A larger than normal crowd turned out Wednesday night for the debate between Shakopee Mayor John Schmitt and challenger Brad Tabke. We have a recap of some of their opposing views.
Shakopee High School students boosted their performance on the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments science exam, but two in five are still not meeting proficiency standards
Shakopee Mayor Brad Tabke put out a call this morning asking Shakopee residents to contact the governor in support of a Vikings stadium across from Valleyfair.
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After the loss of two of its busiest weekends and 12 days of racing, Canterbury Park opened today in Shakopee, but without the news that could have salved its pain. Local legislators say they had...
I had intended to watch the Twins' spring training game on television last night but, like so many nights, was distracted by a conversation with a co-worker and didn't get home until after 8. By th...
After a series of novels and nonfiction books, I decided to stray into two genres I haven’t touched since college: essay and short story. I don’t remember how Zadie Smith’s “Changing My Mi...
Susan Marsh, a ninth-grade social studies teacher at Shakopee Junior High, was quoted in a Minnesota Public Radio story regarding the proposed changes to tenure and seniority. A former Shakopee ...
I've written three blogs since the end of the season. It's pitiful, I know. Perhaps we should consider why I've failed to show much interest in the Twins' off season. The Twins put me to slee...
Good morning everyone! I wanted to start a quick blog/forum here to answer questions SVN website readers have about the upcoming referendum to improve and expand Shakopee's Community Center. Please...
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Shakopee Community Education is teaching this...
In my 40 plus years on this earth, I have always known liberals (and their favorite groups) to go after and do battle with religions, especially Christianity. They bastardize the Constitution ...
The recent kerfuffle involving National Public Radio and Juan Williams is just full of irony. Juan Williams, a left of center black radio and television news person is under contract with NPR ...
It has been 38 years since the Supreme Court ruled on Roe Vs Wade and legalized abortion. Well, one of the arguments made by the left was abortion was being done in back alleys and they needed...
Freedom of speech is protected by the First Amendment, but it isn't a free pass to say whatever you want.
And consequences could result from what you say.
For instance, you don't yell "FIRE!" ...
Shakopee has several open retail locations in seemingly desirable locations: Gold's Gym, the old Rainbow store, Snyder's Drug.
What would you like to see move into those spots? What type of ...
Here's how my 4th of July went. This is taken from my blog. I'm so upset, I need to tell the community.
I live downtown Shakopee and take care of my mother who is disabled. Despite her disability,...
I think Shakopee has an ideal location to draw tourists, visitors from other suburbs, etc. We have the lovely river valley, Valleyfair, Canterbury Park, proximity to Mystic Lake, etc. It seems to...
Lifetime will start broadcasting season 6 of "Project Runway," a reality series that pits aspiring fashion designers against one another to produce garments in weekly challenges, Aug. 20. The sho...
In the past few months, I come out here to read an article and the article has posters that comments; I think great -- that's what we need more grammar and thought police.
It is becoming tediou...