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In light of a recent string of business burglaries across rural Scott County, Minnesota's Largest Candy Store, inline with their signature tongue-in-cheek brand, is prepared to defend their premises with a significant boost in security.
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The Shakopee Police Department responded to and provided summaries for the following incidents Nov. 7-12. The Valley News does not include a comprehensive list of calls to which the department responded. Incidents are included here based on severity, impact on public safety or other factors.
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Shakopee Valley News reader Brenda Hewett sent in this photo of her dog, Marvel, playing in a pile of leaves.
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Late Monday evening, CenterPoint Energy received several customer calls about low gas pressure. Social media started to explode with stories about cold houses and stoves that didn’t work.
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A longtime Republican incumbent and Democratic newcomers are campaigning to win the Minnesota Senate District 56 seat in 2020.
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Rep. Hunter Cantrell, DFL-Savage, won’t seek re-election to the House District 56-A seat in 2020, he announced this week. He’ll instead campaign for fellow Democrat Jessica Hanson.
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The new Highway 212 and Big Woods Boulevard/County Road 44 interchange will open Saturday, Nov. 16, weather and schedule permitting.
When Robert Van Bergen waited at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport for the second time to spend eight more months in Vietnam, he was certain that this time around, he was going to die. At 19 years old, he had seen more through his eager eyes than most people would care to see in…
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The Minnesota Department of Transportation recently made speed limit changes for portions of Highway 21 between New Prague and Jordan, according to a news release from the Scott County Sheriff's Office.
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A district judge’s ruling in the Minnesota Renaissance Festival rape case could undermine the victim’s credibility and violate state law, the Scott County Attorney’s Office told the Minnesota Court of Appeals last week.
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State troopers responded to a crash involving a dump truck and tractor trailer just before 6:50 a.m. Tuesday, according to a public information officer with the Minnesota State Patrol.
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About 600 homes and businesses in downtown Shakopee experienced a gas service shutdown Monday night, leaving many without heat, according to a statement from CenterPoint Energy.
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On Nov. 3, more than 52,000 athletes competed in the annual New York City Marathon. Twelve of them made history.
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Southwest News Media recently invited local readers to submit tributes for veterans in their lives in honor of Veterans Day.
Former Shakopee Minnesota House District 55A representative Bob Loonan announced Nov.7 he will run for the seat again in the 2020 election. Loonan and incumbent Rep. Brad Tabke, D-Shakopee, are the only candidates who have officially announced they will be running in next year’s election.
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Ian Harris of Savage designs clothes, but his recent creation likely won’t show up on the fashion runways of Paris. It could instead save the lives of avalanche victims.
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Later this month, on Nov. 14, Turtle’s Bar and Grill in Shakopee will be hosting an event to raise awareness and prevent suicide among the community’s law enforcement officers and firefighters as part of a campaign called Wrestling for Life.
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Shakopee Valley News reader Robert Mitchell sent in this photo of a deer hanging out by a bird feeder.
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The Scott County Sheriff's Office released surveillance photos of an individual suspected of being involved in a string of business burglaries in rural Scott County over the past two months.
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Zuppa Cucina in Shakopee was burglarized around 2:30 a.m. Thursday morning, according to Shakopee Police Capt. Craig Robson.
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The Shakopee City Council recognized Police Capt. Craig Robson, who will retire Nov. 30, for his 28 years of service within the department at its Wednesday meeting this week.
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When Jordan mom Chelsie Knight was struggling with breastfeeding her first child, she was surprised to find the majority of breastfeeding resources were monotonous and not engaging.
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Halloween is usually an exciting and profitable day for Minnesota’s Largest Candy Store, but it was a downer for Jordan’s big yellow candy barn this year.
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Voters in Jordan rejected a $39.5 million public schools referendum Tuesday, putting the administration in a tough spot between maintaining current educational offerings and balancing the district’s budget.
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Southbridge Liquor was burglarized Monday morning around 1:15 a.m. after three people broke through the store’s front door and office door, stole a safe, and escaped from the back door in less than 90 seconds, according to store owner Michael Wilkie.
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The Jordan City Council voted to remove Councilman Jeff Will from his committee assignments after reviewing the findings of a staff complaint lodged against Will in August.
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A llama found loose in Sand Creek Township Sunday is looking for a new home, according to those close to the issue.
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Dissatisfied Frontier customers will be allowed to pursue refunds for poor phone service as part of a legal settlement agreement between the Minnesota Department of Commerce and the Connecticut-based telecommunications company.
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The Shakopee Fire Department responded to a residential house fire on Oaklawn Drive in Louisville Township Nov. 3 around 3:48 p.m.
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LAKEVILLE — A Lakeville company's plan to ship groundwater from Minnesota to western United States by railcar most likely won't come to fruition, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources said Friday.
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Charges filed against a 20-year-old Minneapolis man this week allege a gang known as the Irv Boys is responsible for over 140 burglaries in communities across the metropolitan area.
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It’s big. It’s round. It’s the Chanhassen “weather ball.”
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Protesters demanding the release of body camera footage related to an officer-involved shooting in July in Eagan shut down a Burnsville City Council meeting earlier this month.
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If you’re driving County Highway 101 in Shakopee, you’ll likely see about 100 goats casually grazing at Memorial Park, just off the sidewalk. The goats will be short-term Shakopee residents for the next week, naturally eliminating buckthorn on the Indian burial mounds located at the park.
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125 Years Ago
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When Jerry “The Soda Guy” Kornder was looking toward the fall harvest this year, he wasn’t sure how his limited staff was going to get all the pumpkins and squash out of the fields at Jim’s Apple Farm — the agriculture wing of Minnesota’s Largest Candy Store.
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Editor’s note: The following information was submitted by the Shakopee Lions Club.
