LOCAL NEWS
Drum corps will practice in Farmington 
Boeckman Middle School will be the host site for the Phantom Regiment Drum Corps as they practice for the upcoming Drum Corps International Summer Tour. The Phantom Regiment placed third in a recent competition in Louisville, Ky.
July 13, 2010
City-run photo contest is back for another year
The city of Farmington is once again looking for the best photos residents have captured around town.
July 13, 2010
Police report: June 25-July 2
Farmington police activity for the week of June 25-July 2.
July 12, 2010
Welfare check nets drug charge
The call started with concern for a driver’s well-being and ended with a 28-year-old Farmington man facing drug-possession charges.
By Nathan Hansen , July 11, 2010
Looking back: Televised council meetings started 10 years ago
A weekly look back at what happened this week in Farmington's history.
July 10, 2010
Farmily business coming to Farmington
For most of the past two decades Tony Weng has helped his cousins run a successful restaurant. Now he and a few family members figure it’s time to do the same for themselves.
By Nathan Hansen , July 09, 2010
Pool aims for an older crowd
Farmington's municipal pool has long been a source of summer fun for Farmington kids, but this season the city wants to open up the opportunities to a new age bracket.
By Nathan Hansen , July 08, 2010
County targets polluted property
A pair of $200,000 grants should help Dakota County get a handful of polluted properties ready for redevelopment in the next three years.
By Nathan Hansen , July 08, 2010
For Jim Weir, the post office really delivered
The United States Post Office has played an important role in Jim Weir’s life.
The postal service kept him employed for much of his life, for one thing. Weir spent 35 years working for the government, starting as a substitute carrier and eventually working his way up to management.
But that’s not the important part.
By Nathan Hansen , July 08, 2010
Farmington students mostly above state averages on MCA
Farmington students scored better than their peers statewide at most grade levels on this year’s Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment test, but fell short of state averages at three grade levels.
By Nathan Hansen , July 06, 2010
Police report: June 18-June 23
Farmington police activity for the week of June 18-23.
July 05, 2010
Looking back: Work on air control center began here 50 years ago
A look back at what was happening this week in Farmington's history.
July 04, 2010
City does networking on the cheep
The city of Farmington is expanding its social network, 140 characters at a time.
By Nathan Hansen , July 02, 2010
Business climate is improving
When your job is business development, a bad economy is not your friend. But for most of the past five years that’s been life for Tina Hansmeier, Farmington’s economic development specialist since joining the city full-time in 2005. It’s her job to market Farmington to potential new business tenants, and to serve as a kind of one-stop shop for both existing businesses and businesses looking to relocate or open for the first time.
By Nathan Hansen , July 02, 2010
DNA evidence leads to charges in 2009 theft
Like a scene out of CSI — minus the flashy computer graphics — the Farmington police have used a few drops of blood and a DNA database to find the man suspected of breaking into a truck last year.
By Nathan Hansen , July 01, 2010
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