Farmington

The Farmington School District settled a grievance Monday related to years of experience 55 district teachers received credit for when they were hired. The district hired the teachers in recent years but might, for example, have given a teacher with five years of experience credit...

A monthly update from Farmington area organizations and clubs. Farmington VFW The Farmington VFW will hold a steak fry dinner to support Boy Scout Troop 119 on Saturday, Nov. 15, from 5-8 p.m. at the VFW. For a $10 donation, you get a steak dinner with baked potato, salad, veggies,...

As of the end of this month I will have owned my house for seven years. It remains, let’s just say, sparsely decorated. I have a bad habit of buying frameable posters and failing entirely to frame them. Many are in a pile on one of my chairs. It is not the way most museums would...

To the editor, I have been a police officer for 31 years before retiring in 2001. This summer, I took the Farmington Police Department’s citizen’s academy. I wanted to see what was new in law enforcement since I retired. I have worked with police departments all over the...

I always wondered what that day would be like. Turns out, that day was a drippy, cool Wednesday, just last week. And that day changes my life. That day, last Wednesday, I was asked to transfer from the Farmington Rosemount Independent Town Pages to the Woodbury Bulletin. Today,...

The news that the Minnesota Department of Transportation is considering improvements in the near future for Highway 3 in southern Dakota County — reported on page nine of this week’s edition — should come as a relief to anyone who uses or lives near the road. Highway 3 has...

Your weekend Saturday Steak fry Boy Scout Troop #119 will hold a steak fry fundraiser from 5 to 8 p.m. Nov. 15 at the Farmington VFW. The VFW is located at 420 Third St. Upcoming events Weight Watchers Weight Watchers meets at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Tuesdays at Farmington...

A Rochester Mayo girls hockey team that lost eight seniors to graduation turned out to be a great opening night opponent for a Farmington squad going through some roster transition of its own. The Tigers took the ice last Thursday at Graham Arena with a varsity roster featuring two...

October 24 Juvenile, child protection, address not available Fraud, illegal use of credit card, 19100 block of Evening Star Way Warrant service/arrest, 300 Oak St. October 25 Damage to property, 19700 block of Akin Rd. Damage to property, 5200 block of 185th St. W. Larceny,...

The healing process is different for every person, as is the type of event that caused the need for healing in the first place. For women who have experienced sexual violence or abuse, simply talking about the event isn’t always enough. Bella Center founder Kathy Seger has developed...

It is a different year than other years when Dakota County has set its annual budgets and tax levies. At its regular meeting this week, the Dakota County Board of Commissioners heard the 2015 recommended budget is $356.8 million, which funds the equivalent of 1,777.1 full-time positions....

The number of mortgage foreclosure sales continues to decline throughout Minnesota. The same story is told in Dakota County numbers. According to numbers released earlier this week by the Minnesota Homeownership Center, there were 4,375 foreclosures in Minnesota in the first two...