Scott County News

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

When the property value for Ed Chapman's home along the Minnesota River in rural Jordan kept rising by double digits, he only wanted an explanation.

Submitted by Katrina Styx on June 30, 2009 - 1:29pm. Police Last week, the Jordan Police Department responded to 124 incidents a ' 27 citations, 10 warning citations, and 87 calls for service.

Submitted by Katrina Styx on June 25, 2009 - 1:35pm. County holds pesticide collection Scott County will be holding a residential pesticide collection from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 27, at the Scott County Household Hazardous Waste Facility, 588 Country Trail E. in Spring Lake Township, in cooperation with the Minnesota Department of ...

Cries of "unbelievable," "grossly overvalued," even "criminal" rang out in the boardroom of the Scott County courthouse Tuesday night as homeowners fighting the tax values on their homes appealed to their elected representatives to overturn the judgments of their professional staff.

Scott County dispatch confirms a motorcyclist was thrown over the overpass at the intersection of Highways 169 and 101 Friday.

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

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 ...

Submitted by Mathias Baden on June 9, 2009 - 12:55pm. >> Read similar stories filed under: The Elko New Market City Council was scheduled to, on this Thursday, choose a firm to conduct a study of its police department.

A Prior Lake police officer faces charges he broke into his former girlfriend's home while on duty June 10.

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.

The last four of six defendants have pleaded guilty to taking part in a vicious assault on a 41-year-old Apple Valley man at Valleyfair last year.

Submitted by Mathias Baden on June 9, 2009 - 12:16pm. Shannon Fiecke of the Shakopee Valley News reports: A local ban on the planting of ash trees and shipment of firewood is just one idea that's emerged in Scott County following the state's first discovery of emerald ash borer.

Shakopee Second District Fire Chief Alan Geis is suspended after accusations of drug possession.

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The Shakopee Indian tribe has notified local officials that it plans to seek permission to take another piece of its land off the tax rolls, planning to use it to build a new headquarters and health care clinic.

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.

After taking extensive public comment, the Scott County Board of Commissioners passed the proposed social host ordinance on a 3 to 2 vote Tuesday.

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.

Submitted by Mathias Baden on May 21, 2009 - 3:09pm. Shannon Fiecke of the Shakopee Valley News reports: Years from now, after the end-of-session chess match at the state Legislature is long forgotten, Scott County Human Services Director Tim Walsh believes at least one piece of legislation will be remembered.