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Breaking: Longtime Savage Mayor Janet Williams won't be seeking another term.
Longtime Savage Mayor Janet Williams informed members of the City Council she will not be seeking another term on the city council, according to Savage Spokesperson Emily Gunderson.
BREAKING: Nicolae Miu was found guilty Thursday, April 11, on six counts related to a 2022 stabbing that killed a 17-year-old and injured four others on the Apple River.
Nicolae Miu was found guilty Thursday, April 11, on six counts related to a 2022 stabbing that killed a 17-year-old and injured four others on the Apple River.
Student found with gun at Burnsville High School:
A student was found with a gun at Burnsville High School on Tuesday, April 2 according to an email sent by the school to parents and obtained by Southwest News
According to the district, the decline in enrollment is not unique just to Prior Lake. Many districts statewide are seeing a drop in enrollment due to the state seeing a rise in aging communities.
The Prior Lake-Savage Area School Board recently reviewed and heavily discussed the district’s enrollment, class size projections, preliminary budget and staff reductions at its latest school board meeting on March
A spring snowstorm brought up to a foot of snow in some parts of the state on Sunday and continued to see light snowfall throughout the week.
It may be spring time, but winter weather arrived in a flurry over the past week in Minnesota.
Pending school board and Savage City Council approval, the SROs will be reinstated April 9.
The Prior Lake City Council voted Tuesday to reinstate school resource officers in Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools. The City of Savage will take action on the same joint powers agreement
This fall, Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools fifth graders, teachers and parent volunteers will be heading up to Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center in Finland, Minnesota — a long-time tradition that fifth graders look forward to as part of their last year of elementary school.
This fall, Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools fifth graders, teachers and parent volunteers will be heading up to Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center in Finland, Minnesota — a long-time tradition that
School, library leaders with mixed views on proposed book banning legislation:
Chaska Library Branch Manager Kevin Spencer has seen it all during his decades of working in libraries, but two things come to mind when he thinks of the community rallying
The latest from the Eagle Ridge incident:
A letter sent to city officials one day after police were made aware of an alleged assault at Eagle Ridge Middle School in Savage notes severe concerns related to bullying,
Savage police investigating alleged assault at middle school:
The Savage Police Department is investigating an alleged assault that took place at Eagle Ridge Middle School in Savage on March 15, according to a city Facebook post.
Zoe Dupasquier is a second grader at La ola del lago at Graindwood, a Spanish immersion school in Prior Lake. She loves competitive cheerleading and hanging out with her friends, but last December her life changed when the once active and healthy 7-year-old was diagnosed with Spindle Cell Rhabdomyosarcoma, a spontaneous childhood cancer.
Zoe Dupasquier is a second grader at La ola del lago at Graindwood, a Spanish immersion school in Prior Lake. She loves competitive cheerleading and hanging out with her friends,
The Savage City Council asked for more research to be done about potentially opening a city owned ma*****na dispensary:
While no decision was made about whether or not the city of Savage should open its own cannabis dispensary one day, the City Council on March 11, agreed to have
Breaking: Credit River woman charged with 2nd degree murder
A Credit River woman was charged with second degree murder on Thursday, March 7, after police found one dead at her home earlier this week following a welfare check.
Thousands honor fallen Burnsville first responders at public safety memorial:
Thousands of people including members of public safety departments across the state were at Grace Church in Eden Prairie on Wednesday, Feb. 28, to honor the lives of Burnsville Police
Fallen Burnsville officer from Chaska remembered for love of family, faith:
Paul Elmstrand and Cindy Elmstrand-Castruita met each other in kindergarten. By the time they were in third grade at Isanti Elementary, the two were in the same class for the
BREAKING: Former Savage firefighter Adam Finseth identified as one of victims in Burnsville shooting. Full story below:
https://www.swnewsmedia.com/savage_pacer/former-savage-firefighter-identified-as-one-of-victims-in-burnsville-shooting/article_507ececc-cea4-11ee-9662-0b0f6e957cac.html
Paul Donner, a former Lakeville educator of 38 years, will be taking over Brown's role as assistant principal while he is away.
Bridges Area Learning Center students, staff and mentors held a send-off ceremony for Dave Brown who was being deployed overseas for a year on Tuesday, Jan. 23.
