State Rep. Jenifer Loon honored by Minnesota School Boards Association
The Minnesota School Boards Association handed a big handbell to state Rep. Jenifer Loon at the Monday, Oct. 23, meeting of the Eden Prairie School Board. That bell, said Grace Keliher, director ...
Chiropractor on the gridiron
Bidwell, a chiropractor at HealthSource at Eden Prairie, grew up in a football family, and never mind that it was a family full of girls. “My dad was a coach,” she said, “and I had a ...
3 steps to uncovering your true financial goals
If your goals are hard to pin down, or seem to drift, you’re not alone. Research suggests that, even when considering ...
For love of country: 93-year-old Savage woman reflects on serving in WWII
At just 11 years old, Dotty Robe witnessed the death of her 14-year-old sister. It was the early 1930s. She died of complications from an appendectomy. Fever and pneumonia took her life. “That was ...
Opinion
COMMENTARY: Social Security should be grandfathered away
How do we fix Social Security? Or do you? As most folks know, Social Security was implemented during the FDR administration in the 1930s ...
Residential construction grows beyond expectations across country
The U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development jointly announced the following new residential construction statistics for 2009: BUILDING PERMITS ...
Academies of Shakopee design involves teamwork
Shakopee High School sophomores will watch as their future is built around them over the next two years as the voter-approved school addition is constructed and the Academies of Shakopee becomes a ...
Foresight is 2020, and state demographer says census planning is lagging
Susan Brower’s original career plan was to sew costumes for theater productions. But after she took a class at the Humphrey School, she became fascinated with the statistical study of human ...
What faith leaders tell their flocks in these turbulent times
This time of year is special for many different faith communities in the southwest metro. As the strange and bewildering saga of 2017 comes to a close, tradition butts up against a world of ...
Foresight is 2020
Susan Brower’s original career plan was to sew costumes for theater productions. But after she took a class at the Humphrey School, she became fascinated with the statistical study of human ...
A primer on lien release and bank failure
University of Minnesota Extension The current economic situation creates many challenges. One may be for a person who had a loan through a bank that has failed, ...
Looking Back: 1,000 kids watch five movies, get goodies
Dec. 27, 1917 Next cometh the income tax. The bars have been let down and all single persons must pay tax on year incomes exceeding $1,000 and all married people who have incomes in ...