Past difficulty with administration of the farmers market in Central Park persuaded the City Council to vote for a new strategy in 2008.

In the past, the city issued one seasonal sale on public property permit to an independent organizer of the market, but “problems have been ongoing with this arrangement,” City Administrator Bruce Miller wrote in a memo to the Council March 3.

Litchfield Planning Commission will review the city's draft zoning ordinance during its regular meeting at 5:30 p.m. Monday, March 10, at City Hall.

The Planning Commission has been reviewing the zoning ordinance for several months as part of the preparation of the city's Comprehensive Plan. City Council members are expected to attend Monday's meeting to review the work that's been done and offer suggestions to the commission.

Congested intersections, hard-to-see turns and bike trails were just a few transportation issues community members identified for city, county and state officials at an open house last week.

One generous offer deserves another. At least that’s the way it seemed during Monday’s Litchfield City Council meeting.

By Brent Schacherer

By Stan Roeser

They say you can’t judge a book by its cover, and in a similar vein it’s a truism that you can’t always judge a news story by its headline.

Litchfield Planning Commission voted 5-0 Monday to recommend approval of variance and special-use permit requests from Meeker County Memorial Hospital.