Artwork and puzzle featuring Cottage Grove landmarks unveiled
A new piece of artwork featuring the city of Cottage Grove was unveiled over the weekend. The painting, by folk artist Eric Dowdle, has been turned into a puzzle and is available for purchase, city...
View ArticleWashington County races: Cottage Grove City Council
Cottage Grove Mayor Myron Bailey is running unopposed, and three candidates are vying for two city council seats: David Clausen, incumbent Tony Khambata and incumbent Justin Olsen. Council member...
View ArticleWashington County elections: Four cities seek a combined $100M bump in local...
Voters in four Washington County cities will decide Nov. 5 whether they want to levy local sales taxes to pay for municipal projects ranging from parks to public safety improvements to a new public...
View ArticleHistoric Furber Farm wedding venue reimagined as The Madison
Wedding photographers Brad and Louise Madison have shoveled sidewalks outside wedding venues during snowstorms, handed out food when caterers were short-staffed, and once ran a mile to collect a...
View ArticleMinnesota Legislative races: House District 41A
Republican Wayne Johnson of Cottage Grove and DFLer Lucia Wroblewski of Afton are vying for the seat of outgoing state Rep. Mark Wiens, R-Lake Elmo, in District 41A. General information about the Nov....
View ArticleMinnesota Legislative races: House District 41B
Rep. Shane Hudella, R-Hastings, is not seeking reelection after serving one term in the House, and two candidates are running for his seat: Republican Tom Dippel of Cottage Grove and DFLer Jen Fox of...
View ArticleEast metro seats will be crucial as DFL, GOP vie for control of Minnesota House
Two competitive east metro Minnesota House seats are among a handful around the state that could determine whether the Legislature will remain in Democrats’ hands this fall. If Republicans want to end...
View ArticleWashington County: Voters pass local-option sales taxes in Stillwater and...
Residents in Oakdale, Stillwater and Woodbury on Tuesday voted to levy local sales taxes or extend an existing one to pay for municipal projects ranging from parks to public safety improvements, but...
View ArticleCottage Grove elections: Bailey re-elected mayor, Olsen and Clausen win city...
Incumbent Myron Bailey ran unopposed for mayor of Cottage Grove in the Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, election and Justin Olsen and David Clausen won the two open seats on the city council with 8 out of 8...
View ArticleObituary: Jay Alberio, longtime Woodbury police detective, devoted his...
Longtime police investigator Jay Alberio retired from the Woodbury Police Department in 2012, but he never gave up working. Alberio, who retired at the rank of commander, spent his retirement...
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