Cottage Grove police cite Carbone’s and Applebee’s for selling to minors
Two Cottage Grove restaurants failed a compliance check last month, when servers sold alcohol to underage patrons Nov. 30. A 44-year-old woman was cited for selling alcohol to an underage patron at...
View Article3M pollution could cost another $50 million for Cottage Grove plant
Cottage Grove has a new price tag for cleaning up its water — $50.5 million. That’s the estimated cost of a permanent water-treatment plant to remove pollutants made by the 3M Co. City officials...
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Sports radio’s Jeff Dubay pleads guilty in assault
Former Twin Cities sports-radio personality Jeff Dubay, who has previously run afoul of the law for methamphetamine possession, has pleaded guilty to third-degree assault. Dubay entered his guilty plea...
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Sickened by toxic 9/11 dust, poet’s dying wish was to come home to Minnesota
As Holly Anderson, 62, looked out the airplane window Dec. 22 at the sun setting over the Mississippi River, she knew she was home. She closed her eyes, relaxed and fell asleep. By the time her...
View ArticleFamily hosts ‘celebration of life’ for NY poet who came home to die
The family of New York poet Holly Anderson will hold a memorial in her honor Jan. 20 at Christ the Lord Lutheran Church, 9998 90th St. S., Cottage Grove. Anderson died Dec. 22, shortly after her plane...
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Cottage Grove residents report 16 coyote sightings in 2017, up from 2 in 2013.
Tracy Reitman has listened to coyote calls just about every night for more than a decade. She has grown accustomed to the sounds of wildlife, including the nightly coyote chorus, after moving to...
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Pete Koerner appointed Cottage Grove police chief. He’s a captain in the...
Cottage Grove will soon have a new public safety director — Pete Koerner. Koerner, a captain in the police department, will be sworn in at the March 7 city council meeting. Pete Koerner, a Cottage...
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Trial opens for man who allegedly made wife’s shooting look like suicide,...
Washington County prosecutors allege a Cottage Grove man spent months plotting his wife’s murder rather than divorce her and jeopardize his esteemed role with a local church, but his defense attorney...
View ArticleHabitat for Humanity wants to build on former Cottage Grove pool site
A community meeting to discuss the building of three Habitat for Humanity homes in Cottage Grove will be at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at city hall, 12800 Ravine Parkway. The homes are planned for the former...
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California woman should ‘thank her lucky stars’ she only gets 8.5 years for...
A ring leader in an international sex-trafficking operation will spend 8.5 years in prison — and she should “thank her lucky stars” it isn’t more, her defense attorney said during her sentencing Friday...
View Article25-year-old Lake Elmo woman likely died of hypothermia along rural Cottage...
A 25-year-old Lake Elmo woman whose body was found in a snowy, wooded area Saturday likely died of hypothermia, police say. Alexandra Arnt, 25, was reported missing around noon that day by her...
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Parents group urges removal of Indian head mosaic from Cottage Grove school
It may have begun as a rumor, but now it’s officially a controversy. Members of the District 833 American Indian Parent Committee urged the South Washington County School Board last week to remove an...
View ArticleDeath of Mississippi Dunes golf course could mean more housing for Cottage Grove
A golf course in Cottage Grove is officially dead — which could be a good thing for the city. The 18-hole Mississippi Dunes course is permanently closed. Its website is not taking reservations for tee...
View ArticleTeen allegedly eyed AR-15, threatened Cottage Grove high school students
A Cottage Grove man has been accused of threatening to use an AK-47 rifle to shoot students at Park High School. Tyler James Giebner, 18, has been charged with felony terrorist threats. The Washington...
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Group wants to preserve American Indian emblem at Cottage Grove high school
A group in Cottage Grove wants to save an Indian head mosaic from destruction. The emblem was installed in a hallway floor of Park High School in 1965, when the school’s teams were called the Indians....
View ArticleCelebration at improved Cottage Grove regional park set for June 22-24
The re-opening celebration for Ravine Regional Park in Cottage Grove has been delayed to June 22-24. The Washington County park has been closed since March 2017 for improvements. The opening was...
View ArticleWoodbury/Afton roadway closing Saturday, then for 90 days this summer
Drivers who use Minnesota 95/Manning Avenue in Washington County will need to find an alternate route on Saturday, May 5, and should prepare for a longer road closure come June. The road will be closed...
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Cottage Grove man accused in multistate snow-removal scam
Customer complaints led to criminal charges Tuesday for a 31-year-old Minnesota man accused of bilking the elderly out of snow-removal payments in Minnesota, Wisconsin and seven other states. The...
View ArticleNo strike talk, but South Washington teachers still don’t have a contract
With two weeks left in the school year, South Washington County teachers still are working under a contract that expired last summer. The district is one of 18 in the state that has yet to reach...
View ArticleNewly remade Ravine Park in Cottage Grove ready to reopen
A $6 million makeover of Ravine Regional Park in Cottage Grove will be unveiled in a three-day celebration in June. “We are very excited about this,” said Sandy Breuer, Washington County parks...
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