Lack of city finance director proves costly for Savage:
In July, following the resignation of longtime Finance Director Julie Stahl, the Savage City Council authorized a contract with Abdo Financial Solutions for “interim finance director assistance,” for up to
Savage City Council approves public cannabis ban:
On a 4-1 vote, the Savage City Council approved an ordinance on Feb. 5, banning the use of all cannabis products in city parks, or on public property in the
Southwest News Media took home numerous awards at the annual Minnesota Newspaper Association convention, including two first place awards for the Savage Pacer's reporter.
Four Southwest News Media reporters were honored at the 2024 Minnesota Newspaper Convention held Feb. 1-3 in Brooklyn Park.
Laura Hageman, teacher of fourth and fifth grade students at the local elementary school, is now back home after traveling with 50 other educators from Nov. 24 through Dec. 3.
A Jeffers Pond Elementary School teacher became a student again while traveling to the Galapagos Islands, thanks to National Geographic.
As school districts across the south metro and state continue to work toward a contract settlement with its teacher unions, the Prior Lake-Savage Area School District announced on Monday a tentative agreement has been reached.
As school districts across the south metro and state continue to work toward a contract settlement with its teacher unions, the Prior Lake-Savage Area School District announced on Monday a
There will soon be another empty office inside Savage City Hall, after Assistant City Administrator Casey Casella handed in her letter of resignation, the Pacer confirmed on Jan. 24.
The Savage City Council is set to vote on a proposed ordinance Feb. 5 which will ban all cannabis use in city parks:
After months of discussion, the Savage City Council is expected to take a vote on whether cannabis products, such as THC edibles or drinks should be legal to consume in
Savage Police Chief Rodney Seurer is expected to retire this year along with his command staff:
The city of Savage is expected to have a new police chief and a new command staff in 2025.
Shakopee, Chaska encampments shine light on homelessness in south metro:
People often think of homelessness as a big-city issue, but as Shakopee officials learned recently, after discovering an encampment on city property, it exists in some of the wealthiest communities
Christmas this year was anything but a winter wonderland in the Twin Cities. Rain covered most of the ground, making it one of the warmest and wettest holidays on record, according to meteorologists.
Christmas this year was anything but a winter wonderland in the Twin Cities. Rain covered most of the ground, making it one of the warmest and wettest holidays on record,
It’s been 20 years now, but a day rarely goes by without friends and colleagues remembering sheriff’s deputy and firefighter Jon Niemann, who was killed by a drunk driver while off duty on Dec. 30, 2003.
It’s been 20 years now, but a day rarely goes by without friends and colleagues remembering sheriff’s deputy and firefighter Jon Niemann, who was killed by a drunk driver while
The transportation services were in Scott County this past week, collecting food and cash donations that will be donated to the group 360 Communities and to the CAP Agency food shelves serving Dakota and Scott Counties.
Minnesota Valley Transit Authority and Schmitty & Sons Transit are asking their riders, drivers and staff, along with county residents, to donate to local food shelves to help families in
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An area man has built replicas of the Eiffel Tower, Seattle's iconic Space Needle and the Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge ... all out of toothpicks. Hear all about it in this week's episode of The Spoonful. Read the stories dicussed on The Spoonful here: bit.ly/2XQ3laL.
An urban legend spotted in Lake Minnetonka? You be the judge. Read more here: bit.ly/2RNJmUG.
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Protestors and supporters turned out by the hundreds for President Donald Trump's visit to Nuss Truck & Equipment in Burnsville today. Video by Dan Holtmeyer. Read more about the visit here: /bit.ly/2Z5Mgrc.
Jordan police got a rather unusual report last week, when someone called to report a deranged person standing out in the cold with no coat hugging a pillow. Who was it? Watch below! Catch up on all the week's biggest stories here: bit.ly/2ELSILO
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A new music festival in Shakopee? Learn more about that and the area's biggest stories on this week's episode of The Spoonful. Read more here: https://bit.ly/2WIT0KH
On the Spoonful, reporters Amanda McKnight and Maggie Stanwood discuss the Minnesota Newspaper Association convention, two criminal trials and threats made against a school district. Plus, bloopers after the end credits! Read more at https://bit.ly/2B9jKe1
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