Online Archive - July 2005
Note: only stories posted online are available
Lakeville: Some of the world's finest pullers are right in our backyard Posted 7/1/05
Lakeville: 14-year-old injured in van/bike accident Posted 7/1/05
Lakeville: Signal to be installed at Lakeville High South Posted 7/1/05
Lakeville: Lon Hitch dies at 56 Posted 7/1/05
Lakeville: Holding on to the past Posted 7/1/05
Lakeville: Storm ravages downtown Lakeville Posted 7/1/05
Apple Valley: Flying saucers land in Apple Valley Posted 7/1/05
Apple Valley: Grand jury indicts Brundage Posted 7/1/05
Apple Valley: Apple Valley resident planning run for Congress Posted 7/1/05
Sports: Sports Briefs Posted 7/1/05
Sports: Distance runners Finnerty and Yetzer honored Posted 7/1/05
Apple Valley: Being Harry Potter Posted 7/1/05
Sports: Pote takes third in weightlifting nationals Posted 7/1/05
Sports: Cannon Valley League showcases area talent Posted 7/1/05
Apple Valley: Taking care of Old Glory Posted 7/1/05
Dakota County Tribune: Principals' pay to include performance measures Posted 7/1/05
Sports: Sinn leaving Apple Valley Posted 7/1/05
Dakota County Tribune: Business owners review ideas for downtown block Posted 7/1/05
Sports: Dixon living a dream Posted 7/1/05
Dakota County Tribune: Apple Valley resident planning run for Congress Posted 7/1/05
Dakota County Tribune: A family's grief Posted 7/1/05
Dakota County Tribune: Heavy storms hit Farmington Posted 7/1/05
Dakota County Tribune: Farmington hit by heavy storms Posted 7/1/05
Dakota County Tribune: Storm ravages downtown Lakeville Posted 7/1/05
Real Estate: Offering ideas for the yard Posted 7/1/05
Arts: Coloring our world Posted 7/1/05
Burnsville: Landfill agreement gives city an estimated $475,000 a year Posted 7/1/05
Burnsville: Osmundson new city engineer Posted 7/1/05
Burnsville: Principals' pay to include performance measures Posted 7/1/05
Burnsville: Lon Hitch dies at 56 Posted 7/1/05
Burnsville: Golf tourney a celebration, memorial Posted 7/1/05
Eagan: Owner of Eagan business is charged with fraud Posted 7/1/05
Eagan: Eagan Boy Scout wins national heroism award Posted 7/1/05
Eagan: A growing problem Posted 7/1/05
Farmington: County plans expanded use of FNAP funds Posted 7/1/05
Rosemount: County plans expanded use of FNAP funds Posted 7/1/05
Farmington: ëRiver Days' bus tour visits notable sites of Dakota people Posted 7/1/05
Farmington: DJ's tug-of-war club to put on exhibition at Highland Games Posted 7/1/05
Farmington: Storms fail to thwart festival Posted 7/1/05
Farmington: Farmington hit by powerful storm Posted 7/1/05
Eagan: A family's grief Posted 7/1/05
Rosemount: Grand jury indicts former District 196 employee Posted 7/1/05
Rosemount: Commission recommends to increase commercial, industrial property in Rosemount Posted 7/1/05
Rosemount: Business owners review ideas for downtown block Posted 7/1/05
Letter - Kudos to Johnson and her column Posted 7/1/05
Letter - Best Buy treated us with respect Posted 7/1/05
Letter - Who's God? Posted 7/1/05
Letter - State should invest in schools Posted 7/1/05
Letter - Doing the homework Posted 7/1/05
Letter - South students are ghosts? Posted 7/1/05
Letter - Don't point political fingers Posted 7/1/05
Letter - Sculpture points Posted 7/1/05
Letter - Thanks for your support Posted 7/1/05
Letter - Senate should ax business tax Posted 7/1/05
Announcements: Oukrop-Garofalo Posted 7/7/05
Announcements: Murphy-Butterworth Posted 7/7/05
Announcements: Riggins-Dahlen Posted 7/7/05
Obituary - Darlene Crawford Posted 7/7/05
Obituary - Ellen Eide Posted 7/7/05
Obituary - David Olson Posted 7/7/05
Obituary - Thomas Alton Posted 7/7/05
Obituary - Howard Groves Posted 7/7/05
Letter - Thanks for youth series Posted 7/8/05
Letter - DFL preventing progress Posted 7/8/05
Letter - It could be the pits for Castle Rock Township Posted 7/8/05
Letter - How loud will it be really be? Posted 7/8/05
