Belle Plaine News

Carl and Diane Schmitt of St.Cloud announce the engagement of their daughter, Desiree Schmitt, to Matthew Weldon, son of Nancy and Brendan Weldon of Belle Plaine.

The flash, the color, the booms, the music and - most important - the oohs and the aahs didn't disappear from Mankato's Fourth of July in 2009.

When the property value for Ed Chapman's home along the Minnesota River in rural Jordan kept rising by double digits, he only wanted an explanation.

Jordan is one of 10 metro-area fringe communities selected for extra assistance in managing their growth by a coalition led by 1,000 Friends of Minnesota, a smart-growth advocacy group.

The Highway Patrol says a Minnesota man was killed after he lost control of his vehicle while driving through a storm in Billings County.

The troubled economy has affected almost everyone, but there weren't many signs of it Thursday at the 36th annual Lemonade Art Fair.

The Sioux Vista sand dunes are a favorite spot along the Minnesota River for several who frequent the Minnesota Valley State Recreation Area, which stretches along the river between Shakopee and Belle Plaine.

Where to begin at the new farmers market in Belle Plaine? With the guy from New Prague who brings 25 dozen hyper-fresh eggs of all sizes and tints and speckles -- and sells them all in the first 90 minutes to folks who can tell them from store-bought just by the color of the yolk? With the lady from Green Isle who scours her acres of prairie ...

This wooden train trestle is one of just a handful of structures that span the Minnesota River between Shakopee and Belle Plaine.

Submitted by Katrina Styx on June 11, 2009 - 11:15am. MEETINGS Senate District meeting is tonight Senate District 35 Democratic-Farmer-Labor business meetings are held the second Thursday of every month.

The 2009 State Fair commemorative painting by Belle Plaine, Minn., artist Leo Stans features the Grandstand on one side and milk and corn dog booths on the other, all leading to a bright, gleaming midway in the distance.

Submitted by Kristin Holtz on June 6, 2009 - 4:03pm. The University of Minnesota Extension in Scott & Le Sueur counties is hosting a Summer Dairy Series that will include three on-site farm visits.

Community And Seniors Together , Dist. 88 Community Education andAARP will sponsor a four-hour refresher 55 Alive Safety Driving course from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 24 at the New Ulm Community Center.

Lee Patrick Brazil, 67, formerly of Green Isle, died Thursday, May 28, 2009 at Fairview Southdale Hospital in Edina.

Bob Sass, 89, of Belle Plaine, passed away Sunday, May 17, 2009 at the Belle Plaine Lutheran Home.

A quest for cheap, safe food is fueling a "grow your own" trend in Minnesota. "My grandma used to have three gardens in her yard," gardener Sharon Pew said while planting another row of seedlings in her Belle Plaine garden.

If any two men in Minnesota feel bemused today to hold the jobs they hold, they are Pete Ewals and Tim Lies.

Scott County became the first county in the metro area Tuesday to install a new long-range plan for its future.

Scott and Carver Counties said cuts for victims of domestic violence couldn't have come at a worse time.

The cancer diagnosis for the retired head of public works came a little over a week after he took office.