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    April 18, 2018
    A developer is poised to buy the former Majestic Ballroom site and swap it with city-owned properties to construct workforce housing. Katie Nelson / RiverTown Multimedia
    EDA, developer agree to push workforce apartments to new parcel
    COTTAGE GROVE — MWF Properties has agreed to swap parcels with the Cottage Grove Economic Development Authority to build proposed workforce...
    newsApril 18, 2018 - 1:36pm
    April 17, 2018
    A semi jacknifed on Highway 61 near Kingsborough Trail April 14 during the snowy weather. Courtesy of MnDOT
    April blizzard makes travel dangerous across south Washington County
    COTTAGE GROVE — A weekend-long springtime blizzard made travel hairy across the state from the evening of April 13 to the morning commute...
    news/traffic-and-constructionApril 17, 2018 - 10:14am
    District 833 briefs: A look at the 2019-20 budget, next year's calendar
    District 833 Superintendent Keith Jacobus gave a first reading for the 2019-20 school year calendar Thursday, April 12, 2018. The first day of...
    news/educationApril 17, 2018 - 10:12am
    Park High School senior Brianna Mullan poses with her parents Don and Cheryl after she received the Youth Public Health Achievement Award from Lowell Johnson, director for the Washington County Department of Health (right). William Loeffler / RiverTown Multimedia
    Health check up: Park senior honored with county health award
    COTTAGE GROVE — For her efforts as a wellness ambassador to elementary school children throughout the district, Brianna Mullan is this...
    news/educationApril 17, 2018 - 7:49am
    April 16, 2018
    Area schools delayed Monday morning
    Many area schools announced two-hour late starts Monday, April 16 after getting socked with a spring snowstorm over the weekend. Plows are still cleaning up and in some cases, snow is still falling. Schools that will see two-hour delays include (as of 6:20 a.m.):
    news/educationApril 16, 2018 - 8:36am
    April 15, 2018
    Ginny Yingling, a hydrogeologist with the Minnesota Department of Health, talked to Doreen and Gary Deutsch at a April 3 public meeting at Park High School. The state will spend $700 million in 3M settlement funds to clean up contaminated water. The Deutsches get their water from a private well at their home which is about a mile from a former 3M disposal site in Woodbury. William Loeffler / RiverTown Multimedia
    State to residents: 3M cleanup cash will flow to their faucets first, fish second
    COTTAGE GROVE — After nearly eight years of litigation, 3M Corp. has forked over money to fix municipal and private wells polluted by the...
    news/government-and-politicsApril 15, 2018 - 7:50pm
    Phil Carlson with Stantec Consulting gave a presentation to the Housing Focus Group Feb. 26. Katie Nelson / RiverTown Multimedia
    My Future Cottage Grove commissions take flight
    COTTAGE GROVE — The My Future Cottage Grove recommendations announced last September have now formed into resident-staffed working groups....
    news/government-and-politicsApril 15, 2018 - 10:49am
    April 14, 2018
    A left-turn lane will be added to Keats Avenue onto Indian Boulevard this summer. Courtesy of Washington County
    As winter wanes, construction season approaches
    COTTAGE GROVE — The city will be light on road construction this year, with only a handful of road projects to disrupt traffic. The city...
    news/government-and-politicsApril 14, 2018 - 6:47pm
    April 13, 2018
    Dayton proposes $19 million additional special education funds
    ST. PAUL -- Gov. Mark Dayton has proposed an additional $19 million in special education funding for next year, as such expenses rise throughout...
    news/educationApril 13, 2018 - 9:02am
    April 12, 2018
    The smile remains weeks after Afton, Minn., native Jessie Diggins won the first American women's gold medal in Olympic cross-country skiing. She shows off her medal Thursday, April 12, 2018, hours after returning to Minnesota for the first time since the Olympics. Don Davis / Forum News Service
    State leaders dig Olympic champion Diggins
    ST. PAUL — Jessie Diggins won a historic Olympic medal on Feb. 21, and Minnesota's leaders gave her a hero's welcome when she visited the...
    news/government-and-politicsApril 12, 2018 - 6:30pm
    Washington County Attorney Pete Orput will run for reelection in November. Submitted photo courtesy of Washington County
    Orput will seek reelection
    WASHINGTON COUNTY — Washington County Attorney Peter J. Oprut will run for another four-year term in November. "I feel like made some pretty...
    news/government-and-politicsApril 12, 2018 - 1:52pm
    City Administrator Charlene Stevens swore in new firefighters (from left) Peter Fischer, Tim Oachs, Christy Kreminski, Mike Armesto at the April 4 City Council meeting. Katie Nelson / RiverTown Multimedia
    Fueling the fire department: 4 full-time firefighters sworn in
    COTTAGE GROVE — Mike Armesto, Christy Kreminski, Tim Oachs and Peter Fischer are the newest Cottage Grove firefighters. The new firefighters...
    news/government-and-politicsApril 12, 2018 - 11:00am
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    Dubay sentenced for 2017 assault
    WASHINGTON COUNTY — Former Twin Cities sports radio personality Jeffrey Dubay will not face jail time for an August 2017 assault. Dubay,...
    news/crime-and-courtsApril 12, 2018 - 10:51am
    April 10, 2018
    Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton and Lt. Gov. Michele Fischbach, also the state Senate president, mug for the cameras Tuesday, March 13, 2018. They were in an elder care news conference together, one of the few times they have seen each other since Fischbach rose to the job a couple of months ago. She insisted upon remaining a senator, although Democrats say she cannot hold both positions. Don Davis / Forum News Service
    Fishbach again sued for being senator, lieutenant governor
    ST. PAUL—Minnesota's lieutenant governor, who says her main job is state senator, is being sued a second time for holding both positions....
    news/government-and-politicsApril 10, 2018 - 6:35pm
    Minn students still above average, but tests continue to show racial disparities
    ST. PAUL—Minnesota continues to have among the nation's best scores on a biennial assessment of students' math and reading skills, but large gaps remain between students of color and their white classmates. Results from the 2017 National Assessment of Educational Progress, also...
    news/educationApril 10, 2018 - 1:25am
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