Fire destroys Watkins house
Fire destroyed a Watkins house March 4. Meeker County Sheriff’s Office received report at 7:07 p.m. March 4 of a house fire in the 400… Login to continue reading Login…
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Frozen fun for a good cause
Litchfield students raise $22,000 in 11th year participating in Polar Plunge
City Council approves airport hangar project
Most of $1.4 million facility will be paid for with federal funds
Pickleball courts will get upgrade
City Council approved $15,000 improvement project
Meeker Memorial recognized as Top 100 hospital
Designation highlights rural hospital performance
4-H’er creates buzz for pollinators
Maisy Geurts led a ‘Butterflies & Blossoms’ day camp
BACKTHEN
20 YEARS AGO: NEWS FROM THE ISSUE OF MARCH 10, 2005 Litchfield City Council members found themselves between a rock and the proverbial hard place Monday as they struggled with seemingly competing goals. On one had, they want to promote business growth, on the other, they want to protect one of the city’s most precious national resources. Towmaster Trailers Inc. has requested to take ownership of 10 acres of city property for expansion purposes. Under normal circumstances, such a request might not be so difficult. But Towmaster’s request for land adjacent to its property on U.S. Highway 12 north of town involves land in the city’s well field — the area from which Litchfield draws its drinking water. The city suggested a lease, but Towmaster president Janell Johnson said that would not meet the company’s needs. “I can’t stress enough us having ownership of the land to go forward with the plan we have,” Johnson said, saying that too many variables would exist on land the company didn’t actually own.
Rejoice in the Lord always?
The famous Christain missionary, George Mueller, was quoted as saying, “The first great and primary business to which I ought to attend every day is to have my soul happy in the Lord,” (www. goodreads.com/author/ quotes/5825213.George_M_ ller). I wonder what motivated Mueller to say that? Could it possibly be that we are not people that always wake up in the morning ready to sing?
LHS STUDENTS OF THE MONTH
Litchfield High School teachers and staff announced last week their Students of the Month for February, a group that includes Aurora Haas, Emma Defries, Dylan Johnson and Deagan Weatherholt.