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Shakopee - Are We Being Served?
Just wanting to gather opinions and thoughts on how the citizenry feels our elected officials are doing at representing us in city government. Also, what do you think of the unelected folks who serve in other public service commission. My preference is that we not attack anyone personally. I feel that we have a fairly serious lack of vision in our leadership and a desire to protect the status quo. But, that's only me.
UPDATE: Man killed in crash near Jordan identified
David D. Brekke, 59, of Eden Prairie was killed Wednesday afternoon just south of Jordan when his pickup truck pulled out from a stop sign in front of a semitrailer truck and was struck broadside, according to the State Patrol. The semi was northbound on Highway 169 when it hit the pickup truck at Delaware Avenue in St. Lawrence Township at about 4:37 p.m., the State Patrol said. The semi truck driver, Linus R. Wenthold, 76, of Sleepy ...
Former area cop charged with harassment of work colleague
A former area police officer will go on trial this month on charges he harassed a work colleague for months. Read more in today's print edition of the Valley News.
Public notices from the March 3, 2011 Shakopee Valley News
Are you interested in reading the public notices published in the March 3, 2011 print edition of the Shakopee Valley News newspaper? The page or pages on which those notices were printed are attached to this item, in the form of .pdf's that can be opened with Adobe Acrobat.
Report: Metro-area freeway traffic congestion increased 3.3% between 2009-10
Twin Cities metropolitan-area freeway traffic congestion increased between 2009 and 2010 by more than 3 percent, from 18.2 to 21.5 per-cent overall, according to a report released today by the Minnesota Department Transportation. Many factors affect congestion levels, including the health of the local economy, population growth, gas prices, transit ridership and vehicle miles traveled. “MnDOT continues to work closely with the Metropol...
Third lane may be added to Hwy. 169 for flood traffic
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Third lane may be added to Hwy. 169 for flood traffic
Updated from today's print edition By Shannon Fiecke, Staff Writer For the first time ever, the state is looking at adding a third lane to Highway 169 to help relieve congestion from expected spring flooding . The lane would be temporary and added through restriping the roadway. The state is considering expanding both sides of the freeway through the bridge area, from approximately County Road 18 to Old Shakopee Road. ...
How to submit a Letter to the Editor
The Shakopee Valley News welcomes letters to the editor. We request that they be a maximum 400 words. Longer letters may be used as a guest commentary. Letters must contain the address and home and daytime phone numbers of the author. We reserve the right to edit letters for length, grammar and clarity, but without changing the writer's message. The deadline is noon on Monday preceding the Thursday publication date. We prefer let...
Obituaries from the March 3 Valley News
The following obituaries are from the March 3, 2011 print edition of the Shakopee Valley News newspaper: Wasu Maza Lafferty Wasu Maza Lafferty, 29, of Shakopee, died Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011. He was born in Rapid City, SD on Oct. 10, 1981 to Joseph and Bernadine (Nichols) Lafferty. He is survived by his wife, Samantha; daughters, Layla Rayne Lafferty and Kara Rose Lafferty; parents, Joseph Alan Lafferty and Bernadine Rose Lafferty; sister...
Sames gets 10 years for child enticement in Wisconsin
By Jim Collar, Post-Crescent APPLETON, Wis. — A Shakopee man who pretended to be a police officer, then sexually touched a 13-year-old girl outside the Fox River Mall in March will spend the next 10 years in prison. Jamie Lee Sames, 36, of Shakopee, was sentenced Wednesday in Outagamie County Court. Sames entered into a plea agreement in October in which District Attorney Carrie Schneider dropped a second-degree sexual assault count ...
One killed when semitrailer truck hits pickup near Jordan
One person was killed Wednesday afternoon just south of Jordan when a pickup truck pulled out from a stop sign in front of a semitrailer truck and was struck broadside, according to the State Patrol. The semi was northbound on Highway 169 when it hit the pickup truck at Delaware Avenue in St. Lawrence Township at about 4:37 p.m., the State Patrol said. The semi truck driver, Linus R. Wenthold, 76, of Sleepy Eye, Minn., was not injured,...
