Minnesota Zoo animals play in the snow
The Minnesota Zoo has a video depicting North American river otters, wolverines, and lynx playing in fresh-fallen snow. To see the video, click here.
The Minnesota Zoo has a video depicting North American river otters, wolverines, and lynx playing in fresh-fallen snow. To see the video, click here.
Sarah Cartwright and Amanda Taylor star in Eastview High School’s one-act play “Third and Oak: The Laundromat,” which took second place out of seven teams in the sub-section competition Jan. 28 in Lakeville to qualify for the one-act section finals. Centering on a late-night conversation between two strangers in a dreary, nearly deserted laundromat, “Third and Oak” is directed by Eastview theater director/English teacher Scott Durocher. The section finals run from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 3, at Eastview High School, 6200 W. 140th St., Apple Valley. Photos by Rick Orndorf
by Andrew Miller
Thisweek Newspapers
Table salt – it’s not a controlled substance, and it won’t get you high.
But pawning off a small amount of salt as the powerful street stimulant methamphetamine and selling it to a police informant is, in fact, a felony.
A 24-year-old Apple Valley man was charged in Dakota County District Court last week for allegedly doing just that.
Shain Alan Freeman has been charged with sale of a simulated controlled substance in connection with the November 2010 incident. (more…)
Lakeville North finished in 1st place in the Division 1 Medium catagory at the 2011 Minnesota State Cheerleading Competition held at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul on January 29. Teams from Eagan, Apple Valley, Lakeville North, and Rosemount High School competed in various categories. Apple Valley finished in 1st in the Coed Division. Photos by Rick Orndorf
But changes in state funding could create budget woes
by Jessica Harper
Thisweek Newspapers
The Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District is expected to end this school year in the black, but district officials say they worry about potential budget woes in 2011-2012. (more…)