Communities guard against floods
WORTHINGTON — Minor flooding in southwest Minnesota and more intense flooding in northwest Iowa have local officials watching, waiting and taking preventative measures against the deluge that may occur as snow melts and rains fall.Worthington Daily Globe, 03/19/2010
Update: Road will be breached near Milford to alleviate flooding worries
3:30 p.m. Friday UpdateMILFORD, Iowa — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will order the breaching of 230th Avenue between Lower Gar Lake and its Mill Creek outlet after the Little Sioux River crests and begins to go down, possibly Sunday but more likely Monday.
Worthington Daily Globe, 03/19/2010
Veteran flew bombing missions over Europe
LUVERNE — After flying 35 missions bombing Axis strongholds across Europe, shooting at German fighter planes and surviving a saboteur’s attempt to destroy his B-24 Liberator, Ray Anderson still hates heights.Worthington Daily Globe, 03/18/2010
Lakefield wind project stalled
Buyer backs out of Jackson County wind energy planLAKEFIELD — A massive wind energy project that would have included the building of 134 new 1.5- megawatt wind turbines near Lakefield has been put on hold after the Indianapolis Power & Light Company terminated its power purchase agreement with enXco, the project’s developer.
Worthington Daily Globe, 03/17/2010
Update: Lakefield's wind energy project on hold
County will still be able to repay Resource Center bondsLAKEFIELD — A massive wind energy project that would have included the building of 134 new 1.5 megawatt wind turbines near Lakefield has been put on hold after the Indianapolis Power & Light Company terminated its power purchase agreement with enXco, the project’s developer.
Worthington Daily Globe, 03/16/2010
District 518, other area schools will open before Labor Day
WORTHINGTON (AP) — District 518 and 24 other Minnesota school districts will begin the next academic year Aug. 23, school officials learned Friday. “I think it means an opportunity to get seven to 10 days more of academic opportunity to do better on test results,” said District 518 Superintendent John Landgaard.Worthington Daily Globe, 03/15/2010
Area lawmakers talk conflict at legislative breakfast
Minnesota West's fieldhouse project cut from bonding billWORTHINGTON — Conflict dominated discussion between three area legislators and constituents at the Legislative Breakfast Saturday — conflict between Democrats and Republicans, rural and Metropolitan interests, legislators and the governor and even between Minnesota’s two legislative branches.
Worthington Daily Globe, 03/15/2010
Rogers chosen to ‘live out childhood dream’ in Germany
WORTHINGTON — A teary-eyed Haley Rogers thanked everyone after being named the 2010-2011 exchange student to Crailsheim, Germany, at the annual Worthington-Crailsheim International Annual Banquet Sunday at First Lutheran Church.Worthington Daily Globe, 03/15/2010
Proposed tobacco shop draws town ire 
JACKSON — The City Council chambers were packed Thursday in Jackson for a meeting about the city’s newest proposed business — Herb N’Legend, which specializes in tobacco and tobacco paraphernalia.
Worthington Daily Globe, 03/05/2010
Christopherson accepts job as new Jackson city administrator
JACKSON — After 19 days as Mahnomen’s city administrator, Patrick Christopherson submitted his resignation and contacted the mayor of Mahnomen in order to accept a job as Jackson’s city administrator.
Worthington Daily Globe, 02/26/2010
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