Those following the reconstruction project on First Avenue in Shakopee may want to attend a special City Council meeting next Tuesday.

City councilors will receive an update on the First Avenue/County Road 101 redesign, proposed between Spencer Street and Marschall Road, from consultant Bolton and Menk.

A group of interested businesses and community leaders have been meeting periodically since June to review and discuss issues regarding the anticipated reconstruction.

Shakopee High School invites fans to wear red as it takes on Chaska High School in the Section 2A final Saturday.

The undefeated Shakopee volleyball team competes against Chaska at 6 p.m. Saturday at Chanhassen High School, 2200 Lyman Blvd., Chanhassen.

Shakopee continues to be the Twin Cities leader in new-housing permits and for the number of housing units planned, according to the Builders Association of the Twin Cities (BATC),

 Shakopee was the top city in the metro area with 54 permits issued in October, followed by Blaine (30), Maple Grove (24), Woodbury (23) and Lakeville (20).

By Shawn Hogendorf, Correspondent 

Citations were issued to two Prior Lake High School students after an unannounced drug sweep was conducted on the school campus the day before Halloween.

No narcotics or contraband were found inside the school on Oct. 30, but K-9 drug dogs did alert Dakota County Drug Task Force agents to a number of vehicles in the parking lot, according to Capt. Dave Muelken. In all, more than 10 vehicles were searched, but narcotics were only located in two.

Are you attending any parties this season? Do you know the difference between black tie, white tie and informal wear?

Visit the new exhibit at the Scott County Historical Society where women’s formal wear from the early 1900s to the 1980s will be display.

Operation Christmas Child is coming to Shakopee.

A relay center will be located in the Shakopee Town Square later this month for people to drop off shoe boxes of gifts for children in need around the world.

Fashion designer Christopher Straub crafted a dozen dresses for season six of “Project Runway,” but in the end, he won’t be showing at New York Fashion Week.

Judges sent the Shakopee designer home in the final challenge Thursday, comparing his dress to a “thick jean skirt.”

Popular local burger eatery Lions Tap has reached a settlement with McDonald's Corp. over the hamburger giant's use of the slogan "Who's Your Patty" in a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign for Angus burgers. 

In documents filed in federal court today, the Eden Prairie restaurant withdraws its suit, which asked for a financial judgment and McDonald's to quit using Lions Tap's trademarked phrase in all advertising. 

By Shannon Fiecke, Staff Writer
Scott County has a good chance of winning up to $1 million to put a three-mile trail along County Road 101 in Shakopee, connecting a large portion of the Minnesota Valley Trail.

Although preferred to run beside the Minnesota River, due to historic cultural sites and environmental impediments, the segment would instead pass in front of The Landing and Valleyfair along county road right-of-way.

By Kristin Holtz, Staff Writer

Once upon a time in a faraway land, a fretful princess spent a night atop 20 mattresses, tossing and turning this way and that in the desperate hope of getting a little shut eye.

OK, so it wasn’t just a pea. And the princess wasn’t exactly your prototypical royalty. And there might have been an unexpected pregnancy integrated into the subplot.

Get the real scoop on “The Princess and The Pea” fairytale when the Shakopee High School Drama Department presents its fall musical “Once Upon A Mattress.”