Savage News

And finally tonight: A Minnesota family's Fourth of July backyard barbecue drew an interesting guest this weekend... A 3-foot alligator.Linda Savage was walking in her yard in Eagan when spotted the gator in a pond.At first, her family didn't quite believe her.But then everyone got a closer look and saw for themselves.Police were called to take ...

A series of drug raids across the Twin Cities this week highlights what authorities say is a growing national trend: Sophisticated pot-growing operations at homes in quiet suburban neighborhoods.

A Savage man faces charges he broke into a Burnsville home through the kitchen window on Monday and caused a nine-month-old child to fall and hit her head.

In busting apart a Twin Cities, marijuana-growing operation, officers seized more than 3,300 plants, $225,000 and made 18 arrests.

A popular children's book and TV series is debuting a new character tonight and that new character was created by a student from Savage.

What is every perfectly set dining room table missing? Weather, breezes, birds and beautiful, bright-colored flowers, says Letitia Little, owner of Letitia Little Interior Design in Savage, Minn.

Some Metro schools have a no tolerance policy on weapons. This means if students are caught with a weapon, they could be suspended or expelled.

Cars break-ins are one crime that always goes up when people are out in warm weather.

Investigators found 130 pounds of pot in a Savage home and a pot-growing operation in Watertown.

Submitted by Pat Minelli on June 18, 2009 - 1:00am. From today's print edition After trackingA a bigA delivery of drugsA to the Wal-MartA parking lot in Shakopee, drug task force agents say they seized 130 pounds of marijuana from a homeA inA a quiet Savage neighborhoodA this spring with help from two federal agencies and the Shakopee and Savage ...

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.

Drunk driver slams into Savage bar A man has been charges for allegedly driving while drunk and slamming his vehicle into the side of a bar Thursday afternoon.

A person suspected of driving drunk crashed into a Scott County bar Thursday evening.

Amid accusations that suburbs are ganging up to impose their own ideas on rural areas, the Scott County Board on Tuesday approved a controversial "social host" law that will apply to the 11 lightly populated townships patrolled by sheriff's deputies.

A piece of ash bark full of tiny holes punched by nasty little insects was passed from one calloused hand to another in a Savage meeting room late last week.

It was a quick year for Randall Clegg in his new superintendent post for Burnsville-Eagan-Savage schools.

A pilot test by the Minnesota Valley Transit Authority means riders hoping to catch a bus along Route 444 between Burnsville/Savage and the Mall of America will need to use bus stops starting Saturday.

The answer to a lost job is ... Pilates? The exercise regimen that uses springs, pulleys, "spine correctors" and other specialized equipment to beat back the effects of gravity and age is helping some people defy the sagging labor market as well.

A June 27 wedding is planned. Reiher - Pollitt The Free Press Lindsey Reiher daughter of Jeff and Pam Reiher of Burnsville and the late Margaret Cummiskey Reiher.