Cottage Grove businesses to celebrate shopping local Saturday
The city of Cottage Grove and a local retail area are teaming up for an event aimed at enticing local shoppers to keep their dollars close to home....
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Less than two years after returning from a previous military deployment, Patrick Nickle is set to deploy again this summer....
Washington County jail bookings for Wednesday
All are considered innocent until proven guilty.
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Washington County Board members honored a pair of retiring state lawmakers, DFL Rep. Nora Slawik and Republican Rep. John Kriesel, for their service at the State Capitol
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Cottage Grove plans 'Night to Unite" picnic Thursday
Cottage Grove Public Safety is hosting a Night to Unite informational picnic Thursday from 6-8 p.m. at Kingston Park for residents interested in captaining their own neighborhood gathering this August.
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South Washington County lawmakers agreed Minnesota needed a new Vikings stadium but were in separate partisan huddles on other issues in the recently completed legislative session
RELATED CONTENTCottage Grove man and his friends canoeing the Mississippi
If all goes as planned, in 75 days Kyle Thompson and three friends will canoe from the Mississippi River into the Gulf of Mexico.
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Making memories Taking pictures of friends and classmates to preserve prom memories is as much a part of the occasion as the dance. Park High School was filling with couples attending the Grand March in the gym on Saturday afternoon as Kelsey Kluever takes a picture of her friends (from left) Alyssa Thiery, McKay Zum and Sarah LaBrosse. (Bulletin photo by Judy Spooner) |
Smoke -- but no fire -- closes Park Grove library
An electrical problem that caused a smokey smell forced the unexpected closure of the Park Grove Branch Library in Cottage Grove on Friday.
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