LOCAL NEWS
Churches will team up for July 4 outdoor service
Two Farmington churches will come together under the summer sun on Sunday morning. One will stick around outside for the rest of the summer. Light of the World Lutheran Church pastor Deb Stehlin said the idea to join Farmington Lutheran Church for a Fourth of July grew out of casual conversation between two pastors.By Nathan Hansen , July 01, 2010
Farmington man is tops behind the wheel
Farmington resident David “Chuck” Palmer came out on top of the Minnesota Valley Transit Authority’s seventh annual Bus Roadeo earlier this month.July 01, 2010
Just a few steps left in FHS grad's walk to Miami
Editor’s note: Jordan Dibb left Minneapolis March 27 with plans to walk 1,800 miles to Miami to raise money for relief efforts in Haiti. He expects to finish his walk July 4 but last weekend he checked in with us one last time from the roadBy Nathan Hansen , July 01, 2010
Farmer's market is back with greens to go
July 01, 2010
Making better friends, building better bodies
By Nathan Hansen , July 01, 2010
Cancer society fund raiser grows from Ramble to Relay
For more than 20 years Farmington’s Ramble and Amble has been a successful fund raiser for the American Cancer Society. But the Ramble is about to become a Relay. Later this month the American Cancer Society will hold its first Farmington Relay for Life.By Nathan Hansen , July 01, 2010
After a delay, budget gets OK
In the end, District 192 School Board members offered thanks but no changes to parents who had raised concerns about projected class sizes. The school board voted 5-1 Monday to approve a preliminary budget unchanged from the one they were set to vote on in May. The board delayed that decision when a group of parents objected to projections that showed as many as 31 students in some elementary classrooms.By Nathan Hansen , July 01, 2010
County will pay more for auto insurance
As of July 1, Dakota County will have a new commercial automobile insurance company: Travelers Insurance.By Jane Lightbourn , June 29, 2010
Schools are not associated with door-to-door book sales
The Farmington School District is not trying to sell you any books.By Nathan Hansen , June 28, 2010
County will spend $2.7 million to preserve land
The fifth project application round for the Farmland and Natural Areas Program moved closer to completion this week.By Jane Lightbourn , June 28, 2010
Growth has slowed in Dakota County
The 2010 Community Indicators Report shows that while the county growth continues to be slow, Dakota County remains the state’s third-most populated county. There are more than 390,000 people living in Dakota County.By Jane Lightbourn , June 26, 2010
As fire burned, tempers flared
By Jane Lightbourn , June 24, 2010
City will pay $21,000 to Exchange Bank developers
It took the owners of the Exchange Bank building nearly a decade to fulfill their end of a purchase agreement with the city of Farmington, but it’s the city that has to pay up in the end.By Michelle Leonard , June 24, 2010
Several road projects identified around new high school
After one year of student drivers taking a new route to school, the city of Farmington now has a better idea of what kinds of new traffic patterns have to be dealt with in future years.By Michelle Leonard , June 24, 2010
Delay did not bring change for budget
One month later, not much has changed in the Farmington School District’s preliminary budget, and that has some parents disappointed.By Michelle Leonard , June 24, 2010
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