independence: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (74+ words) Two-and-a-half centuries after the Declaration of Independence was first read aloud in public squares dotting the East Coast, the words of that defiant document will be heard emanating from the heart. .. Digital Subscription Required You must be a Digital Subscriber…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (81+ words) As I listen, read and think about this country, many folks speak of the attributes of the United States of America that are important to them. We are certainly getting a fresh look at our country thro. .. Digital Subscription Required…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (100+ words) The Jackson County Central Board of Education has adopted a preliminary budget projecting a six-digit deficit for the second consecutive year. Board members last week approved a preliminary budget for. .. Digital Subscription Required You must be a Digital Subscriber to…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (116+ words) Sales at the Lakefield Liquor Store were down and expenses were up in 2025, with several related metrics of financial health faring well worse than those of municipal liquor stores across the state of Minnesota. The less-than-stellar analysis of liquor store…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (1149+ words) A deputy assisted the Minnesota State Patrol with a traffic stop and subsequent arrest on Highway 71 south of Jackson. A 57-year-old male from Jackson was arrested on three Nobles County warrants. All three were for felony court order-fifth-degree controlled substances....

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (131+ words) Jackson County corn will not be knee-high by the Fourth of July. It will be way taller. u201c Overall, things are looking pretty darn good, u201d Liz Stahl, local extension educator in crops, said of the Jackson County corn crop. u201c The corn…...