Until recently, Scott County had the notoriety of being among the Minnesota counties with the highest incidence of DWI (driving while intoxicated) fatalities.

By Rep. Mike Beard Guest commentary

After the end of the 2008 legislative session in May, I talked about what I felt were some good things we accomplished, but also warned that some of what the Legislature chose to do could come back to do damage to future state budgets.

By Steve Clay, City Councilor
Guest Commentary

Words are powerful things. Words, chosen carefully, and spoken by the right people, at the right time, can do amazing things. For example, a couple months ago Ridgeway International, a Minnetonka-based event-management firm (known for producing Super Bowl extravaganzas) and its contracted employee, state Rep. Michael Beard (known for, well, being a politician), came to the city with a proposal to turn the uncompleted and unoccupied ADC building into a first-of-its kind Asian (Communist China, actually) Wholesale Shopping Market.

Below are our recommendations for next Tuesday’s election. These views represent the institutional voice of the newspaper. Like many of you, we studied the issues and the candidates and made what we believe are the best choices. We are not telling voters what to do; we are only offering our view. We strongly urge you to make your own decisions and to vote next Tuesday. 

An editorial in the Oct. 16 print edition 

Here we are, some 19 days before the elections (finally!).

Letters from our Oct. 9 edition

Lacrosse

start-up here

An editorial in the Oct. 9 print edition

The State Amateur Baseball Tournament, held over three weekends in Shakopee and Chaska, was considered a rousing success, which can be attributed to literally hundreds of people who liberally gave of their time, money and sweat.

Time to reflect on

domestic violence

An editorial in Thursday's print edition 

It wasn’t surprising to learn that members of the city Planning Commission expressed excitement after hearing details about the proposed Asian World Marketplace in Shakopee.

An Valley News editorial on June 19