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Dakota Electric Association named Dakota City Heritage Village, Farmington, as the local 2013 Touchstone Energy Community Award winner. Defending the Blue Line, Hastings, Farmington Yellow Ribbon Network and Greenleaf Elementary School were named runners-up, and each of the four applicants...

Feel like curling up with a good book on some of these upcoming cold winter nights? If you want to get that book from the Dakota County Library in Farmington, you’d better get there soon. The Farmington library will close its doors at the present location at 4:30 p.m., next Tuesday,...

Friday Holiday boutique Trinity Care Center will hold a holiday boutique from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Dec. 6 and 7. Vendors will display a variety of items from wall hangings to doll clothes to bakeware and more. Trinity is located at 3410 210th St. Cultural entertainment and...

Farmington police are searching for a 37-year-old woman who has been missing for more than a month. Laura Jean Simonson, 37, was reported missing on Friday, Nov. 22, according to Farm-ington police detective sergeant Lee Hollatz. Simon-son was last seen by family members on Nov....

50 years ago From the Nov. 28, 1963 edition of the Dakota County Tribune County and nation mourn president’s death Funeral services for John Fitzgerald Kennedy, former president of the United States, were held Monday in Washington. Somehow the journalistic formula...

Thursday Free community meal Ground Round in Farmington will offer a free community meal from noon to 2 p.m. Nov. 28. The meal is free to people who need a meal, who don’t have family nearby to celebrate Thanksgiving with or who just wants to stop by. There will be a meal of...

The Farmington Area Education Foundation is looking forward to 2014 and they are looking for community members who want to get involved to help build an even brighter future for youth. Planning for the year ahead began taking shape with an informational meeting held Wednesday Nov....

When Kirk Zeaman lived in State College, Pa., there was a restaurant that offered a free meal on Thanksgiving. It was a gathering place for people who couldn’t afford a meal of their own, or who didn’t have family in the area to celebrate with. Zeaman always liked the tradition,...

Former Farmington track standout Kaitlin Mincke, now a runner for the University of Minnesota, received the 2013 Big Ten Sportsmanship Award, given annually to a representative of each of the conference's 12 women's cross country programs. The student-athletes chosen are individuals...

50 years ago From the Nov. 21, 1963 edition of the Dakota County Tribune Farmington park meeting lays plans for board Representatives from all the organizations in Farmington, met with the Farmington Women’s Club Monday to discuss the possibility of having a park. The...

Foreclosures across Dakota County are down by nearly 50 percent through October, according to recent numbers from the Dakota County Community Development Agency. Likewise, Farmington and Rosemount have both seen a decrease in the number of homes subject to sheriff sales and notice...

With Farmington’s annual Toys for Town gift drive kicking off in just a week or so, police chief Brian Lindquist is looking for a little help from community businesses. For years, Lindquist has used the same list of drop-off sites around the community as locations for people...