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Ex-officer assigned to Park High sentenced for inappropriately touching girls
One of Adam’s Pelton’s victims sobbed before telling the court how she will “forever remember” the first time the former Cottage Grove police officer got “touchy” with her at Park High, where he was...
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Hastings man sentenced after arrest for having 0.38 BAC, 2-year-old daughter...
A Hastings man pulled over in May for having a blood alcohol concentration more than four times the legal limit to drive and his 2-year-old daughter in the car was sentenced this week. Matthew Reno...
View ArticleCottage Grove man sentenced to more than 4 years in prison for bank robberies
A 43-year-old Cottage Grove man was sentenced in federal court to more than four years in prison for his role in several bank robberies. Michael Prall also will serve three years of supervised release...
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$462M referendum on ballot in South Washington County school district
Residents in the South Washington County school district will vote this month on a $462 million bond referendum that, if passed, would be the largest ever school referendum approved in Minnesota. The...
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State legislators face off in Washington County Board primary
State Sen. Karla Bigham’s district radically changed with redistricting this spring. So did Rep. Keith Franke’s. Instead of running for re-election, Bigham, DFL-Cottage Grove, and Franke, R-St. Paul...
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Moderate lawmaker challenges GOP-endorsed conservative in St. Croix Valley...
In the new Senate District 41, which includes most of eastern Washington County, three-term state Rep. Tony Jurgens is challenging Republican-endorsed political newcomer Tom Dippel in Tuesday’s GOP...
View ArticleDeparting state legislators advance in tight Washington County Board race
There was no question on Tuesday whose names would be on the ballot this November for the Washington County Board District 4 seat. The question was whether State Sen. Karla Bigham, DFL-Cottage Grove,...
View ArticleSouth Washington County school district voters overwhelmingly reject $462M...
A bond referendum to spend a record $462 million to address overcrowding in the South Washington County school district, which also became a flashpoint for Newport residents fighting to keep their...
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What’s next for South Washington County Schools after $462M failed bond...
St. Louis Park Public Schools got good news on Tuesday when voters overwhelmingly approved a capital project levy renewal of $3.5 million for 10 years and a $135 million building bond. In the Le...
View ArticleFederal investigation underway into sham emails that led to city of Cottage...
A federal investigation is underway into a wire fraud scheme that swindled the city of Cottage Grove out of more than $1.2 million late last year, according to court documents. The scheme, which played...
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South Washington County schools to go ‘back to the drawing board’ for bond...
Voters in the South Washington County School District in August decisively rejected a $462 million bond request by a nearly two-to-one ratio. Now, district officials say they are “going back to the...
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Stepdad of teen killed during Woodbury grad party gunfight pleads guilty to...
A Cottage Grove man has admitted in court to taking part in a shootout outside a high school graduation party in Woodbury last year that killed his 14-year-old stepson. Keith Dawson (Courtesy of the...
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Minnesota 2022 elections: House District 41A candidates
House District 41A Pat Driscoll (Candidate responses not available) Party: DFL City: Cottage Grove Website or contact: driscpatricia@gmail.com; 651-925-6481 Mark Wiens Mark Wiens (Courtesy of the...
View ArticleSt. Louis Park man dies after car flips, hits a tree and catches fire in...
A 27-year-old St. Louis Park man is dead after the vehicle he was driving hit a tree, overturned, and caught on fire early Friday in Cottage Grove. Police officers and firefighters called to the crash...
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Man killed in Cottage Grove crash IDed as Park High School staffer
Counselors were at Park High School in Cottage Grove on Monday to talk with students upset about the news that a staff member had died in a fiery one-car crash early Friday. Corbin Buss, 27, of Cottage...
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Washington County board elections: Three seats, only one incumbent
It’s been a decade since two new people were elected to the Washington County Board at the same time. In 2012, Ted Bearth defeated Bill Pulkrabek and Fran Miron defeated Dennis Hegberg. This year,...
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Sen. Karla Bigham narrowly wins Washington County board seat
It turns out that knocking on nearly every door in your district is a pretty good way to garner support. Sen. Karla Bigham, DFL-Cottage Grove, narrowly defeated Rep. Keith Franke, R-St. Paul Park, for...
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Cottage Grove head-on collision injures pregnant woman; Nebraska man arrested...
Authorities say a Nebraska man driving the wrong way Friday night in Cottage Grove crashed head on into another vehicle, injuring a woman who was 34 weeks pregnant. A pickup, at rear, and car are...
View ArticleCanadian Pacific Holiday Train coming to Hastings, Cottage Grove, St. Paul
The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train is returning to more than two-dozen Minnesota towns, including its 20th anniversary in Cottage Grove, to spread Christmas cheer and raise donations for local food...
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Q&A: New Andersen Corp. CEO talks about lessons learned during COVID and the...
Chris Galvin, the new CEO of Andersen Corp., knows he is following a long line of door-and-window innovators. Take Fred C. Andersen, the son of company founder Hans Andersen, who received the company’s...
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