The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community honored the start of Native American Heritage Month this November by sponsoring a statewide book giveaway.
Since 1993, the Habitat 500 Bike Ride has sent cyclists across Minnesota and the surrounding Midwest annually to raise funds and awareness for Habitat for Humanity.
Savage’s largest annual festival, Dan Patch Days, is back from June 23 to 25 at Savage Community Park.
Seaman Cecelia Kelch, a native of Savage, is serving at the Information Warfare Training Command (IWTC) at Corry Station in Pensacola, Florida.
In Savage Community Park, a new playground, valued at $350,000, has been built.
With summer weather returning to Minnesota, beaches and aquatic centers in Scott and Carver counties are preparing to reopen.
The community is invited to a ribbon cutting to officially open the new playground at Savage Community Park 6-7 p.m. Wednesday, June 8.
Dan Patch American Legion Post 643 in Savage visited three local cemeteries on Monday, Memorial Day.
Dan Patch American Legion Post 643 in Savage will conduct its annual Memorial Day services on Monday, May 30.
Allina Health and the nonprofit Free Bikes 4 Kidz MN gave away hundreds of bikes in Savage on May 20.
The Scott Soil and Water Conservation District is hosting a free workshop on how to establish native prairie plantings. Learn about site preparation, how to get a planting started, receive maintenance tips, and find out about available funding opportunities.
The city of Savage recently added two new public charging stations for electric vehicles at City Hall, 6000 McColl Drive, in the north parking lot near the main entrance.
RaeAnn Marie Skarhus, of Savage, is a contestant in the Miss Minnesota USA competition May 28-29 at the Ames Center in Burnsville.
In 2021, the city of Savage created the Race, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (REDI) Task Force to help draft a work plan to guide ongoing race equity work.
Applications are now being accepted for the 6th Annual Scott County Fast-Track Challenge (FTC), to be held on Thursday, Oct. 13.
An electric vehicle exposition will be held noon-3 p.m. Saturday, May 7 at Shepherd of the Lake Lutheran Church in Prior Lake.
Craig W. Abbott, of Savage, has been named president and chief executive officer of St. Therese. He will join the Minnesota senior care organization in late May.
The Burnsville City Council unanimously named Gregg Lindberg as Burnsville’s new city manager at an April 19 meeting.
The construction start that was originally scheduled to begin on April 25, for the Highway 13 repaving and reconstruction project between Highway 282 in Spring Lake Township and Highway 19 in Cedar Lake township has been rescheduled to Monday, May 2. Crews will conduct the work in three stages.
The city of Savage is offering free woodchips to Savage residents on April 23 and 24.
The Scott Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) is hosting a webinar from noon-1 p.m. Tuesday, April 12 with speaker Dr. Elaine Evans.
February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, according to a Southern Valley Alliance press release.
Farm applications to honor farms that have been owned by the same family for 100 or 150 years are due by March 7.
Voting is now open for the 2022 Name a Snowplow contest, the Minnesota Department of Transportation announced Wednesday.
Youth grades K-6 can join Scott County 4-H for Discovery Day from 9-11 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 15, at the Shakopee Library.
One hundred deaths from COVID-19 were newly reported Dec. 1, a stark increase as the state continues to have one of the highest percentage of confirmed positive cases in the country.
The Prior Lake Amateur Baseball Association will hold its end of season meeting and annual board member elections on Monday, Nov. 8 at 6:30 p.m. at Alert Distributing HQ, 16873 Fish Point Rd, Prior Lake.
The annual meeting of the Dan Patch Days Board of Directors will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 19 at 7 p.m. for the purpose of electing members to fill open director positions, elect officers and any other business as may be necessary. This meeting will be held in the Savage City Hall, 6000 McColl Dr.
Chanhassen was recently named the best place to live in America by Money Magazine.
Albert A. Van Bergen lost a leg to a German sniper in the battle for the Argonne Forest in World War I, one of the biggest and bloodiest battles of the war. For his service, he was awarded the prestigious Purple Heart medal.
The 12th annual Master Gardeners Plant Sale is 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, Aug. 28.
The 12th annual Master Gardeners Plant Sale is 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, Aug. 28.
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Designs for a highly-anticipated new playground at Savage Community Park were finalized this week.
As of Wednesday morning, the Minnesota River level in Jordan was 6.77 feet.
Grab your fanny pack, your comfy walking shoes and be prepared to ditch the silverware for foods served on a stick the last 12 days of summer.
Every Saturday morning, live music and the sounds of vendors selling organic food, drinks and artwork fills Main Avenue in Prior Lake.
A black bear has been sighted this week, wandering around Chaska.
David Schons, junior at Prior Lake High School, recently took first place out of 223 teams in the Minnesota Stock Market Game by BestPrep. This is the third year in a row that a PLHS student took first place in the competition.
The first half of property taxes are due on Monday, May 17, according to a news release from Scott County. The Scott County Government Center in Shakopee remains closed to the public due to COVID-19, but there are options available to pay taxes, the county said.
April showers bring May flowers, and by the end of this particularly rainy month, there will be plenty of beautiful wildflowers sprouting across the state.
Southern Valley Alliance announces its 22nd annual gala, “Sip Away for SVA.”
Looking to chase down Easter eggs (or be handed some in a drive-thru)?
The first female mayor of Prior Lake wasn’t even on the ballot.
Former state senator Scott Jensen will run for Minnesota governor in 2022 as a Republican, he told the newspaper. The announcement follows the Chaska resident's single term in the Minnesota Senate.
Wayne Brommelsiek, a 71-year-old Chaska resident, is a runner. But it’s not the classic marathon type.
Plans are now underway for the fifth annual Scott County Fast Track Challenge, an annual event that helps new businesses in the county find their road to success.
It’s been about a year since COVID-19 reached our communities.
David Bedford has been “saving the world from mediocre apples” for 40-plus years.