Letter - Eminent domain erodes rights Posted 7/8/05
Letter - Missing out on all the fun Posted 7/8/05
Letter - Storm shows hometown values Posted 7/8/05
Letter - Compromise for the good of the state Posted 7/8/05
Real Estate: Report examines ëBubble' issue Posted 7/8/05
Rosemount: Rosemount Halloween has fund-raiser July 25 at Cub Posted 7/8/05
Rosemount: Neighborhoods encouraged to register for National Night Out Posted 7/8/05
Rosemount: Rosemount graduate advances to national speech tournament Posted 7/8/05
Rosemount: Rosemount Relay selects honorary chairperson Posted 7/8/05
Apple Valley: Teens hurt in crash Posted 7/8/05
Rosemount: Public Safety in the Parks aims to create conversations Posted 7/8/05
Dakota County Tribune: Public Safety in the Parks aims to create conversations Posted 7/8/05
Rosemount: Rosemount representative is catalyst of group bringing budget compromise Posted 7/8/05
Apple Valley: Really digging it Posted 7/8/05
Dakota County Tribune: Rosemount representative is catalyst of group bringing budget compromise Posted 7/8/05
Farmington: New collections manager for Dakota City searches for personal stories behind museum artifacts Posted 7/8/05
Farmington: West Nile found in Lakeville Posted 7/8/05
Apple Valley: Prepping for the big race Posted 7/8/05
Apple Valley: Celebrating our freedom Posted 7/8/05
Apple Valley: Celebrating our freedom Posted 7/8/05
Farmington: Local business owner dies Posted 7/8/05
Farmington: Storm damage mostly contained Posted 7/8/05
Dakota County Tribune: Storm damage mostly contained Posted 7/8/05
U.S. Supreme Court sets precedent for eminent domain use Posted 7/8/05
FNAP: Control of property sold forever Posted 7/8/05
Environmental laws, eminent domain, conservation easements can impede private property ownership Posted 7/8/05
Sports: Sports Briefs Posted 7/8/05
Sports: Athletic betterment all year long Posted 7/8/05
Sports: Plaszcz picks Maine Posted 7/8/05
Sports: Monroe officially hired on as Irish baseball coach Posted 7/8/05
Sports: Dirth named AV girls' hoops coach Posted 7/8/05
Burnsville: Office, volleyball plan OK'd Posted 7/8/05
Burnsville: ECSE moving to Diamondhead Posted 7/8/05
Burnsville: Hooters now wants a deck Posted 7/8/05
Burnsville: Pictures at an exhibition Posted 7/8/05
Dakota County Tribune: Lakeville extends mining permit Posted 7/8/05
Dakota County Tribune: An SUV carrying eight teens from Apple Valley and Eagan overturned July 5 Posted 7/8/05
Dakota County Tribune: Coleen Rowley said ethics are the cornerstone for her bid for Congress Posted 7/8/05
Arts: Youthful cast brings energy to Eagan Community Theater production Posted 7/8/05
Eagan: Sewer backs up into Eagan homes Posted 7/8/05
Eagan: District 197 keeps residents updated on construction Posted 7/8/05
Eagan: Teens hurt in crash Posted 7/8/05
Lakeville: Really digging it Posted 7/11/05
Lakeville: History with heart Posted 7/11/05
Lakeville: West Nile found in Lakeville Posted 7/11/05
Lakeville: City extends mining permit Posted 7/11/05
Lakeville: Crowning achievement Posted 7/11/05
Announcements: Abraham-Johnson Posted 7/14/05
Announcements: Bjoin-Fleming Posted 7/14/05
Announcements: Boylen-Carpenter Posted 7/14/05
Announcements: Duwe-McGee Posted 7/14/05
Announcements: Propp-Fleming Posted 7/14/05
Announcements: Macht-Bartleman Posted 7/14/05
Announcements: Gerber-Tatarek Posted 7/14/05
Announcements: McKinstry-Freeman Posted 7/14/05
Announcements: Benedict Posted 7/14/05
Announcements: Duffy Posted 7/14/05
Obituary - Arthur Bernett Posted 7/14/05
Obituary - Gretchen Van Hoof Posted 7/14/05
Obituary - Myrtle Jacobi Posted 7/14/05
Obituary - James Seklund Posted 7/14/05
Obituary - Les Lawson II Posted 7/14/05
Obituary - James Horne Posted 7/14/05
Lakeville: Better late than never Posted 7/15/05
Lakeville: Ready, set, invent Posted 7/15/05
Lakeville: Moving up the ranks Posted 7/15/05
