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Mounds View overpowers Stillwater in home opener

09/06/2008 12:00 AM
The Ponies couldn't stop the Mounds View rushing attack as the Mustangs gained nearly 400 yards on the ground en route to a 41-10 victory at Pony Stadium on Friday.

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Lake Elmo prepares for its first fall celebration

09/04/2008 12:00 AM
It should be a relaxing event, a time to gather with friends and neighbors and enjoy being part of a community.

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A pilleated woodpecker damaged the steeple on top of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Lake Elmo. A donor who has asked to remain anonymous contributed funds to repair the steeple, as well as some cosmetic exterior painting. (Photo by Andy Blenkush)
Bird saws through church steeple

Anonymous donor helps save steeple

09/03/2008 12:00 AM
In an unusual turn of events, a woodpecker and an anonymous donor combined to help St. John’s Lutheran Church in Lake Elmo with a few small cosmetic repairs, and one not so small restoration project.

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Primary election set next Tuesday

09/03/2008 12:00 AM
Lake Elmo voters will have the opportunity to vote in the Democratic primary election in State House District 56A.

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Members of St. Lucas Community Church in Lake Elmo recently returned from a week spent rehabilitating homes in hurricane-ravaged Bay St. Louis, Miss. Members completing the trip included, from left, Don Mechelke, Mark Levitt, Charlotte Mechelke, Sarah Mechelke, Hanna Hertzfeld, J.D. Mechelke, and Briana, Terry, Nancy and Paul Emerson. Out of frame is the photographer, St. Lucas’ pastor Dan Peterson. (Photos courtesy St. Lucas Community Church)
St. Lucas volunteers serve community in need

The struggles of ‘working folks’

09/03/2008 12:00 AM
In the days after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, few would have imagined communities there would remain in shambles three years later.

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Lake Elmo council approves levy for 2009, along with budget

09/03/2008 12:00 AM
The Lake Elmo City Council approved the city’s levy at its meeting Tuesday evening for expenditures for 2009.

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Glen Hill, executive director of the Minnesota Food Association, displays the tomatoes May Lee prepared for market Sunday. (Photo by Yvonne Klinnert)
Tomatoes ready for the market

Local farmers, restaurateurs push on as media misses ‘Farm to Table’ tour

09/03/2008 12:00 AM
The group stayed on message, although the audience was small.

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Dine Fresh Dine Local

‘Farm to fork’

09/03/2008 12:00 AM
Food grows on trees. It grows underground, under the water, in fields and on pastures that run the length of the St. Croix River Valley.

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Washington County summary of major cases, Aug. 25

09/03/2008 12:00 AM
Following is a summary of cases handled by the Washington County Attorney's Office for the week of Aug. 25, 2008. This list includes dates of first appearances of felonies and gross misdemeanors and results of sentencing hearings of felonies and gross misdemeanors.

News Briefs • Sept. 4

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County Briefs • Sept. 4

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Lake Elmo Rotarians will hear about China

08/28/2008 12:00 AM
Lake Elmo Rotarians will receive a lesson on China.

WCHS acquires historic John Runk motion film

08/27/2008 12:00 AM
The Washington County Historical Society has received an extensive collection of 8mm and 16mm motion film from the collection of John Runk, the prolific Stillwater photographer who extensively documented Washington County life during much of the 20th century.

City of Stillwater set to approve ‘flat’ budget for coming year

08/27/2008 12:00 AM
“Flat” all around is the best description for the proposed 2009 city budget that the Stillwater City Council will review at the beginning of September, according to Larry Hansen, city administrator.

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Oak Park Heights approves coop

08/27/2008 12:00 AM
Saying the local market is hungry for more senior housing, developer Tim Nolde gained approval Tuesday for a two-building senior cooperative residential development to be constructed near the northwest corner of Oakgreen Avenue. and 58th Street in Oak Park Heights.

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Washington County summary of major cases, Aug. 18

08/27/2008 12:00 AM
Following is a summary of cases handled by the Washington County Attorney's Office for the week of Aug. 18, 2008. This list includes dates of first appearances of felonies and gross misdemeanors and results of sentencing hearings of felonies and gross misdemeanors.
Julie Bunn and Rich Johnson

Bunn, Johnson compete for votes as 56A Democrats

08/27/2008 12:00 AM
One of them is an incumbent legislator, the other a political unknown. Both are competing as Democrats for the District 56A House seat.

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Despite AYP failures, District 834 making ground in standardized tests

08/27/2008 12:00 AM
Sometimes the margin between success and failure is slim. But for Chris Lennox, the margin for excuses is even slimmer.

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A large, picturesque lofted hay barn stands on the Armstrong farm as a symbol of the past. The barn was built in the mid-1900s after an older hay barn burned to the ground in a fire. (Photo by Andy Blenkush)
Armstrongs recognized for 150 years of farm ownership

Sitting on a goldmine

08/27/2008 12:00 AM
Five years before there was a state of Minnesota, there was an Armstrong Farm.

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Filings open for school board, city council

08/27/2008 12:00 AM
Filings opened Tuesday for several elections in several municipalities in the area, and for seats on the Stillwater Area school board.

County Briefs • Aug. 28

08/27/2008 12:00 AM

Board allows 3M access to Lake Elmo Park reserve to monitor PFCs

08/27/2008 12:00 AM
The Washington County board voted at its Aug. 19 meeting to grant 3M access to the Lake Elmo Park Reserve so it can continue to measure perfluorochemicals (PFCs) concentrations in local ground water.

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County releases annual performance measurement report

08/27/2008 12:00 AM
Did you know that 84 percent of all adult felony offenders in Washington County did not commit another felony within three years of probation discharge? How about the fact that the county Web site was visited nearly 1.5 million times in 2007?

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School district looks to establish ‘brand’ for excellence

08/27/2008 12:00 AM
What brand of school does your child attend? If your answer is Stillwater Area Schools, you’ll soon know its marketing pitch as well: It’s innovative, personalized, enjoys a distinguished academic tradition and it provides more opportunities to students than does its neighbors.

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