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BURNSVILLE — What should the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency keep in mind while reviewing the plan to add a couple hundred feet in height to the Burnsville Sanitary Landfill?
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A white SUV fled the scene after striking an elderly woman in the Cub Foods parking lot in Shakopee around 1:30 p.m. today, according to Police Chief Jeff Tate.
The Veterans Harvest Market that started in 2016 but halted at the end of last season returned to Prior Lake earlier this month at Tractor Supply Co. with a new name.
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Welcome to The Spoonful, a weekly round-up of stories across the southwest metro.
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Darren Troseth of 3 Rivers Fishing Adventures took this picture of swans on the flooded Minnesota River with a Samsung Galaxy 9 Plus while fishing.
On June 11, Patrick Rosenstiel, CEO of St. Paul-based Ainsley Shea Communications, announced that Carver native Luke Schliesman will be a summer intern for the company, according to a press release. Schliesman, a graduate of Holy Family Catholic High School, currently attends the University …
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A Shakopee resident stormed out of an informal Town Hall meeting with Rep. Brad Tabke Thursday at the Shakopee Library, after debating issues revolving around people in the U.S. illegally.
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The Chanhassen City Council voted 3-2 to establish an economic development commission at its June 10 meeting. The EDC will advise the City Council and the Economic Development Authority (which is made up of city councilors).
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The Shakopee School District is fighting the public release of an independent investigation into the district’s “operational health” — otherwise known as “the NeuVest report.”
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Roundabouts are springing up around Prior Lake to calm traffic and reduce the damage from collisions with their curved paths, Prior Lake City Engineer Andy Brotzler said.
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A measure to increase congressional salaries showed the limits of party unity after Democratic leaders pulled the measure from an appropriations bill that passed the U.S. House on Wednesday.
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Stop by the Canterbury Park horse stables on a weekday morning, and you’d think you were in a different town. Trainers and groomsmen massage the calves of their horses, and jockeys nod their helmets as they ride past. Trucks glide through the dirt, kicking smoke in the air and into the nostr…
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Listen to this week's episode of Sports 4 Dummies with sports editors Dan Huss, Tom Schardin, Eric Kraushar and Todd Abeln:
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Photos from the KPMG Women's PGA Championship on Thursday, June 20.
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While the top-ranked Chanhassen Red Birds are off to an unbeaten start, seven straight wins, it's how they're doing it that's the big story early on.
Storm clouds loom over Savage near Prior Lake High School Thursday, June 20. Rain and possible thunder storms were forecasted for the afternoon.
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SHAKOPEE — The Republican Party can do a better job than Democrats of encouraging renewable and carbon-neutral energy despite party members’ longstanding skepticism around the need for it, a national conservative advocate and local Republicans said at a public forum this month.
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Local startups have a shot at money and mentorship through the Scott County Community Development Agency’s third Fast-Track Business Challenge, which is now accepting applications.
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The Shakopee City Council approved a memorandum of understanding Tuesday with the Minnesota State University-Mankato to look into higher education opportunities in the area.
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The owner of Whiskey Inferno in Savage read the June 6 Villager article about his interest in opening a restaurant in Chanhassen, at the former Applebee's site.
Each week we publish a detail of a local landmark in Chanhassen or Victoria. The following week we identify the landmark. Do you know where the heck this is? Email your guess to uzuege@swpub.com. Or post your guess on the Chanhassen Villager Facebook page.
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A judge has ordered that the city of Chaska change its social media terms of use policies and provide First Amendment training to staff handling social media accounts.
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The top women golfers in the world take center stage at Hazeltine National Golf Club this week for the 2019 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.
On June 5, students from 19 classes at Scenic Heights Elementary School worked together to install more than 1,500 plants, according to a press release.
On June 1, 26 local students performed in the Minnesota Music Teachers Association’s 84th annual State Honors Concert, according to a press release.
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Southwest News Media has introduced "The Buzz," a weekly newsletter filled with the latest entertainment and arts news from across the southwest metro, published and delivered every Thursday.
The Minnesota Golf Hall of Fame recently announced the Hall of Fame Class of 2019, according to a news release. They include: Mike Barge, 64, of Chanhassen; Hilary (Homeyer) Lunke, 40, of Edina; and Robert “Bob” Olds, 73, of Minnetonka.
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A 17-year-old accused of rape at Prior Lake High School last year will be treated as an adult, a 1st Judicial District judge decided earlier this month.
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SPUC continues to make a splash in Shakopee, after the possibility of getting a donated splash pad became jeopardized by a $211,000 upfront fee that would have to be paid for the water.
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The Jordan City Council may move forward with the construction of a levee along Sand Creek after hearing supportive feedback from some of the homeowners who would lose their property to the project.
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SHAKOPEE — Central Family Center recently added a lending library (aka little library) and food shelf that honors the memory of educators Gary Anger and Melissa Zahn, who died last year.
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It's the most wonderful time of the year — the unveiling of the new Minnesota State Fair foods.
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The Jordan Historical Society will use a nearly $10,000 grant to purchase a microfiche reader and personal computer, historical society President Ron Jabs said this week.
A Window of Oppor-brewery for Savage
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Jesse Rients got this shot of the Highway 101 bridge with an iPhone 7.
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A New Prague woman suffered minor injuries after crashing her motorcycle June 13 on Highway 169 west of Shakopee.
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Historic flooding on the Mississippi River is bringing record-breaking delays to the year’s barge season for Savage businesses along the Minnesota River, several business officials said.
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Listen to this week's episode of Sports 4 Dummies with sports editors Dan Huss, Tom Schardin, Eric Kraushar and Todd Abeln:
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Joe Vanderford, a transgender man, has big, curious eyes that widen when he talks about getting out of the Shakopee women’s correctional facility come November 2020. Once he’s out, he’ll try to get a job as a cell phone tower climber, so he can see more of the world than what television scre…
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Adam Fry is a bug guy. A 20-year veteran of the Metropolitan Mosquito Control Division, he’s used to facing creatures that make other Minnesotans run indoors. But the buggy situation in his own yard this summer was enough to give Fry pause.
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The Prior Lake American publishes our favorite photos submitted by readers through a (mostly) weekly contest.
Residents could see pothole repairs coming soon.
Each week we publish a detail of a local landmark in Chanhassen or Victoria. The following week we identify the landmark. Do you know where the heck this is? Email your guess to uzuege@swpub.com. Or post your guess on the Chanhassen Villager Facebook page.
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Big windowed white tents, grand spectator stands and makeshift walkways have sprung up at Hazeltine National Golf Club along its 18-hole course in anticipation of the upcoming KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.
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Plans for a 190-unit apartment complex to be built in Savage moved forward this month despite outcry from surrounding residents.
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Chanhassen Park and Recreation Director Todd Hoffman recently led a group of city officials on a walk through the future Lake Ann Park expansion.
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Commercial fishers can fish for more carp in local lakes, helping water quality and their bottom lines, under a bill that passed the state Legislature and received the governor’s signature this year.