Lakeville: Mock teen center draws a crowd Posted 7/15/05
Lakeville: Youth minister returns from sevice in Iraq Posted 7/15/05
Apple Valley: Teen lobbies for diabetes research Posted 7/15/05
Apple Valley: Striking a chord Posted 7/15/05
Apple Valley: Blazing a trail Posted 7/15/05
Apple Valley: Learning a new language in a strange land Posted 7/15/05
Apple Valley: Learning a new language in a strange land Posted 7/15/05
Farmington: Better late than never Posted 7/15/05
Farmington: Journey through the past Posted 7/15/05
Apple Valley: Saying "hi" to fuzzy friends Posted 7/15/05
Farmington: Hampton's Clanton Family Farm named ëDakota County 2005 Farm Family' Posted 7/15/05
Eagan: Eagan Relay for Life is July 22-23 Posted 7/15/05
Farmington: A focus on attendance Posted 7/15/05
Eagan: City plans future of parks Posted 7/15/05
Farmington: Westside or eastside? Posted 7/15/05
Eagan: Northeast Eagan will remain commercial Posted 7/15/05
Sports: Sports Briefs Posted 7/15/05
Eagan: City names new parks director Posted 7/15/05
Sports: Hatlelis take over the track program at Rosemount Posted 7/15/05
Sports: Tiger football gets an early look at team Posted 7/15/05
Sports: South metro a hot spot for mountain biking Posted 7/15/05
Sports: Ole Miss calls Hetland Posted 7/15/05
Dakota County Tribune: Airports Commission addresses noise concerns, sends some planes west Posted 7/15/05
Public comment period on parks master plan begins Monday Posted 7/15/05
Public comment period on parks master plan begins Monday Posted 7/15/05
Dakota County Tribune: First female sergeant named in the Apple Valley Police Department Posted 7/15/05
Dakota County Tribune: Burnsville businessman spearheads effort to empower people of Sudan Posted 7/15/05
Dakota County Tribune: Rosemount graduate, wheelchair athletics star to lead Leprechaun Days Grand Parade Posted 7/15/05
Dakota County Tribune: Youth minister returns from sevice in Iraq Posted 7/15/05
Dakota County Tribune: New Farmington High School location still being debated Posted 7/15/05
Rosemount: Rosemount Utility Division asks customers to conserve water
Posted 7/15/05
Rosemount: TOPS Pizza & Hoagies has forged connections with community through the years Posted 7/15/05
Rosemount: City to try recycling effort during Leprechaun Days Posted 7/15/05
Rosemount: Rosemount graduate, wheelchair athletics star to lead Leprechaun Days Grand Parade Posted 7/15/05
Burnsville: Commissioners sound airport noise concerns Posted 7/15/05
Burnsville: Ticket processing plan concerns Burnsville officials Posted 7/15/05
Burnsville: Cancer survivor receives scholarship; may pursue medical career Posted 7/15/05
Burnsville: Local residents are part of Professional Artist Guild art show Posted 7/15/05
Burnsville: District 196 School Board incumbent announces plans to seek re-election Posted 7/15/05
Letter - Paying our fair share for state Posted 7/15/05
Letter - Was changing parties a step toward ethics? Posted 7/15/05
Letter - When will we start caring? Posted 7/15/05
Letter - Demand balanced budget Posted 7/15/05
Letter - Thank you to Sue Backman Posted 7/15/05
Letter - Kline should lead the call Posted 7/15/05
Letter - Voters will have a choice Posted 7/15/05
Letter - Missing lawn ornaments Posted 7/15/05
Real Estate: Residential permit activity rebounds in June Posted 7/15/05
Arts: Garden Tour and Art Crawl planned July 23, 24 Posted 7/15/05
Arts: Trouble in River City Posted 7/15/05
Rosemount: Rosemount Leprechaun Days Posted 7/18/05
Woman injured in bicycle accident in Savage identified Posted 7/19/05
Rosemount: Leprechaun Days' Free Youth Fishing Derby canceled Posted 7/19/05
Announcements: Ritchie-Gunderson Posted 7/21/05
Announcements: Anderson-Reich Posted 7/21/05
Announcements: Shine-Lorenzen Posted 7/21/05
Announcements: Gibbs-Carlson Posted 7/21/05
Announcements: Leiskau-Braun Posted 7/21/05
