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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...

Farmington resident David "Chuck" Palmer came out on top of the Minnesota Valley Transit Authority's seventh annual Bus Roadeo earlier this month. Drivers from both the Burnsville and Eagan bus garages operated by Schmitty & Sons Transit Services took written and driving tests covering...

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 road With about a week left my emotions are...

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. The Ramble and Amble, which...

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.

As of July 1, Dakota County will have a new commercial automobile insurance company: Travelers Insurance. The current insurance carrier, One Beacon Insurance, already had already notice of non-renewal prior to expiration of the current policy. The nonrenewal was based on an unfavorable...

The Farmington School District is not trying to sell you any books. According to the district there have been reports recently of of college-age students going door-to-door in Farmington neighborhoods suggesting a list of books they claim are recommended by Farmington teachers....

The fifth project application round for the Farmland and Natural Areas Program moved closer to completion this week. At its regular meeting this week, the Dakota County Board of Commissioners approved the spending of $2,798,938 of FNAP funds to acquire permanent easements on 12 properties....

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. Representatives of the Dakota County Office of Planning and Analysis,...

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. Farmington city council members voted 4-1 Monday to approve a settlement agreement between...

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. On Monday, Farmington city engineer Kevin Schorzman reviewed the projects he intends to ask Dakota...

One month later, not much has changed in the Farmington School District's preliminary budget, and that has some parents disappointed. A group of Farmington parents felt like they had won a victory May 24 when they convinced the District 192 School Board to delay a decision on a preliminary...