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Cottage Grove launches drive for $39 million civic complex ahead of November...
Cottage Grove is kicking off a campaign to build a $39 million community center – the cornerstone of a 74-acre mixed-use project. The project, called Shoppes at Cottage View, would be built northeast...
View Article24 hours of ham radio demonstrations this weekend in Cottage Grove
Area amateur radio operators will show off their communications skills this weekend in Cottage Grove as part of a 24-hour national amateur radio exercise. Members of the South East Metro Amateur Radio...
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Water wars: West Lakeland Township residents balk at $154M expense to address...
Steve Norenberg stands for a photo on his 2 1/2 acre West Lakeland Township property on Wednesday, July 7, 2021. Norenberg is among a group of West Lakeland Township residents who oppose using $154...
View ArticleCedarhurst site in Cottage Grove could get 11 more buildings
A plan to save the historic Cedarhurst Mansion in Cottage Grove calls for 11 additional buildings on the 13-acre site. The owner of the mansion, Three Sixty Real Estate Solutions LLC, is proposing the...
View ArticleCottage Grove to hear seven-building development plan the size of 42 football...
A real estate developer wants to construct seven buildings totaling 2.4 million square feet in Cottage Grove’s business park, but who would ultimately move in remains a mystery. The city council is...
View ArticleMystery project in Cottage Grove may hire 1,300 workers, according to developer
The mystery around a 2.4-million-square-foot development project in Cottage Grove deepened this week, with the developer giving details about the scope of the project. “This is going to be one of the...
View ArticleArson suspected in Cottage Grove golf clubhouse fire
Officials suspect arson in a fire that destroyed a golf course clubhouse in Cottage Grove. The fire at the former Mississippi Dunes Golf Course was reported at 6:45 a.m. Sunday, according to Police...
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3M will turn off incinerator in Cottage Grove
The 3M Co. is turning off its incinerator in Cottage Grove — which burns more than 30,000 tons of waste material every year. The company announced Wednesday that it has subcontracted with Clean...
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Twin Cities media personality was reluctant to be vaccinated. Then her son...
At first reluctant to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, local media personality and activist Sheletta Brundidge got her first dose Friday at the Maplewood Hy-Vee in the company of Gov. Tim Walz and Lt....
View ArticlePollution solution: $700 million from 3M for east metro cities for...
State officials turned on the spigot of 3M money Wednesday, sending $700 million flowing into 14 east metro cities for water-quality projects. The projects will remove polluting chemicals made by 3M by...
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Some Grey Cloud Island neighbors concerned about changes coming in Cottage Grove
Several major development projects are on tap for the area around Grey Clould Island, the quiet neighborhood nestled in a bend in the Mississippi River. There’s a major business — as yet unknown —...
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Pandemic, Amazon driving growth of east metro mega-business centers
An enormous new kind of trucking center is rolling into the Twin Cities — thanks in part to the pandemic and the home-delivery giant Amazon. In Woodbury, Lake Elmo, Oakdale and Cottage Grove these kind...
View ArticleCottage Grove man pleads guilty to federal child pornography charges
A Cottage Grove man pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal charges of production, attempted production and possession of child pornography, the U.S. attorney’s office announced in Minneapolis. According to...
View ArticleHome construction spiking in Cottage Grove
Cottage Grove has broken previous home-building records – with more than 600 new units to be started this year. “It’s wonderful,” said Community Development Director Christine Costello. “All I can say...
View ArticleWhat’s next? Cottage Grove moves on after community center fails
Cottage Grove is reeling from a blow that landed on election day — the failure of pivotal $39 million community center. The rejection earlier this month is a setback for city, because the center was...
View Article3.5 million-square-foot trucking center rolling to new records in Cottage Grove
In the wave of warehouse projects coming to the metro area, there is a new leader — a 3.5 million-square-foot project in Cottage Grove. The proposed Cottage Grove Logistics Center will enclose an area...
View ArticleAt heart of Bemidji State’s historic success, a pair of Park High graduates
When Bemidji State wide receiver Brendan Beaulieu lines up to run a route, he already knows where his quarterback Brandon Alt is going to throw the ball. No, it’s not that Alt has become predictable or...
View ArticleCottage Grove boys help Bemidji State advance in Division II playoffs
The Cottage Grove boys have done it again for Bemidji State’s football team. Park High graduates Brandon Alt and Brendan Beaulieu connected eight times for 142 yards and a touchdown as the Beavers beat...
View ArticleSuspect charged after food-delivery driver shot in Cottage Grove
A man accused of shooting a delivery driver in Cottage Grove on Tuesday night has turned himself in, authorities say. Otis Donnell Shipp, 48, of Cottage Grove, surrendered to authorities at the...
View ArticleWoodbury woman killed in Cottage Grove crash on Thanksgiving Day
A Woodbury woman was killed in a Thanksgiving Day motor vehicle crash, according to the Minnesota State Patrol. Jessica Ann Jackson, 51, died after her car was struck by another car on U.S. 61 in...
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