Obituary - Olive Hillmer Posted 7/21/05
Obituary - Mark Theiste Posted 7/21/05
Obituary - Deanna McEachern Posted 7/21/05
Obituary - Ethel Shields Posted 7/21/05
Obituary - Anne Peterson Posted 7/21/05
Obituary - Charles Hewett Posted 7/21/05
Obituary - Robert ëBob' Ames Posted 7/21/05
Obituary - James Williams Posted 7/21/05
Obituary - Myrtle Jacobi Posted 7/21/05
Dakota County Tribune: Hooters drops patio request Posted 7/21/05
Dakota County Tribune: Who wants to be a millionaire? Posted 7/21/05
Dakota County Tribune: Apartment damaged by fire Posted 7/21/05
Dakota County Tribune: Two house fires in one day Posted 7/21/05
Dakota County Tribune: Rosemount re-guides land to accommodate future development Posted 7/21/05
Dakota County Tribune: From cornfields to football fields? Posted 7/21/05
Arts: Firehouse Art & Quilt aims to bring artists together Posted 7/21/05
Real Estate: Real estate market: Not half-bad at halftime Posted 7/21/05
Farmington: Farmington man serves as chaplain to House of Representatives Posted 7/21/05
Farmington: Neighbors spot two fires before it's too late Posted 7/21/05
House fires halt groundbreaking now rescheduled to July 25 Posted 7/21/05
Christensen family of Farmington wonders if their former cornfields will turn into football fields Posted 7/21/05
Obituary - Christensen family of Farmington wonders if their former cornfields will turn into football fields Posted 7/21/05
Farmington: Neighbors spot two house fires before it's too late Posted 7/21/05
Farmington: House fires halt groundbreaking now rescheduled to July 25 Posted 7/21/05
Letter - We need public transportation Posted 7/21/05
Letter - Thanks for help during fire Posted 7/21/05
Letter - Phone call clears up budget questions Posted 7/21/05
Letter - Sorting out who people worship Posted 7/21/05
Letter - House energy bill a winner Posted 7/21/05
Letter - Adelmann's column enlightening Posted 7/21/05
Letter - Does it matter if they are from Texas or Iowa? Posted 7/21/05
Letter - Support our troops Posted 7/21/05
Letter - No legislative heroes Posted 7/21/05
Farmington: Will the Christensen family's former cornfields become the site of the new high school? Posted 7/21/05
Rosemount: Rosemount re-guides land to accommodate future development Posted 7/22/05
Rosemount: Relay For Life raises more money than past three years combined Posted 7/22/05
Rosemount: Master gardeners work will be part of United Cerebral Palsy of Minnesota's inaugural garden tour Posted 7/22/05
Rosemount: Five candidates file for open seats on District 196 School Board Posted 7/22/05
Rosemount: One Leprechaun Days event canceled Posted 7/22/05
Rosemount: Rosemount Leprechaun Days schedule Posted 7/22/05
Rosemount: Special event gets people pumped up at Leprechaun Days Posted 7/22/05
Apple Valley: Making fitness a snap Posted 7/22/05
Apple Valley: County alters funding plan for Cedar Avenue Posted 7/22/05
Apple Valley: Seeing how gardens grow Posted 7/22/05
Apple Valley: Hearing the talk on runway noise Posted 7/22/05
Apple Valley: Making a splash! Posted 7/22/05
Lakeville: Christensen family farm is talk of the town Posted 7/22/05
Lakeville: 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire?' Posted 7/22/05
Lakeville: Kids take to the skies Posted 7/22/05
Lakeville: Appaloosa Farms residents will receive sewer and water Posted 7/22/05
Lakeville: Videographer wins top award Posted 7/22/05
Lakeville: God's man of the House Posted 7/22/05
Farmington: God's man of the House Posted 7/22/05
Farmington: Farmington's second fire station Posted 7/22/05
Farmington: Two house fires in one day Posted 7/22/05
Farmington: Christensen family farm is talk of the town Posted 7/22/05
Sports: Sports Briefs Posted 7/22/05
Sports: Farmington holding registration night Posted 7/22/05
Sports: Lakeville South registration Posted 7/22/05
Sports: Lakeville A's having best year yet Posted 7/22/05
