Farmington News

Three trout streams around the state have been restored with funds from the Outdoor Heritage Fund, one of the projects that gets money from the additional sales tax money generated by the Clean Water, Land, and Legacy constitutional amendment passed in 2008.

When Sgt. Joe Leko's officers collared a recent suspect, a methamphetamine addict, the cops were the ones who left her Farmington home emotional.

Law enforcement officials will hold a public information meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct.

The Rambling River Center is open from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday and from 7:30 a.m. to noon on Friday.

Scary stories are Michael Normana s stock in trade. From poltergeist encounters in abandoned farmhouses to sightings of vague spectral entities in old Victorian mansions, the River Falls, Wis.-based journalist and author has documented them all.

Stephanie Uphoff, 42, of Farmington, Minn., remembers having weight issues as a young girl.

The Farmington school board has approved a new two-year contract for teachers, after seven months of negotiations.

An 18-year-old Farmington, Minn., man faces a string of charges for allegedly sexually assaulting a teenage girl at Century High School last spring.

A battle is blowing up south of the metro over a plan to harness wind energy. Two Minnesota companies, Sparks Energy and Medin Energy, want to build six, 230-feet-tall wind turbines in Greenvale Township, which is located about five miles east of Northfield in Dakota County.

Things are going to get spooky at the Dakota County Fairgrounds in Farmington. The a oeSupport Our Troopsa Haunted House will offer a frighteningly good time for an awfully good cause in the faira s 4-H building from 7 to 10 p.m. Oct.

Farmers Ed Osterbauer of Pine Island, Minn., left, and Richard Puzy of Danville, Ill., both 73, were in tractor heaven on Friday at the Northfield estate of the late Palmer Fossum.

September homebuilding activity in the Twin Cities was steady compared with year-ago figures, according to the latest permit numbers from the Keystone Report.

Bell Myran is full of ideas. The Rosemount teenager talks of reading to younger kids and teaching senior citizens computer skills at the local library.

Assault . An officer arrested a man, 37, near the 15500 block of Flight Way on charges of domestic assault.

The hunt for the kidnapper of a Dakota County woman and her toddler grandson two years ago will get a big boost this evening with national publicity on the "America's Most Wanted" television show.

A new route crosses town in Farmington. The new 195th Street extension opens this week, connecting the neighborhoods northwest of downtown with Hwy.

The state's financial crisis is stalking city halls across the southern metro area this month as city councils come to grips with whether to raise taxes, cut spending, or both.

The national Fox television show "America's Most Wanted" tonight features a look at an Apple Valley bank robbery in which the thief held a grandmother and her 2-year-old grandson hostage.

In this tough economy, some people have to make tough choices - like feeding their family or taking their prescription drugs.

Blazing a trail as a trusted family and children's photographer, Nicole Blasing knows how important it is to capture the wonder years of babyhood and chronicle all the other moments in life worth framing.