Home foreclosures were down in 2009 in county
The number of home foreclosures showed a significant decrease in Dakota County in 2009. It is the first decrease in numbers since 2000, according to information released this week by the Dakota County Sheriff’s Office.
RELATED CONTENTMentoring program builds lasting relationships
Daniel Benson is a volunteer firefighter. Garrett Zimmel is a 7-year-old boy. Talk about a match made in heaven. For a little more than a year now, Benson and Zimmel have made a pretty good pair. They go to Minnesota Wild and Minnesota Twins games. They just hang out. And, yes, they spend a fair amount of time at the fire department exploring the trucks.
RELATED CONTENTA new name for changing times
After 40 years of service the Community Action Council has a new name. In January the community service organization became 360 Communities. It will go under the new moniker from here on out.
RELATED CONTENTThird wave of Red Bullls will retun Friday
The third wave of soldiers from the 34th Infantry Division will return home at 6 p.m. Feb. 5. The soldiers have wrapped up a one-year deployment to Iraq.
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The woods off of Station Trail are quiet on a Tuesday morning. With fresh snow blanketing roads and clinging to branches, signs of recent activity are obvious. On the road, at least, they’re rare. Only a few tire tracks cut through several inches of fresh powder, and if you drive far enough there’s not even that. The road disappears beneath a frosty blanket. That could change soon, though.
RELATED CONTENTCommunity expo: Fill up on community information Saturday
The number 13 sometimes conjures thoughts of bad luck, but there’s nothing bad about 13 when it comes to this year’s Farmington Community Expo.
RELATED CONTENTLittle competition on ballots 
If it weren’t for electing a couple of supervisors here and there, elections in Castle Rock, Empire and Eureka townships would be pretty quiet this year.
RELATED CONTENTCDA funds help clean up blight in Farmington
Notice anything missing down Elm Street these days? Like, say, maybe, a big dilapidated house? How about an eyesore over on Main Street? See one fewer home over there?
RELATED CONTENTThe tricks were the treat
Kids turned out in costume — in this case Batman and a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle — for Magic Norm and the Happy Pirate Show Friday morning at the Dakota County Farmington Library.
RELATED CONTENTHomecoming king and queen are announced
Tanna Howie and Bubba Friedlund were crowned as the 2009 Farmington High School homecoming queen and king at Wednesday’s coronation. Homecoming royalty is chosen by a vote of the student body.
RELATED CONTENTSouth suburban schools formally announce creation of new conference
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As expected, the District 196 schools — Rosemount, Apple Valley, Eagan and Eastview — announced they were withdrawing from the Lake Conference. Along with several current Lake schools, and Prior Lake, the group will create the new 10-member South Suburban Conference beginning next season.
Making sense of the graveyard
A piece of graph paper tucked into a folder could hold the key to helping people better navigate Farmington’s Corinthian Cemetery. It’s going to take some work, though.
RELATED CONTENTQuilting wins run in family
Grandparents are often instrumental in the lives of their grandchildren. They teach values like unconditional love.
RELATED CONTENTNational Night Out: Meet the Neighbors
Farmington firefighters and police officers will be all over town next Tuesday, but they will not necessarily be out on calls for service.
RELATED CONTENTThelen family is on a mission to Brazil
So, what does one pack to leave the country for three or four years? That’s just one of the questions Roger Thelen and his family are considering this week, as they get ready to leave Farmington for Brazil — again.
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