Savage News

Drivers speeding past Maple Grove on Interstate 94 pass towering sand mounds and cavernous gravel pits that make up the largest undeveloped area in the city and one of the largest gravel-mining areas in the Twin Cities.

Lakeville police wrote about one speeding ticket for every 50 residents in 2011, according to a report on WCCO-TV . That year, Lakeville police wrote 1,203 tickets for excessive speed.

By Friday, the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Board of Education will once again have a full roster.

Monday Savage Council Work Session: Savage American Legion and Neisen's have asked to close Princeton Avenue between 123rd Street and the city parking lot south of the Legion for the Greater Downtown Savage Music Festival, a two-day concert series.

Robert B. "Bob" Opseth , of Burnsville, died on May 9, 2013 at the age of 84. Opseth was a veteran of the Korean Conflict.

One south metro woman could spend the rest of her life in federal prison for a series of threatening letters she sent in 2010.

Blame it on the Baby Boom. This week, the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District bid adieu to 26 employees , who are up for retirement.

The house in Trout Run Preserve also boasts a wet bar, billiards room, and close proximity to Lower Prior Lake.

Bernadette "Bernie" Bien is working proof that school nursing is about more than treating belly aches and nose bleeds -- nurses can be a key player in the effort to promote a healthy lifestyle to school children.

According to this Savage Pacer article , the City of Savage had to take down basketball hoops at a park due to violence in the area which may have spilled into the modified lockdown at Burnsville High School last week.

Thursday night, the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District sealed the deal with its newly-chosen superintendent, Joe Gothard .

According to this article in SunThisweek , the Burnsville/Eagan/Savage school district plans to move to self-insurance to help limit rapidly rising premiums.

Some Minnesota school leaders are questioning the validity of recent online tests in the wake of technology problems that have plagued students with interruptions and delays over the past two weeks.

Minnesota weather, famous for its vagaries, may have yet another surprise in store for Twin Cities residents.

Some local lawmakers have been agitating to renew discussion about returning passenger service to the Dan Patch rail line , which connected the Twin Cities to Northfield and ran through Lakeville, St.

This year's round of annual testing has been thrown into turmoil by technical snafus.

Jeanette S. Leitchman, known to many as "Mrs. L," died at the age of 89 on Thursday, April 25, 2013, at Fairview Ridges Hospital in Burnsville.

The race for a vacant seat on the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage Board of Education just got a lot more crowded.

Students in Intermediate District 917's SUN program will soon have some new digs.

Last month I had to run for my life from a burning building carrying two hefty cats in their carriers in my bare feet on cold gravelly pavement.