Ex-Chaska mayor appointed to Met Council
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Ex-Chaska mayor appointed to Met Council
Gov. Mark Dayton has announced his 16 appointments to the Metropolitan Council districts. Gary Van Eyll, former Chaska mayor, will represent the district that includes Shakopee, replacing former Chanhassen City Councilor Craig Peterson. Former Scott County administrator Gary Cunningham of Minneapolis was appointed to another spot on the board. Scott County leaders hoped to finally have a county resident on the board again. Finalis...
State jobless rate falls to lowest level since December 2008
The Minnesota unemployment rate declined to a seasonally adjusted 6.7 percent in January, according to figures released today by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED). The rate, which was 0.2 percent below December's revised 6.9 percent unemployment rate, was the lowest in Minnesota since December 2008. The U.S. unemployment rate was 9 percent in January. Minnesota employers added 2,000 jobs during the ...
How bad will it flood? No one knows, but conditions ominous
From last Thursday's print edition By Shannon Fiecke, Staff Writer Any illusion that last month's melting might spare us from spring flooding evaporated in the dumping of more snow on Shakopee one week ago. In a conference call to local emergency-management officials, Diane Cooper of the National Weather Service said the recent warm-up helped a little, but did not eliminate the threat. “It’s still very, very moist,...
UPDATE: Reopening of Viking Drive delayed until Friday
The reopening of Viking Drive near Golden Triangle Drive in Eden Prairie has been delayed until Friday. Viking Drive closed early on Monday and was previously scheduled to reopen by 5 a.m. Thursday. The extension of the closure is due to impending inclement weather and will allow crews more time for the pavement to set up after water main installation. The roadway is scheduled to reopen by 6 a.m. on Friday, weather permitting. Fo...
Donations sought to help graduating SHS students in financial need
Nine Shakopee High School students are in need of items for their 2011 graduation this year. The students are financially unable to purchase the following items: commencement cap, stole and tassel. Supporters also hope to be able to make the students’ graduation year memorable by providing them with a yearbook and graduation cake. The Shakopee American Legion is providing food for a graduation party for the students and Kari King, a lo...
Wet trail
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Wet trail
Bonnie Wold of the River Valley Trailblazers Club came upon a flooded bridge while snowmobiling south of Louisville Swamp. Due to high waters, the state has shut down the Minnesota River Valley Trail from the swamp to Belle Plaine. Submitted photo
Wet trail
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Wet trail
Bonnie Wold of the River Valley Trailblazers Club came upon a flooded bridge while snowmobiling south of Louisville Swamp. Due to high waters, the state has shut down the Minnesota River Valley Trail from the swamp to Belle Plaine. Submitted photo
Marcus, two other movie theater companies fined for violating child labor laws
The U.S. Department of Labor has assessed a total of $277,475 in civil penalties against three movie theater companies that operate in Minnesota, including Marcus Theatre Corp., which operates in Shakopee, for allowing dozens of teens to perform hazardous jobs and work longer hours than allowed by the youth employment provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Also cited were Regal Cinemas Inc. and Wehrenberg Inc. The Labor Department...
Female wolf, Maya, euthanized at International Wolf Center
Maya, a seven-year-old resident female wolf at the International Wolf Center in Ely, Minn., was euthanized Tuesday after a veterinary determination that a compound fracture and dislocation to her left hind leg could not be repaired. The decision to euthanize Maya was made in accordance with requirements of the USDA Animal Welfare Act and an organizational euthanasia policy approved by the Center’s Vet Care Team. The Center would ...
Letters from Feb. 24
From the Feb. 24 Shakopee Valley News What’s wrong with parents? As a parent to two beautiful girls who continue to mature and grow before my eyes, I feel compelled to vent my displeasure to other “parents.” Sounds rough? Well maybe somebody needs to say it. 1) Get off your phones and ipads, etc. It amazes me when we are at school functions like daddy-daughter dances, bingo nights, movie nights, at parades, or even at a rest...
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Mullaney verbally accepts U of M offer
Shayne Mullaney, a soon-to-be Eden Prairie High School senior, had been on the University of M...
EP Legion baseball: The heat is on, way on
At the scheduled start of Monday's American Legion baseball game between Eden Prairie and Bloo...
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New, improved parking
Photo by Unsie Zuege Hey, you know it's a small town when the big news is that the parking lot...
Barn quilts to blanket county
By Unsie Zuege Bonnie Jean Pearson of rural Hamburg works on “Fannie’s Fan.” Behind her from lef...
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