22 dogs seized from Andover rescue organization in investigation into dead...
Officials removed 22 dogs from an animal-rescue organization in Andover on Friday morning after executing a search warrant in connection with eight dead dogs found in Cottage Grove. The bodies of the...
View ArticleHalloween events: head downtown next week for Union Depot’s BOOnion Depot
Halloween rolls around again, and this year is chock-full of events for young and old to enjoy. Whether it’s wholesome family fun or something a little more spine-tingling for adults, these events are...
View ArticleLargest infrastructure project in Cottage Grove’s history will remove...
The city of Cottage Grove recently broke ground on its largest infrastructure project to date: a $39 million low-zone water-treatment plant at the intersection of 110th Street and Ideal Avenue. The new...
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Animal Humane Society now caring for 30 dogs from Andover animal rescue after...
Thirty dogs connected to an Andover animal rescue are getting new starts — and new names — at the Animal Humane Society in Golden Valley. Staff has given them names starting with “G.” There’s Guppy and...
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The dogs seized from an Andover rescue are now starting to find homes
The dogs seized from an Andover rescue organization are starting to find homes. Goldfish — one of the 22 dogs pulled by officials from an Andover rescue organization — was listed and then quickly...
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11 candidates, 2 bond referendums and 1 tech levy: Voters in South Washington...
There’s a lot at stake in the South Washington County School District in Tuesday’s election. Voters will be electing three candidates to the school board and deciding whether to approve a $200 million,...
View ArticleVoters in South Washington County approve bond referendums and tech levy;...
What a difference a year makes. Last year, voters in the South Washington County School District decisively rejected a historic $462 million bond request by a nearly two-to-one ratio. On Tuesday,...
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Cottage Grove selects deputy chief as new fire chief
Jon Pritchard, deputy chief of the Cottage Grove Fire Department, will become chief of the department at the end of the year. The Cottage Grove City Council appointed Pritchard to be chief, effective...
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Washington County looks to address disparities in outdoor recreation with...
Washington County parks officials are working to address disparities in who has access to outdoor spaces. County officials recently introduced a program, called Connect, that is intended to make it...
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Cottage Grove man sentenced to workhouse for shooting at I-35 motorist in...
A Cottage Grove man who pleaded guilty to firing a gun at another motorist as they drove along Interstate 35 in Lakeville was sentenced to one year in the workhouse and five years of probation on...
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Charges filed in 3 cases of copper wire theft from streetlights in St. Paul,...
Cottage Grove is among the cities facing a rash of theft of copper wire from streetlights. In response, police have put up covert video cameras in spots thieves might target. The effort paid off last...
View ArticleFounder of Andover animal rescue organization is charged after 8 dogs found...
The St. Paul founder of an animal rescue organization charged Monday with 22 counts after eights dogs were found dead last year and more than 20 were seized says she got in over her head with trying to...
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Cottage Grove man pleads guilty in 2021 West St. Paul slaying that police say...
A Cottage Grove man pleaded guilty Tuesday to first-degree manslaughter for shooting to death Jayvon Andrew Malone, a Maplewood 20-year-old who authorities say was killed at a West St. Paul park as...
View ArticleCottage Grove: Woman killed in single-car crash on U.S. 61
A woman died in a one-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 61 early Wednesday in Cottage Grove. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, a 2004 Honda Accord was heading north on 61 when the driver lost...
View ArticleCottage Grove: Woman who died in U.S. 61 crash identified
Authorities on Thursday identified the woman who died in a one-vehicle crash early Wednesday on U.S. 61 in Cottage Grove as Melissa Magana Cerrano. No age was listed for Cerrano, who is from El...
View ArticleWashington County approves purchase of 11 acres for Cottage Grove Ravine...
Cottage Grove Ravine Regional Park keeps growing. The Washington County Board of Commissioners has approved the purchase of 11 acres of vacant land on the southern portion of the park along East Point...
View ArticleCottage Grove: District 5M6 Lions Club plans day of doing good
Nine service projects are planned for this year’s District 5M6 Lions Club’s “Community Day of Service.” The event will be 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 6 at the Historic Furber Farm, 7310 Lamar Ave. S. in...
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Stillwater Area Public Schools taps former St. Paul, Rochester administrator...
Efe Agbamu has been selected as the assistant superintendent for Stillwater Area Public Schools, pending school board approval. She will begin her new role on July 1. Efe Agbamu (Courtesy of Stillwater...
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Sudden closure of Isanti wedding venue leaves bride scrambling
Katelyn Stalboerger and Isaac Nelson had everything planned for their upcoming May 4 wedding. Following their 2 p.m. ceremony at the Church of Saint Paul in Ham Lake, their 185 guests would make their...
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Shooter sentenced to nearly 11 years for West St. Paul park slaying in 2021
Brenden Jamel Reynolds went to a West St. Paul park in June 2021 looking for revenge for a killing in St. Paul nearly three years earlier, a prosecutor said Thursday in a Dakota County courtroom....
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