Prior Lake News

Submitted by Pat Minelli on July 2, 2009 - 9:27am. Scott County motorists will face enhanced speed enforcement patrols throughout July.

Fireworks fans can take their pick of displays planned for Saturday, July 4 in Prior Lake.

ByA Josh Chase, Staff WriterA Prior Lake-Savage Area School District students at every grade level beat the state average when they took the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment Series II in April, according to Minnesota Department of Education data released this week.

Overcast skies kept beach-goers away from popular Sand Point Beach in Prior Lake on Monday.

TheA local student who last week became the first reported victim of the H1N1 virus in the Prior Lake-Savage Area School District recovered at home and a oeis doing quite well,a Superintendent Sue Ann Gruver said Thursday.

On Thursday, the District 112 school board approved administrationa s request to send a letter to the Missota Conference asking that the two high schools be admitted into the Missota in the fall of 2010.

What do some people think is fun to do when theya re drunk and bored? Apparently run through an apartment building in the middle of the night screaming a oefire.a Three young men are accused of causing such a ruckus last weekend at Garden Lane Apartments, 700 Garden Lane, after partying it up at a local park.

Cary Peterson, 58, of Prior Lake, passed away Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at Highland Chateua Nursing Home in St.

Police today identified the St. Paul firefighter who was driving an ambulance that backed into and killed a 79-year-old woman over the weekend.

Paul Traub of Burnsville awoke at 4 a.m. to a noise in his Burnsville townhouse, and he saw his lights go on and off.

A Prior Lake man entered a guilty plea today to first-degree attempted murder, arson and burglary in a near-fatal stabbing and fire at a Burnsville townhome last year.

The governor's budget cuts caused little panic among south metro officials, who expected them.

An Austin business recently erected the first wind turbine connected to Austin Utilities.

Submitted by Pat Minelli on March 17, 2007 - 5:54am. >> Read similar stories filed under: Police and Courts A 49-year-old Prior Lake man was indicted Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis on four charges related to mortgage fraud.

Submitted by Kristin Holtz on June 10, 2009 - 9:52am. A 25-year reunion for the Shakopee High School Class of 1984 is planned for Saturday, Aug.

Steve Nielsen of Prior Lake takes a swing Monday during Fonga s seventh annual Benefit Golf Invitational, organized by Fonga s Restaurant owner Leo Le and his wife, Cindy.

An 18-year-old Prior Lake man was the first person to be charged with a Prior Lake social host ordinance violation this week for allegedly supplying beer and liquor to other underage people during a party in the 15900 block of Fremont Avenue on May 23.

Walk through any Shakopee public school hallway and you will find faces of every nationality and ethnicity.

Shannon Fiecke of the Shakopee Valley News reports: Randal Hennes, the Prior Lake man accused of fleeing the scene of an accident last summer that killed a Shakopee boy, pleaded guilty last week in Scott County District Court.

A 50-year-old Prior Lake man was killed while trying to cross Highway 169 on a bicycle near Blue Earth County Road 33 Friday night.