Newspaper/Resource Search
| Name |
Subject |
Categories |
Source |
Date |
Pg |
Col |
| Cities - Laketown Twp. |
Metro council joins Laketown tlaks |
Government: Planning & Growth: Annexation |
Waconia Patriot |
5/6/1976 |
1 |
|
| Cities - Laketown Twp. |
Political maneuvering surrounds Laketown annexation |
Government: Planning & Growth: Annexation |
Waconia Patriot |
7/8/1976 |
1b |
|
| Cities - Laketown Twp. |
Laketown begins petitions opposing any annexation |
Government: Planning & Growth: Annexation |
Waconia Patriot |
9/2/1976 |
1b |
|
| Cities - Laketown Twp. |
Laketown board agrees to terms of annexation |
Government: Planning & Growth: Annexation |
Waconia Patriot |
12/23/1976 |
2b |
|
| Cities - Laketown Twp. |
Laketown elects new supervisor, sets budget |
- Politics & Elections: Elections
- Government: Finance and Funding: Budget |
Carver County Herald |
3/22/1978 |
2 |
|
| Roads |
Laketown Twp residents petition count for road improvements |
Transportation: Roads & Highways |
Waconia Patriot |
7/13/1978 |
10a |
|
| Townships - Laketown |
Laketown Township redidents seek expanded board |
Government: Boards and Commissions |
Waconia Patriot |
10/26/1978 |
6b |
|
| Mihelich, Jo |
Filed for Laketown township election - photo |
|
Carver County Herald |
2/21/1979 |
3 |
2 |
| Cities - Laketown Twp. |
Laketown residents voice complaints at meeting |
Human Relations: Daily Living |
Waconia Patriot |
3/1/1979 |
1 |
|
| Melchert, Martin |
Wins Laketown supervisior race |
|
Carver County Herald |
3/14/1979 |
14 |
1 |
| Laketown Township |
Lake Minnetonka conservation district - Special legislation introduced for Laketown Twp. regarding LMCO tax |
Government: Taxation |
Waconia Patriot |
4/26/1979 |
5b |
|
| Cities - Laketown Twp. |
Special legislation introduced for Laketown Twp. regarding LCMD tax |
Government: Taxation |
Waconia Patriot |
4/26/1979 |
5b |
|
| Laketown Township |
Lake Minnetonka conservation district - Legislature takes Laketown Twp. off watershed tax rolls |
Water: Watershed Councils |
Waconia Patriot |
5/31/1979 |
1 |
|
| Cities - Laketown Twp. |
Legislature takes Laketown Twp. off watershed tax rolls |
Water: Watershed Councils |
Waconia Patriot |
5/31/1979 |
1 |
|
| Cities - Laketown Twp. |
To vote on new town hall |
Buildings: Halls |
Carver County Herald |
8/15/1979 |
1 |
2 |
| Cities - Laketown Twp. |
Laketown Twp. referendum defeated by single vote |
Politics & Elections: Voters |
Waconia Patriot |
8/23/1979 |
1 |
|
| Cities - Laketown Twp. |
Laketown township voters won't see familiar faces when they cast votes for supervisors |
Government: Employees |
Waconia Patriot |
2/7/1980 |
17a |
|
| Businesses - Lake Township |
Laketown Mfg. products have world wide exposure |
Business & Industry: Transportation |
Waconia Patriot ("Progress 1980 Supplement" |
2/14/1980 |
12 |
|
| Cities - Laketown Twp. |
Will a handful approve a new Laketown hall |
Buildings: Halls |
Waconia Patriot |
3/6/1980 |
11a |
|
| Cities - Laketown Twp. |
Laketown voters barely pass new town hall |
Politics & Elections: Voters |
Waconia Patriot |
3/13/1980 |
1 |
|
| Cities - Laketown Twp. |
Laketown Twp. sells old hall |
Buildings: Halls |
Waconia Patriot |
6/12/1980 |
6a |
|
| Cities - Laketown/Victoria |
Laketown Township sells old hall |
Buildings: Halls |
Waconia Patriot |
6/12/1980 |
6a |
|
| Van Den Bulck, Francis |
Belgian Man Fulfills Dream on Laketown Farm - Photo |
|
Carver County Herald |
7/23/1980 |
2 |
|
| Sheriff |
Laketown township votes to discontinue contract policing |
Government: Law Enforcement: Sheriff's Office |
Waconia Patriot |
9/18/1980 |
2a |
|
| Stolz, Jan |
Replaces husband, Richard Stolz as Laketown clerk |
|
Carver County Herald |
11/12/1980 |
2 |
6 |
| Woolf, donald |
Fire destroyed Laketown twnsp. home on Lake Pierson |
|
Carver County Herald |
1/5/1983 |
1 |
6 |
| Cities - Laketown Twp. |
Laketown police protection |
Government: Law Enforcement: Sheriff's Office |
Waconia Patriot |
12/26/1985 |
1 |
|
| Railroads - Laketown |
Train derailment clean up continues |
Buildings: Railroad |
Carver County Herald |
8/13/1986 |
1 |
|
| Railroads - Laketown |
Thirty one train cars derail on East Laketown tracks |
Buildings: Railroad |
Waconia Patriot |
8/14/1986 |
1 |
|
| Koosman, Jerry |
Laketown township candidate withdraws |
|
Waconia Patriot |
2/25/1988 |
2 |
|
| Kramer, John |
Candidate for supervisor (Laketown Twp) |
|
Waconia Patriot |
3/3/1988 |
5 |
|
| Stacken, Edward |
Candidate for township clerk. (Laketown twsp.) |
|
Waconia Patriot |
3/3/1988 |
5 |
|
| Businesses - Laketown Twp. |
New center provides quiet place to retreat from life |
Business & Industry: Health & Fitness |
Waconia Patriot |
7/28/1988 |
7 |
|
| Swedlund, Roxanne |
Only race promised is for Laketown Supervisor |
|
Carver County Herald |
2/23/1989 |
3 |
|
| Rademacher, Mary Ann |
Laketown Treasurer |
|
Waconia Patriot |
3/2/1989 |
6 |
|
| Hasse, Betty Lu |
Laketown twp. Election |
|
Carver County Herald |
3/9/1989 |
3 |
|
| Honebrink, Jerry |
Laketown Twp. election |
|
Carver County Herald |
3/9/1989 |
3 |
|
| Rademacher, Mary Ann |
Laketown Treasurer |
|
Carver County Herald |
3/9/1989 |
3 |
|
| Simon, Frank |
Laketown Twp. elections |
|
Carver County Herald |
3/9/1989 |
3 |
|
| Swedlund, Roxanne |
Laketown Twp. election |
|
Carver County Herald |
3/9/1989 |
7 |
|
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