Seventy years ago, Hahn's Store in Jordan sold Minnesota-grown potatoes at 23 cents for a 15-pound bag.

For more information, read the Looking Back column in the Jan. 8 issue of the Jordan Independent. Read it online in the Print Edition section, or subscribe by going to www.jordannews.com/subscribe.

ST. PETER -- The Center for Rural Policy & Development today released its latest edition of the Rural Minnesota Journal. The new 145-page volume contains eight articles examining the challenges and advances for women in rural Minnesota.

“Author after author found that these women face unique challenges when it comes to caring for their children and their elderly parents, finding a job or even navigating the health care system,” said Brad Finstad, executive director of the Center for Rural Policy & Development.

Fifty years ago, the countywide dairy tour included the Wermerskirchen, Busse, and Bendzick farms.

For more information, read the Looking Back column in the Nov. 27 issue of the Jordan Independent. Read it online in the Print Edition section, or subscribe by going to www.jordannews.com/subscribe.

Seventy years ago, Scott County's beet growers held a meeting to organize an association meant to advocate for their interests.

For more information, read the Looking Back column in the Nov. 27 issue of the Jordan Independent. Read it online in the Print Edition section, or subscribe by going to www.jordannews.com/subscribe.

Fifty years ago, the Helena Helpers 4-H club won club of the year for the third time in a row.

For more information, read the Looking Back column in the Nov. 13 issue of the Jordan Independent. Read it online in the Print Edition section, or subscribe by going to www.jordannews.com/subscribe.

An error was published in the Breaking News, Firefighters, and Sheriff sections of this Web site. The granary fire occurred in Sand Creek Township.

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This morning, with flames heating up in a tin-sided granary in Sand Creek Township and the wind blowing to the south toward a dry cornfield, two dozen firefighters worked together against the blaze. In this slide show, see the Jordan Fire Department in action:

Seventy years ago, 325 4-Hers from across Scott County gathered at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church to celebrate.

For more information, read the Looking Back column in the Oct. 30 issue of the Jordan Independent. Read it online in the Print Edition section, or subscribe by going to www.jordannews.com/subscribe.

Shannon Fiecke of the Shakopee Valley News reports:

A group of area farmers and consumers, who believe the county’s proposed land-use plan will destroy valuable farmland, has filed a request asking Scott County to delay submission of the plan to the Metropolitan Council.  

The county has spent about four years amending its comprehensive land-use plan, which guides development in the county. The proposed update is nearing the end of a six-month comment period, and is due to the Metropolitan Council by the end of this year.

Ten years ago, the award-winning boar Big Blue went to New York with his owners, the Wermerskirchens.

For more information, read the Looking Back column in the Oct. 23 issue of the Jordan Independent. Read it online in the Print Edition section, or subscribe by going to www.jordannews.com/subscribe.