Farmington

Five local high school students, including one from Farmington, were recently selected to receive a trip to Washington, D.C., sponsored by Dakota Electric Association. The winners are Anna Marie Rutz, Farmington High School; Rhett Carlson, Apple Valley High School; Jay Casella, Eagan...

Poets of all ages are invited to get creative and submit their original poems into Dakota County Library’s annual poetry contest in April. Participants can enter one poem or rap of no more than two pages. No offensive or derogatory language is permitted. Poems will be judged...

It’s amazing how the simplest of experiences can transfer from one part of your life to the next. Take, for example, the surprising skills I developed as former deli clerk at Cub Foods in Rosemount. Besides the ability to accurately read a meat thermometer and make a pretty mean...

Saturday Food drive Boy Scouts in Farmington will hold their annual food drive Saturday, April 5. Boy and Girl Scouts will visit Farmington neighborhoods and knock on doors to collect donations for the Farmington Food Shelf. This is the 22nd year for the Scouts’ food drive. Volunteer...

To the editor, I have called Faith United Methodist Church my church for 65 years. What is happening to our church lately could be written as a comedy of errors were it not true. Are we closing or not? Depends on the day. We were told of the closing on a Sunday morning after the...

There are certain things you like to hear when you’re buying a car. Like a salesman saying, “We have just the one you’re looking for,” or “Don’t be silly, your offer is far too high,” or, “You, sir, are a remarkable specimen of humanity and I feel honored just to have...

Friends do a lot for one another. They help make tough decisions. They give support. They even help out with a few dollars, now and then. It’s little wonder, then, that branch manager Barbara Svoboda would like to see a Friends of the Library group re-establish itself at the Dakota...

After competing with incomplete lineups at the first two indoor meets of the season, the Farmington boys track team amped it up for Saturday’s All-American Invitational in River Falls, Wis. The Tigers took to the Knowles Fieldhouse track with most of their top athletes in the lineup...

50 years ago From the March 26, 1964 edition of the Dakota County Tribune Trinity pastor in “farewell” Pastor Robert Rediehs of Trinity Lutheran Church, Farmington, will deliver his farewell sermon Easter Sunday. The Reverend Rediehs has asked to be relieved of his duties...

March 14 Warrant service/arrest, 600 block of First St. Recovered stolen property, 600 block of First St. Damage to property, 4700 block of 186th St. W. March 16 DWI, fourth degree, Third and Elm streets Fire, single dwelling, 17600 block of Eureka Ave. March 17 Juvenile,...