School District 192 superintendent’s cabinet gets a new look

The Farmington School Board restructured superintendent Jay Haugen’s cabinet Monday night, eliminating four positions and replacing them with at least one and probably more.

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Concerns about condition of several downtown houses spark visits by Farmington city staff

Complaints about the condition of several homes in downtown Farmington have city have city officials wondering how to rectify the problem. There are about a dozen homes in the downtown area that are suffering from varying degrees of age and neglect.

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Your weekend: Kids can read to dogs this weekend

Computer classes, Hymnfest, and World War II reenactments are going on around Farmington this weekend. Check out our calendar of events to see what else is happening around town.

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Highway 3 closed this week between Farmington and Rosemount

Heading north out of Farmington will require a little more thought next week. Highway 3 is closed south of 170th Street as Minnesota Department of Transportation crews replace a pipe beneath the highway just north of County Road 64.

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Editorial: Meetings should be open as possible

Modern technology has made it easier than ever for government bodies to share their discussions with their constituents. Farmington residents no longer even have to leave the house to see a school board or city council meeting. They can tune in on TV, or watch online, either live or later.

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Letter to the editor: A Mother’s Day sentiment

Column: Passing time at Target Field

A couple of weeks ago I made my first trip to Target Field for a Twins game. I gather I was about two years too late to catch anything resembling a quality home team, but, hey, the tickets were free. And while it’s not easy to tell from the photo I took, they were in fact in the stadium.

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Softball: Tigers rally past Chanhassen

The Farmington softball team used a six-run bottom half of the sixth inning to knock Chanhassen out of a three-way tie atop the Missota Conference with a 9-5 victory Tuesday at Tiger Field.

Looking back: Ordinance banned use of slingshots and shot guns in city limits in 1937

Farmington residents were ordered to clean up their properties - including removal of manure piles and stove pipes - 100 years ago. Check out what else happened this week in Farmington's history.

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We at the Independent work hard to find the most interesting and most important stories to bring to our readers. But that doesn't mean we couldn't use a little help. If you see something around Farmington you think is worth a story, if you have questions about something going on in town or if you have any other suggestions for something you'd like to see in the paper, we want to hear it.

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Softball: FHS season comes down to final week

The Missota Conference softball title is still up for grabs with one week remaining in the season. But only Farmington controls its own destiny.

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Girls lacrosse: Park of Cottage Grove snaps Farmington’s five-game streak

It took Park of Cottage Grove overtime to put an end to Farmington’s program-record five-game winning streak Friday night. The game was close throughout, with neither team separating itself by more than two goals over the course of the game. It was 7-7 at the end of the first half and 13-13 at the end of regulation before the Wolfpack scored a pair of unanswered goals to get away with a 15-13 victory at Park High School.

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Boys lacrosse: Tigers drop close ones

A couple of tightly-contested losses have the Farmington boys lacrosse team hanging on to a 6-5 record heading into the final game of the regular season.

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Girls track and field: Big Three lead girls to seventh

The Farmington girls track team got a record-setting day from its Big Three while placing seventh out of nine teams at last Tuesday’s Section 1AAA True Team Championships in Rochester.

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Boys track and field: Relays pace Tiger boys at True Team

Twenty-six personal-best performances, including 14 that landed in the top 10, carried the Farmington boys track team to sixth place out of nine teams at last Tuesday’s Section 1AAA True Team section meet in Rochester.

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Baseball: Tigers still battling inconsistency

Drew Hegseth walked just two batters when Farmington shut out New Prague on the road, 8-0, just over three weeks ago. The Tigers ended up on the other side of a shutout in Thursday night’s rematch as the offense fell silent and the pitching staff yielded seven free passes and two hit-by-pitches in a 6-0 loss to the Trojans at Tiger Field.

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Boys tennis: Farmington ‘close, but no cigar’ vs. New Prague

The Farmington boys tennis team closed out the regular season with a match that reminded veteran coach Jack Olwell of many of his team’s matches this season.

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Track and field: FHS freshman boys win conference

Monday night was a promising one for the future of Farmington track and field. The Farmington freshman boys team placed first and the girls team second at the Missota Conference Ninth-Grade Championships in Shakopee.

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Davis sets new personal best at Big 10 Championships

Farmington alum Trey Davis set a new personal-best in the shot put at the Big 10 Outdoor Championships last weekend in Madison.