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18 hrs ago | TwinCities.com

Recycler offers new life for Dakota County residents' old shoes

It may have a new use. Beginning Monday, Apple Valley, Burnsville and Eagan will be collecting old shoes for Wipers Recycling, a Maplewood-based shredding company that finds new uses for common goods.

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Related Topix: Apple Valley, MN, Burnsville, MN, Eagan, MN, Maplewood, MN

Fri Nov 06, 2009

KSTP-TV Minneapolis

Lakeville Tries to Solve Tornado Siren Mystery

Twice in the past five days, tornado sirens in Lakeville blared a warning on their own.

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Related Topix: Lakeville, MN

Thu Nov 05, 2009

KARE 11 TV

Burnsville man acquitted in fatal stabbing

Nineteen-year-old Taylor James Pass of Eagan was acquitted of murder in the second degree and second degree murder in connection with a stabbing attack that claimed the life of Tina Nicole SanRoman .

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Related Topix: Burnsville, MN, Eagan, MN

Wed Nov 04, 2009

KSAX

St. Paul Woman Accused of Lying to Get Drugs from Hospital

A St. Paul woman could face time in prison after police say she lied her way into getting medicine from a hospital.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Tue Nov 03, 2009

TwinCities.com

Vote 2009 Dakota County / Newcomers to join school boards

Incumbents mostly kept their seats in Tuesday's election on many school boards across the south metro area.

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Related Topix: St. Paul, MN, Mendota Heights, MN, West St. Paul, MN

TwinCities.com

New DNA adds twist to Dakota County murder trial

Taylor Pass Could a fourth or even a fifth person have been in the garage of Tina SanRoman's Burnsville town home on the night the single mother was fatally stabbed in the abdomen? Attorneys for 19-year-old murder suspect Taylor Pass have introduced new DNA evidence taken from a hat and sweat shirt found at the crime scene that does not match the ...

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Related Topix: Burnsville, MN, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Hastings, MN

TwinCities.com

Drug-fighting task forces may be tarnished by another's troubles

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

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Related Topix: Drugs, Farmington, MN, Scott County, MN, Minnesota, St. Paul, MN

Mon Nov 02, 2009

KSAX

Grandmother Pleads Guilty in Death of Grandson

Prosecutors say a 46-year-old Lakeville woman has pleaded guilty to one charge of second-degree manslaughter in the death of her 6-week-old grandson in May.

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Sun Nov 01, 2009

Star Tribune

More Scouts allege sex abuse by a Burnsville scoutmaster

The number of Boy Scouts allegedly molested by a former Burnsville scoutmaster has now risen to seven, police said Thursday.

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Related Topix: Burnsville, MN, Family, Kids, Eagan, MN, Savage, MN

Fri Oct 30, 2009

The Mankato Free Press

Waterville death ruled accidental

A 24-year-old man who was found dead in a Waterville alley Monday died accidentally, a coroner's report said.

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Related Topix: Waterville, MN, Le Sueur County, MN

Wed Oct 28, 2009

TwinCities.com

Dakota County / Some cities to see tax decline

Eagan officials say there's a good reason why municipal taxes on a median-value home within the city will go up more than $30 next year: The city needs the money.

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Related Topix: Eagan, MN, Inver Grove Heights, MN, 9, Education Etc., West St. Paul, MN

Tue Oct 27, 2009

South Metro

As trial begins, still no clear motive in Burnsville stabbing

Tina San Roman, stabbed while in her garage, had made her way into her Burnsville townhouse, where she called 911.

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Related Topix: Burnsville, MN

Mon Oct 26, 2009

Startribune.com

Black plastic leaf bags will soon take their leave

It's a fall tradition. We stand in awe of the visual delights of autumn leaves and gird ourselves for the duties that naturally follow, i.e. raking and bagging them.A Soon those plastic leaf bags will be stacked in back alleys and street curbs.

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Related Topix: Shoreview, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Minneapolis, MN

Sun Oct 25, 2009

TwinCities.com

Dakota County / Two school districts seek levy approval in November

South St. Paul and Hastings schools are campaigning for resident support of a tax increase next month at the polls.

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Related Topix: South St. Paul, MN, St. Paul, MN, Hastings, MN

South Metro

'Green-colored' glasses offer a conservation tint in Dakota County

The value of prairie grasses in Dakota County parks goes well beyond aesthetics.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

Sat Oct 24, 2009

HometownSource

Burnsville scoutmaster faces criminal sex allegations

A Burnsville Boy Scout leader was arrested Oct. 19 on probable cause of criminal sexual conduct, according to jail booking information from the Dakota County Sheriffa s Department.

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Related Topix: Burnsville, MN

Fri Oct 23, 2009

StarTribune

Man guilty in crash that killed 18-year-old in Apple Valley

A Minneapolis man pleaded guilty Monday to charges stemming from an Apple Valley crash that killed an 18-year-old woman.

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Related Topix: Apple Valley, MN, Farmington, MN

Thu Oct 22, 2009

KSTP-TV Minneapolis

Burnsville Troop Leader Charged with Molesting 3 Scouts

Three Burnsville Boy Scouts have accused their troop leader of sexual molestation, and police fear there may be more victims because the man had access to children in a number of different ways.

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Related Topix: Burnsville, MN, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Wed Oct 21, 2009

City Pages

Boy Scout leader accused of molesting three troop members

A former Burnsville Boy Scout troop leader is accused of molesting three teen troop members while they were alone in different locations with him.

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Related Topix: Burnsville, MN, Stearns County, MN, Eagan, MN

StarTribune

Ghoulish find has Dakota County setting rules on geocaching

A creepy cache has prompted Dakota County to institute new rules for high-tech treasure hunting in its parks.

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