A Prior Lake-Savage middle school student recently received an official letter from the Oval Office thanking him for writing to the President of the United States about urging him to take stronger actions on texting and driving.
First- and fifth-grade students from Five Hawks Elementary recently teamed up with Bags of Smiles — a volunteer-based nonprofit that donates fun items to local pediatric patients in Minnesota — to stuff bags and have them delivered to 18 different children’s hospitals.
The Prior Lake-Savage Area School Board approved its 2024-26 Achievement and Integration Plan 6-1 at its latest school board meeting on Monday, March 13. School board member Lisa Atkinson voted against it.
The Prior Lake Lions Club will host the Easter Bunny at the Prior Lake VFW Post 6208 on Sunday, March 26, from 8:30 a.m.-noon for a pancake breakfast. All are invited to this annual event. Children’s activities and a clown will entertain.
A woman is dead following an overnight house fire in Prior Lake on Sunday night, according to the Prior Lake Fire Department.
A team of five students from Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools recently competed and came in third place in the annual High Tech Kids Minnesota FIRST LEGO League Challenge State Championship held at the RiverCentre in St. Paul on Feb. 12.
Summer registration for Prior Lake’s Parks and Recreation Department is officially open and city officials are urging parents to sign their children up as soon as possible as camps are quickly filling up.
A Twin Oaks Middle School sixth-grader was named Mayor for a Day after winning an essay contest answering the question, “If you were mayor for a day, what would you do to make one of the services that our city provides even better?”
One woman was killed in a two-vehicle crash in Spring Lake Township on Thursday afternoon, March 2, according to Scott County Sheriff’s Office.
Prior Lake City Council unanimously approved a major amendment to the Jeffers Pond Apartments planned unit development at its latest city council meeting on Monday, Feb. 27.
Scott County is increasing the number of staffed hours at a reentry home and halfway house in Prior Lake — bringing the capacity of the controversial home in line with a similar facility in Shakopee.
The City of Prior Lake and the Prior Lake Police Department welcomed back officer Josh Ritter who recently returned from a year-long deployment in Iraq earlier this week.
Scott County Sheriff’s Office responded to two separate dispatch calls involving a utility terrain vehicle and a snowmobile that went through thin ice under the Wagon Bridge Marina in Prior Lake on Thursday, Feb. 23.
Tickets are on sale now for the Prior Lake Players Community Theatre's production of "Mary Poppins."
The Credit River Planning Commission reviewed a concept plan for a proposed subdivision to be called Yellowstone of Credit River at its Feb. 16 meeting.
The Prior Lake-Spring Lake Watershed District, with the help of commercial netters, recently caught about 10,000 to 15,000 pounds of common carp conducted during an under ice carp seine in Spring Lake on Thursday, Feb. 16. Similar netting will happen on Upper Prior Lake over the next couple weeks.
The Prior Lake-Savage Area School Board unanimously approved a policy regarding bullying at its latest meeting on Monday, Feb. 13.
Project Prom is asking for help to make prom a memorable night for Prior Lake High School students.
The Credit River Rural Alliance — a group formed by residents concerned with proposed development in the northern portion of Credit River — is calling upon city officials to protect and preserve the environment and natural beauty of the community.
With Valentine’s Day around the corner, lovebirds in the southwest metro can get some puppy love and kitten kisses thanks to the Carver Scott Humane Society.
The Prior Lake City Council unanimously approved the city's 2023-2026 Strategic Plan at its latest meeting on Monday, Feb. 6.
The Minnesota Valley Transit Authority Board of Commissioners met for the first time in 2023 in the MVTA Board Room at the Burnsville Bus Garage on Wednesday, Jan. 25, at 4:30 p.m. In their first in-person meeting since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the commissioners welcomed two n…
U.S. Rep. Angie Craig recently announced Prior Lake will receive $632,150 in federal funding to complete the construction of a trail connecting downtown Prior Lake to its neighboring communities.
Prior Lake City Council recently adopted the Lakefront Park Master Plan — an updated concept for the park — at its latest meeting Wednesday, Jan. 18.