Sports: Catching up with Matt Simon Posted 7/22/05
Sports: Local golfers strong at State Am Posted 7/22/05
Eagan: ISD 197 offers summer reading program Posted 7/22/05
Eagan: National NOISE Conference held in Eagan Posted 7/22/05
Eagan: Council hears results of noise study Posted 7/22/05
Eagan: Apartment damaged by fire Posted 7/22/05
Eagan: Searching for treasure Posted 7/22/05
Burnsville: Hooters drops patio request Posted 7/22/05
Burnsville: Fringe Festival, big ambitions Posted 7/22/05
Burnsville: Sale of station site alarms neighbors Posted 7/22/05
Burnsville: Behnke is new St. John's principal Posted 7/22/05
Burnsville: Southwest-area housing plan draws extra scrutiny Posted 7/22/05
Burnsville: Chilling out Posted 7/22/05
Announcements: Richter-Heinle Posted 7/28/05
Announcements: Snider-Bucks Posted 7/28/05
Announcements: Sathre-Henry Posted 7/28/05
Announcements: Thomas-Hamann Posted 7/28/05
Announcements: Sonnek-Ellering Posted 7/28/05
Announcements: Orton Posted 7/28/05
Announcements: Sickler Posted 7/28/05
Announcements: Bergacker Posted 7/28/05
Announcements: Koskela Posted 7/28/05
Obituary - Lawrence Wenzel Posted 7/28/05
Obituary - Martin ëMurphy' Christenson Posted 7/28/05
Obituary - Wayne Villa Posted 7/28/05
Obituary - Kyle Parker Posted 7/28/05
Obituary - Dorothy Mares Posted 7/28/05
Obituary - June Andersen Posted 7/28/05
Obituary - Steward James Posted 7/28/05
Obituary - Esther Hoff Posted 7/28/05
Obituary - Shirley Traynor Posted 7/28/05
Obituary - Esther Benedict Posted 7/28/05
Obituary - Maureen ëMimi' Tucci Posted 7/28/05
Obituary - Mary Brockman Posted 7/28/05
Obituary - Mark Stevenson Posted 7/28/05
Obituary - Delores ëDee' Knudtson Posted 7/28/05
Obituary - Luella Fischer Posted 7/28/05
Dakota County Tribune: 140th Dakota County Fair runs Aug. 8-14 in Farmington Posted 7/28/05
Dakota County Tribune: Financial bounty misses District 191 Posted 7/28/05
Dakota County Tribune: Man charged in Eagan rape Posted 7/28/05
Dakota County Tribune: Cities will not process their own parking tickets Posted 7/28/05
Dakota County Tribune: Motor home fire torches sign Posted 7/28/05
Dakota County Tribune: With no time to make it to a hospital, Apple Valley woman gives birth in a bathtub Posted 7/28/05
Farmington: Father is grateful for blood donations from strangers Posted 7/28/05
Apple Valley: Cigarettes, flag, wages affected by new state laws Posted 7/29/05
Apple Valley: Serving those who serve Posted 7/29/05
Apple Valley: Daytime minstrels Posted 7/29/05
Apple Valley: Staying calm in crisis Posted 7/29/05
Letter - County program well-designed Posted 7/29/05
Letter - Was changing parties a step
toward ethics? Posted 7/29/05
Letter - Thanks from KC Posted 7/29/05
Letter - Forget Texas; judge Kline on real issues Posted 7/29/05
Letter - Save oil with ethanol, other energy sources Posted 7/29/05
Letter - Return to the Alamo Posted 7/29/05
Letter - Plame ëfacts' not accurate Posted 7/29/05
Letter - Thanks for help at accident scene Posted 7/29/05
Letter - Bush hits home run in Roberts Posted 7/29/05
Burnsville: Rental licensing compromise reached Posted 7/29/05
Burnsville: Garden is passion, not pastime Posted 7/29/05
Burnsville: Art, jazz in Heart of the City Posted 7/29/05
Burnsville: Financial bounty misses District 191 Posted 7/29/05
Sports: Sports Briefs Posted 7/29/05
Sports: Burnsville wins Cannon Valley title Posted 7/29/05
Sports: Lakeville South boys' soccer coach knows success Posted 7/29/05
Sports: South Metro lacrosse interest high enough for own store Posted 7/29/05
Sports: Area teams strong at USA Cup Posted 7/29/05
Eagan: ISD 197 meal prices will increase slightly Posted 7/29/05
Eagan: City gets NOISE award Posted 7/29/05
Eagan: Man charged in Eagan rape Posted 7/29/05
Eagan: Music for the masses Posted 7/29/05
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