Cottage Grove sells Home Depot property
Cottage Grove on Monday finalized the sale of the site of a former Home Depot for redevelopment. The city bought the Gateway North shopping complex property for about $2.25 million in November, and...
View ArticleCottage Grove riding a wave of jobs, housing and retail
Cottage Grove has gone from “not” to hot. Five years ago, it was not keeping stores open, not adding jobs or homes, not dealing with abandoned buildings. Today, the city is going through a dramatic...
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Veterans’ suicides: Why 22 is such an important number for this Cottage Grove...
Danny Bies’ new group is based on a single number — 22. He was shocked to learn that 22 U.S. veterans kill themselves every day. When he starting planning a 22-mile run to raise money to prevent...
View ArticleCottage Grove shuts down business incubator
Cottage Grove is shutting down a business incubator that didn’t hatch enough businesses. The city council voted Wednesday to end a four-year experiment, designed to nurture young businesses in the...
View ArticleCottage Grove man pleads to barging into party, hitting ex’s date
A Cottage Grove man pleaded guilty this week in Washington County District Court to a charge of first-degree burglary after he allegedly put on a ski mask with a skeleton face, burst into a house and...
View ArticleCottage Grove's hidden gem, Ravine Park, getting a makeover
Ravine Park won’t be Cottage Grove’s forgotten park much longer. The 515-acre park is getting a makeover, with a new entryway and roads planned for next year. In addition, other ideas are being...
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Pro-police vigil draws a crowd in Cottage Grove
Troubled by the news Sunday that three police officers were gunned down in Baton Rouge so soon after the killing of five in Dallas, three friends in the Cottage Grove area decided to organize a show of...
View ArticleCottage Grove says no more solar gardens, for now
Cottage Grove is calling a halt — temporarily — to the construction of solar gardens. The City Council unanimously passed a one-year moratorium on solar gardens at a meeting last week, according to...
View Article'Destination restaurant' in the works for Cottage Grove
The city of Cottage Grove will pursue a supper club model for the newly branded restaurant Eagles at River Oaks. With this model, the restaurant at River Oaks Golf Course will be open 4 to 10 p.m....
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Cottage Grove's room with a view: new treehouse suite
Paula Bushilla stands on the deck of the new treehouse at Hope Glen Farm, which surrounds the tree it is built on and around, in an undated photo, circa July 2016. Paula and Michael Bushilla built the...
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Driver killed in crash into Cottage Grove tree
A 61-year-old Amery, Wis., man died Monday night when his truck crashed into a tree at Grange Boulevard and Grenadier Avenue. Cottage Grove police said the man suffered a “medical event” immediately...
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Cottage Grove mom had given up on taking kids outside until Lions Clubs...
Three Cottage Grove children are getting a gift: the ability to play outdoors. “I just feel so blessed,” said Sheletta Brundidge, as a contractor and volunteers gathered in her backyard Thursday. They...
View ArticleThursday in Cottage Grove: what parents, teens ‘need to know’ about sex...
An informational meeting about sex trafficking will be held Thursday, Aug. 18, at Cottage Grove City Hall, 12800 Ravine Parkway S. The event will be from 6:30 to 8 p.m. “Sex Trafficking: What Parents...
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Man sentenced in prostitution, pornography case involving Cottage Grove teen
A Maple Grove man received a year-long jail sentence after being convicted of responding to a 16-year-old girl’s online ad offering to exchange sex for money. Corwin Thomas Moose, 44, contacted a...
View ArticleSkeleton-masked man gets prison for terrorizing Cottage Grove partygoers
A Cottage Grove man was sentenced to eight years and nine months in prison Tuesday after being convicted of a burglary in which he allegedly put on a ski mask with a skeleton face, burst into a house...
View ArticleSteelworkers at Cottage Grove 3M plant say they’re up for strike
United Steelworkers members at Cottage Grove’s 3M chemicals plant have given union leaders the authority to strike amidst ongoing contract negotiations. Negotiations between 3M and the union started up...
View ArticleCottage Grove film festival set for Oct. 1
Twin Cities creators of 11 short films will compete Oct. 1 in Cottage Grove’s “Films in 5 Festival,” sponsored by the city’s arts commission. The number of entries more than doubled from last year, the...
View ArticleSteelworkers at Cottage Grove 3M plant reject contract proposal
Months into ongoing contract negotiations, United Steelworkers union members at the 3M chemicals plant in Cottage Grove rejected the company’s most recent contract proposal on Monday. The most recent...
View ArticleWork begins on new Oltman Middle School in Cottage Grove
A muddy, 57-acre field may seem like an odd place to throw a party — unless the celebration is the official groundbreaking for South Washington County Schools’ new Oltman Middle School. Under a striped...
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High school football: Brandon Alt is catalyst for Park’s explosive offense
Park coach Darin Glazier’s decision-making might seem a little reckless at times. You can blame senior quarterback Brandon Alt for that. When Park faces a fourth-and-5, or even longer, Glazier’s...
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