Newspaper/Resource Search
| Name |
Subject |
Categories |
Source |
Date |
Pg |
Col |
| Cities - Laketown Twp./Development Plans |
Cluster housing still an issue |
Housing: New Homes |
Waconia Patriot |
4/11/1991 |
3 |
|
| Cities - Laketown Twp. |
Cluster housing debated in Laketown |
Housing: New Homes |
Waconia Patriot |
5/2/1991 |
3 |
|
| Assumption Church - Hancock Twp. |
Dismantling the church of the Assumption |
Religion: Churches: Catholic |
Norwood Young America Times |
5/9/1991 |
7 |
|
| Cities - Laketown Twp./Development Plans |
Cluster controversy nears resolution |
Government: Boards and Commissions |
Chaska Herald |
5/9/1991 |
1 |
|
| Businesses - Laketown Twp. |
Rolling Acres - Breaking the barriers - Disabled people have plenty to offer |
- Business & Industry
- Buildings: Schools
- Health & Welfare: Handicapped |
Waconia Patriot |
6/20/1991 |
7 |
|
| Environmental Concerns |
Agreement will bring twp interminable financial income |
Environment & Ecology: Wild and Scenic Rivers |
Chaska Herald |
8/1/1991 |
5 |
|
| Cities - Laketown Twp. |
Cluster housing triggered rancor on Laketown board |
Government: Boards and Commissions |
Chaska Herald |
10/31/1991 |
1 |
|
| Cities - Laketown Twp. |
Simon bumped in township election |
Politics & Elections: Elections |
Chaska Herald |
3/12/1992 |
1 |
|
| Cities - Laketown Twp. |
Residents want trees left along (Parley Lake Road may get trimmed by Twp.) |
Plants: Trees |
Waconia Patriot |
6/4/1992 |
1 |
|
| Cities - Laketown Twp. |
No changes on Parley Lake Rd. for one year |
Transportation: Roads & Highways |
Waconia Patriot |
6/11/1992 |
1 |
|
| Businesses - Camden Twp. |
D. J. Sand & Gravel, Inc: Gravel expansion approved to proceed in Camden Township |
Business & Industry: Creameries |
Waconia Patriot |
11/11/1993 |
1 |
|
| Cities - Laketown Twp. |
Laketown opts for appointive clerk/treasurer position |
Government: Employees |
Chaska Herald |
3/10/1994 |
12 |
|
| Businesses - Laketown Twp. |
Kahnke Brothers, Inc: County gives problem neighbors permit for land use in Laketown Township |
- Business & Industry
- Land & Property: Land Use |
Chaska Herald |
1/19/1995 |
3 |
|
| Cities - Laketown Twp. |
Laketown twp. not happy about loss of taxable property |
Land & Property: Property Tax |
Waconia Patriot |
3/9/1995 |
1 |
|
| Murphy, Jack |
Township elections held some surprises. Dahlgren Twp. |
|
Chaska Herald |
3/16/1995 |
1 |
|
| Tholkes, Troy |
Three shot to death in Watertown Twp. |
|
Carver County News |
6/1/1995 |
1 |
|
| Walters, Jame |
Three shot to death in Watertown Twp. |
|
Carver County News |
6/1/1995 |
1 |
|
| Radio Tower |
Radio tower construction on hold for now.(discribes tower project proposed in Dahlgren Twp.) |
Communication: Radio |
Waconia Patriot |
6/22/1995 |
3 |
|
| Landin, Josh |
Electrocuted in Camden Twp |
|
Carver County News |
7/3/1997 |
1 |
4-6 |
| Panning, Randy of Washington Lake TWP |
Tried to get a interm ordinance for a feedlot. |
|
Norwood Young America Times |
7/31/1997 |
3 |
1-2 |
| Chadwick, Norma |
Open House for 25 Years Franklin Twp Clerk |
|
Carver County News |
4/15/1999 |
1 |
4-6 |
| Chadwick, Norma |
Franklin Twp Clerk- Photo-Treasurer Retires after 25 Years |
|
Carver County News (photo) |
5/13/1999 |
1 |
1-3 |
| Hollywood Twp |
Twp Reunion (photo) |
|
Carver County News |
9/16/1999 |
8 |
1-6 |
| Camden Twp. |
to get new signs |
|
hj |
5/25/2000 |
12 |
5-6 |
| Marty James Givens (Glencoe)dies after his car |
Collides with a telephone pole. In Benton Twp |
|
Waconia Patriot |
2/21/2002 |
3 |
3 |
| 'Two people die in head on auto crash at 11:23 pm on Hwy 212 |
east of Hwy 284 in Benton Twp 6-10-2002 |
|
Waconia Patriot |
6/13/2002 |
5 |
1-2 |
| Richter, Andrea |
wins $1,000 scholarship from Mn Assn of Twps |
|
Carver County News |
11/27/2003 |
2 |
1 |
| William Mueller and Sons |
To expand gravel mining operation in Dahgren twp. |
|
Waconia Patriot |
1/29/2004 |
8 |
3-4 |
| Woodland Twp. |
New Town Hall / Photos |
|
Carver County News |
3/10/2005 |
1/20 |
1-6 |
| McMullen, William (Bill) |
Franklin Twp. winner |
|
Carver County News |
3/17/2005 |
1 |
|
| Township Elections |
Flip of a coin decideds winner in Franklin twp. |
|
Carver County News |
3/17/2005 |
1 |
5 |
| Garage explosion in Franklin Twp. |
Two men injured in Franklin |
|
Carver County News |
3/24/2005 |
11 |
5-6 |
| Fatal Crash |
Occurs in Hollywood TWP |
|
Norwood Young America Times |
3/24/2005 |
3b |
6 |
| Watertown Twp |
Looks to Increase Taxes |
|
Norwood Young America Times |
7/14/2005 |
1 |
1 |
| Watertown Twp |
Looks to Increase Taxes |
|
Norwood Young America Times |
7/14/2005 |
1 |
2 |
| County Denies Expansion of Gravel Operation |
In San Francisco TWP |
|
Norwood Young America Times |
8/18/2005 |
1 |
1 |
| Woodland Twp. |
open house at new hall |
|
Carver County News |
12/1/2005 |
1 |
1-6 |
| Tesch, Silas |
Honored for commitment to Watertown Twp. |
|
ccn/photo |
12/14/2006 |
1 |
1-6 |
| Anderson, Andrew Oscar |
1873 Laketown Twp. |
History: Reminiscences |
Holcombe & Bingham Compendium of Hist., 1915 |
1/1/2007 |
266 |
|
| Anderson, Peter D. |
1828- 1906/Laketown Twp. |
History: Reminiscences |
Holcombe & Bingham Compendium of Hist., 1915 |
1/1/2007 |
265 |
|
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Bergman/Bergmann
Blocker/Plocher
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