Apple Valley News

A former employee of a Twin Cities cleaning company is accused of stealing about $50,000 worth of jewelry and other valuable items from homes he was sent to clean.

When Jodi Saari of Apple Valley came down with cold-like symptoms during her second pregnancy, she thought nothing of it.

The Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan school district and Dakota County United Educators announced Thursday that a tentative settlement was reached on a new two-year contract for the district's teachers and nurses.

An Apple Valley man faces charges he resisted arrest after a botched "mission" to rob an Eagan gas station.

Share + Nov 17, 2009 2:27 pm US/Central HASTINGS, Minn. 1 of 1 The criminal charges state Dunnum had inside his residence six long-barrel guns, one handgun, a flare grenade and an inoperable standard grenade.

Two standoffs in the metro in three days both involved Iraq war veterans who friends say suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.

"You can't have a House of Hope if you don't have a house," said Amy Jants, co-founder and president of House of Hope Twin Cities.

Pawn America CEO Brad Rixmann is on a mission to loosen restrictions and fees on pawn transactions, and he's starting in Burnsville.

Minnesota Valley Transit Authority will offer free bus rides during Thanksgiving weekend and the weekend of Dec.

Most Americans have a sincere respect for veterans who served their country during both war and peace.

Commercial real estate brokers continue to get listings for distressed properties that have been taken over by lenders.

It may have a new use. Beginning Monday, Apple Valley, Burnsville and Eagan will be collecting old shoes for Wipers Recycling, a Maplewood-based shredding company that finds new uses for common goods.

Voters in the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan Public Schools re-elected incumbent School Board members Kevin Sampers, Mike Roseen and Art Coulson on Nov.

Minnesota Zoo volunteers Floyd Lewellen, left, and Andy Anderson celebrate their birthdays a few days early Tuesday with volunteers at the zoo.

Writes Anne Nonny Mouse: "I used to say 'pret'near.' I used it to express 'almost' or 'just about,' as in 'It's pret'near winter now.' "I have NO idea where I got the phrase.

The Minnesota Zoo is hosting a free workshop Wednesday on managing buckthorn invasions.

Eight candidates will compete for three seats on the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan school board.

Writes Katharine With Two Dogs: "I have congestion, body aches, a cough, a fever, a cracking voice, and generally feel like someone who loves me ought to call the priest.

A Minneapolis middle school teacher unexpectedly hit the jackpot today, winning $25,000 with no strings attached.

High school: Lake , 7 p.m. - Eastview at Jefferson; Kennedy at Eagan; Lakeville South at Apple Valley; Rosemount at Lakeville North.