The Prior Lake Hometown Hero/Military Banner Program returns this year to honor and recognize individuals who made the choice to serve in the United States Armed Forces.
Hundreds of community members of several different backgrounds and faiths gathered together at the second annual Martin Luther King Day Jr. Breakfast hosted by Prior Lake High School and the Prior Lake Rotary Club on Monday at the high school to show unity, promote equity, and celebrate the …
One person was hospitalized in a three-car crash on the border of Prior Lake and Savage on Tuesday evening.
The Three Rivers Park District returns this new year with one its most popular programs — Under the Full Moon — which offers participants a chance to explore winter sights and sounds under the light of the beautiful full moon at various parks in the southwest metro.
On Monday, Jan. 2, members of the Prior Lake High School Low Brass Ensemble performed at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul for Minnesota’s 2023 Inaugural Ceremony.
The Prior Lake Lions Club wrapped up its community service for 2022 by serving over 200 seniors in its Prior Lake Seniors Dinner Drive Thru event held at the Prior Lake VFW Post 6208 on Dec. 12.
On Jan. 16, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the community will come together to show unity, promote equity and embrace our differences during the second annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day breakfast.
With the more than usual amount of snow that has accumulated across the region, snowmobilers are taking advantage of all the trails the southwest metro has to offer.
Kimberly Churchill and Victor Lake were sworn in as Prior Lake’s newest city councilmembers at the Wednesday, Jan. 4, city council meeting.
The Prior Lake Fire Department has been informed it has not been awarded the Staffing for Fire and Emergency Response grant that would fund fully fund the cost of hiring 12 full-time firefighters for their first three years.
Prior Lake’s outdoor ice rinks are officially ready and open for avid ice skating enthusiasts in the area to enjoy this winter season.
Two Prior Lake homes have been shining bright this holiday season with their elaborate display of synchronized lights and holiday music for the community to enjoy.
The weather outside might have been frightful, but elementary students throughout the Prior Lake-Savage Area School District had "snow" much fun outside on Friday, Dec. 16, as they built snowmen, sled down hills and made snow forts.
It’s sledding season, which means the sledding hill at Lakefront Park in Prior Lake is in prime condition after the recent snow.
Over the past several weeks, fifth-graders from all seven elementary schools in the Prior Lake-Savage Area School District had the opportunity to spend a week at Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center in Finland, Minnesota.
The Ponds Park playground in Prior Lake will soon be getting a much needed makeover to meet today’s modern needs, and the city needs the community’s input to help decide which playground it should build.
Workers in Scott County are currently modifying the Marschall Road Transit Station in Shakopee so that it can eventually serve as the site of a new Family Resource Center.
Low lake levels on Prior Lake has been causing concern for residents and boaters the past two years, making it difficult for them to navigate through the water. But one resident took advantage of the situation to improve the water quality while levels are low.
A Carver man is facing eight charges after he allegedly barricaded himself inside a family’s home in an hours-long standoff with law enforcement in Prior Lake on Friday, Nov. 25.
Don't miss Decemberrr Dazzle! — the city's festive annual event for the whole family — Friday, Dec. 2, from 6 to 8:30 p.m.
The Prior Lake High School Junior Optimist Club will be collecting toy donations through Dec. 11.
The Scott County Historical Society has welcomed a new executive director to its organization.
Tis' the season to be jolly! The holiday season has arrived, which means tons of fun and festivities, including the highly anticipated 2022 Holidazzle event at Loring Park in downtown Minneapolis.
Dr. Michael Thomas, the new superintendent of Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools, recently held a "listening and learning" event on Tuesday, Oct. 11, at Club Prior in Prior Lake, to get to know community members, listen to their ideas and learn what's important to district residents.
The City of Prior Lake recently received results from a community survey conducted over the summer that was intended to gauge residents' satisfaction with city services.
A multi-vehicle crash at a busy roundabout in Prior Lake late Saturday evening, Oct. 1, left two people hospitalized.
