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Todd Larson had a couple of months to get used to the idea of becoming Farmington's new mayor, but he admits to being a little nervous before Monday's city council meeting. Larson spent the hours before taking his oath of office in an ice arena in Lakeville, at his daughter's hockey...

The Farmington School District once again has architects at work on its construction projects. At a special meeting Monday school board members approved agreements with Eagan-based Wolfgram Knutson architects and St.

Drivers may want to steer clear of 195th Street and Flagstaff Avenue in the morning and early afternoon once the new Farmington High School opens next fall. Drivers will likely get caught up in school traffic at that intersection between 7:45 a.m. and 8:15 a.m., when most of the...

To the editor, So after all public meetings, hearings, lawsuits, site plans and who knows what else in preparation of the new high school and only nine months away from its opening someone associated with the new high school project finally figured out that there was going to be...

Todd Karich expects Farmington High School's new schedule to create challenges when it's implemented next fall. But he also sees a lot of opportunities. The Farmington School Board approved the change to a five-period day and a three trimester year at its business meeting Monday....

Imelda Becker doesn't much care where the Farmington Food Shelf is moved to. She just knows it needs to be moved. Becker has run the Farmington Food Shelf since 1992. Located in the Faith United Methodist Church, it is a community resource that serves about 60 families -- about 200...

The rubber membrane roof of the administration center at the Dakota County Government Center in Hastings is going to be replaced. At its regular meeting this week, the Dakota County Board of Commissioners awarded the bid for the project to Commercial Roofing Inc. Its base bid was...

On Monday the city of Farmington will open the doors of its brand new city hall, a 42,000-square-foot structure at the corner of Third and Spruce streets in the city's downtown business district. We don't think the building's perfect, but there's a lot there to like. Perhaps the...

Residents who pay water utility bills to the city of Farmington should keep their eyes open for a letter from the city in the next few months. If they do not respond to the letter, it could cost them as much as $150 a month. The letter in question will come from the city of Farmington...

The VFW Post 7662 baseball team got the momentum boost it was looking for last week, earning a pair of come-from-behind victories over New Prague and Prior Lake. Sitting at 4-12 and having lost six of its last seven games after last Tuesday's 9-4 home loss to St. Louis Park, Post...

Farmington Middle School South? Overflow Elementary School? The Farmington School District is going to need a lot of new school names a little more than a year from now and the district is turning to residents to help give their new and converted buildings some new identities. On...

New Prague and Farmington once again pulled away from the pack at last Thursday's Missota Conference track and field championships. Each of the conference's eight teams won at least one of the meet's 18 events, but the Trojans claimed five event championships in piling up 188 team...

A couple of months ago Mike Barnett started to notice his parishioners getting a little antsy. They were tired of snow. Tired of cold. They wanted to get out in the sunshine. That's when Barnett, senior pastor at New Heights Christian Fellowship, decided to throw a party. The fruits...