Savage News

Man charged with fourth DWI after driving nearly 100 mph A 40-year-old Burnsville man was arrested for his fourth DWI in nine years after police clocked him traveling 98 mph while driving his landlord's minivan on Highway 13 near Louisiana Avenue on Nov.

Second-grader Max Kortenhof of Savage stacks speed cups at Harriet Bishop Elementary School Nov.

After months of complaints, Burnsville's City Council this week approved additional filtering for the city's drinking water.

The Miss MN Valley/Queen of the Seasons volunteered as Salvation Army bell ringers Nov.

The National Society of Collegiate Scholars announced Winona State University student and Savage native, Kaitlin Corrigan, won the 2009 NSCS Holiday Card contest.

The Savage Police Department is accepting applications for the Citizena s Police Academy.

"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.

The Ladies Auxiliary of the Knights of Columbus, Savage/Prior Lake, will have a bake sale Sunday, Nov.

Prior Lake Police Officer Maureen Oa Hehir teaches eighth-grader Nate House of Savage how to log evidence that is collected at a crime scene during a crime scene investigation unit being taught to the STARS students at Twin Oaks Middle School on Nov.

By Jim Ross, Guest Commentary Dateline: The first decade of last century and there about.

The Savage City Council will meet Monday, Nov. 16 at 7 p.m. in council chambers at Savage City Hall, 6000 McColl Drive.

Catch some of Minnesota's funniest stand-up comedians live the third Wednesday of the month at the Tin Shed located on Zinran Avenue and Highway 13 in Savage.

By Nancy Huddleston, Editor Is there a problem with water quality in Savage now that the city is buying water on a daily basis from Burnsville? According to officials in the public works department, theya ve fielded calls of concern from about a dozen of the citya s 8,500 water account holders.

Shrey Pothini hosted a birthday party Nov. 7 at Savage City Hall and collected 44 new bath towels for Avenues for Homeless Youth.

By Keighla Schmidt, Staff Writer For the second year, students in the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District have failed to meet the Annual Measurement of Academic Objectives goals set by the state.

Pawsitive Perspectives Assistance Dogs Inc. , headquartered in Savage, strives to enrich the lives of people with disabilities by providing highly trained service dogs, which will enable individuals to lead more independent lives.

Paul Oberg from the Jeffers Foundation presented the city of Savage with the JEETA Award Friday night at a foundation dinner at the McColl Pond Environmental Learning Center .

Authorities say a man from Savage who crashed his car south of Chaska last month has died.

A 27-year-old Minneapolis man died Friday in a one-car rollover crash on Interstate 35 in Pine County, the State Patrol said.

By Nancy Huddleston, Editor Incumbents Gene Abbott and Jane Victorey were re-elected Tuesday to second terms on the Savage City Council.