Newspaper/Resource Search
| Name |
Subject |
Categories |
Source |
Date |
Pg |
Col |
| Gerdsen, Henry A. (Rev) |
Obituary(Nartive of Laketown. Heading states Rev. Henry A. ( Obituary States Herman Augustus) |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
9/26/1929 |
1 |
4 |
| Goetz, John |
1870-1930; Died; native of Laketown |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/23/1930 |
1 |
|
| Englehart, Woodrow Wilburt (1913-1930) |
Fine young lad, native of Laketown, passes at youthful age of 16. |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/9/1930 |
1 |
|
| Cities - Laketown Twp. |
Wm. Aretz elected supervisor in Laketown |
Politics & Elections: Elections |
Waconia Patriot |
3/12/1931 |
1 |
|
| Poppler, Frederick John 1918-1931 |
Drowned Laketown lad was well thought of |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/30/1931 |
1 |
1 |
| Organizations - Alfalfadale Club |
Laketown poultry club has session at, Waconia |
- Clubs & Associations
- Animal Husbandry: Poultry |
Weekly Valley Herald |
10/26/1933 |
1 |
6 |
| Maetzold, John 1863-1934 |
Buried in Hopkins, native of Laketown township, succumbs in Mpls. at age 71 |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
5/3/1934 |
1 |
|
| Buelow, Ferdinand and Sophia (nee: Zoerb) |
Golden Anniversary Celebrated by Laketown Couple |
Anniversaries |
Waconia Patriot |
1/17/1935 |
1 |
|
| County - Carver/Ditches |
Ditch matter is up, no pension action - Dahlgren - Laketown drainage project brings objections is continued |
Government: Public Works: Street Improvements |
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/6/1936 |
1 |
6 |
| Poppler, John, Mrs. |
Native of Laketown interred at Frazee |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/30/1937 |
1 |
2 |
| Schmeig, John |
Native of Laketown passes into eternity |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/30/1937 |
8 |
1 |
| Wartman, Ed & Harold |
Laketown Barn Ruined by Fire |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
11/3/1938 |
1 |
|
| Cities - Laketown |
Personal Property Tax List - 1938 |
Government: Finance and Funding: Property Tax |
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/19/1939 |
6 |
3,4,5 |
| Mapping & Surveying |
Waconia, Laketown & Dahlgren Twps, County starts ditch survey |
Reference Sources: Surveys |
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/25/1940 |
1 |
3 |
| Mapping & Surveying |
Drainage ditch is approved for Laketown, Waconia & Dahlgren Twps |
Environment & Ecology: Wetlands: Drainage |
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/6/1940 |
1 |
6 |
| Taxes |
Personal property list for 1940 - Laketown Township |
Government: Finance and Funding: Property Tax |
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/23/1941 |
7 |
|
| Freed, Swan |
Dies at 70, resident of Laketown, died at Watertown |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/3/1941 |
7 |
|
| Bade, Otto A. |
Zoar Native Passes Away in Mill City. O.A. Bade son of Early Day Laketown Citizens |
Reference Sources: Death Records |
Weekly Valley Herald |
4/24/1941 |
1 |
|
| Ditches |
Contract for new ditch is let by county board - Drainage ditch running through land in Waconia, Laketown, Benton & Dahlgren townships |
Government: Public Works: Street Improvements |
Weekly Valley Herald |
8/14/1941 |
1 |
|
| Ehrenberg, Herman |
Laketown native called |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
10/9/1941 |
4 |
|
| Sauerbrey, John, Mr. & Mrs. |
Of Laketown township, were one of 10 couples celebrating their golden wedding |
|
Waconia Patriot |
10/30/1941 |
3 |
|
| Woerdehoff, Albert |
Former Laketown man reported seriously wounded in Italy |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
12/30/1943 |
1 |
4 |
| Taxes |
Laketown - Cologne property tax list 1951 |
Government: Finance and Funding: Property Tax |
Weekly Valley Herald |
1/24/1952 |
8 |
1 - 2 |
| Kaufhold, August |
This is the 15 acre farm in Laketown |
|
Waconia Patriot |
10/30/1958 |
7 |
|
| Fink, Henry |
Laketown native - obit |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
7/14/1960 |
3 |
1 |
| Cities - Laketown Twp./Dev. Plans |
Schmittville plat approved by county |
Government: Boards and Commissions |
Waconia Patriot |
8/22/1963 |
1 |
|
| Peltz, William |
Laketown twp. treasurer for 37 years |
|
Waconia Patriot |
4/8/1965 |
1 |
|
| Zoar Moravian Church |
Laketown, Annual Homecoming Service |
Religion |
L.T. #5 |
9/26/1966 |
5 |
|
| Santache, Vincent, Sr. |
Obituary Laketown pioneer dies in Georgia |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
6/29/1967 |
3 |
3 |
| Townships - Laketown |
Laketown Townships residents endorse incorporation plan |
Business & Industry: Incorporation |
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/8/1968 |
1 |
|
| Poppler, John 1903-1968 |
Native of Laketown, 64 yr. old bachelor died at the Carl Thaemert home |
|
Weekly Valley Herald |
2/22/1968 |
7 |
|
| Carver County |
MMC to hold public hearing March 28th, on Laketown petition |
Government: Boards and Commissions |
Weekly Valley Herald |
3/21/1968 |
1 |
|
| Cities - Laketown Twp. |
Laketown merger proposal presents many problems |
Politics & Elections: Mergers |
Waconia Patriot |
1/23/1969 |
1 |
|
| Cities - Laketown/Victoria |
Laketown merger proposal presents many problems |
Politics & Elections: Mergers |
Waconia Patriot |
1/23/1969 |
1 |
|
| Townships - Laketown |
The Laketown story - 1967 - 1969 |
History: Reminiscences |
Waconia Patriot |
1/30/1969 |
1 |
|
| Cities - Victoria |
Laketown voters against merger. |
Politics & Elections: Mergers |
Waconia Patriot |
2/6/1969 |
1 |
|
| Cities - Laketown Twp. |
Laketown voters against Merger |
Politics & Elections: Mergers |
Waconia Patriot |
2/6/1969 |
1 |
|
| Cities - Laketown Twp. |
Victoria council approves merger |
Politics & Elections: Mergers |
Waconia Patriot |
4/17/1969 |
1 |
|
| Cities - Laketown Twp. |
Laketown Twp. residents deiscredit independent group action to merge with Victoria Village |
Politics & Elections: Mergers |
Waconia Patriot |
5/8/1969 |
1 |
|
| Blissenbach, Ray |
Resigns as Laketown Supervisor |
Labor: Employment |
Waconia Patriot |
7/3/1969 |
1 |
|
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