Month: August 2017

A former Starkey Hearing Technologies executive who was indicted in a federal fraud case last year is suing the company for an alleged breach of contract and terminating his employment “without an important reason.”

It’s August, and that means it’s time to check your trees — maple, ash, birch, poplar, willow — to make sure they are healthy, strong, and pest-free.

Victoria Mayor Tom Funk was reprimanded in the form of a 3-1 vote to censure and a 3-2 vote to set consequences at the Aug. 14 Victoria City Council.

Fourteen years removed from his final pitch in high school, Pete Ohnsorg should be on the back end of his peak years as an amateur baseball pitcher.

Join us on Thursday for our final summer concert in the park!

Bring the whole family to enjoy a free bounce house, root beer floats, concessions, and music by the Resinators!  

See you at 7:00 at Gazebo Park!

 

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When the Minnesota Vikings training camp ended Tuesday, Aug. 8, it marked the end of a sweet era.

This week’s quiz was a tough one. Many guessed it was the well-traveled stairway at the Chaska High School football field.

Helen Fong stepped off the plane, into the snowy white Minnesota winter, and realized she couldn’t walk. It was December 1956 and the first time Helen had ever seen snow, much less trekked through it in heels.

For the first time in WEST Express program history, the team took home the Summer State Title in the same year the team won the Winter State meet. The summer meet was July 26-30 at the University of Minnesota.

For the first time in WEST Express program history, the team took home the Summer State Title in the same year the team won the Winter State meet. The summer meet was July 26-30 at the University of Minnesota.

The year was 1983. The Carver Black Sox amateur baseball team were making its fifth appearance in six seasons in the state tournament.

The year was 1983. The Carver Black Sox amateur baseball team were making its fifth appearance in six seasons in the state tournament.

U.S. Air Force Reserve Airman 1st Class Josiah A. Goodman graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas.

EXCELSIOR — A Savage author has penned a book about the history of the amusement park in Excelsior. In it, he addresses the closing of the park.

AAA and its partners are collecting and recycling infant/child car seats.

Grass clippings from lawns can be an asset to your lawn and garden or a detriment to your lawn, lakes and rivers. The key is when they are cut and where they go after they are cut.

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R ecently I had a wonderful opportunity to study and photograph a pair of red-headed woodpeckers nesting in an old tree and feeding their young.

Her past home had many more cats than they could care for, so Spider is looking for a loving new home. She loves cuddling, being scratched, and follows you around, just to be near people. Spider is playful and is…

Mystic Lake Casino Hotel will soon put Prior Lake on the map in a big way.