Bulletin wins reporting award
The South Washington County Bulletin recently was awarded for its reporting at the Minnesota Newspaper Association annual convention.
RELATED CONTENTCover girl: Cottage Grove teen featured in 'Prom Guide' magazine
Being featured on the cover of “Prom Guide” is an honor in itself for Cottage Grove teen Ali Seymour. But it also came with other pluses such as a one-year modeling contract and a $5,000 college scholarship. Another perk was a trip to New York for the cover shoot.
RELATED CONTENTBudding small businesses may fill soon-to-be-vacant Cottage Grove City Hall
Officials have begun working on a plan that would transform the current city hall building on 80th Street into what they are calling a business incubator, a building that would house start-up businesses in need of more space to continue expanding.
RELATED CONTENTUPDATED: Former St. Paul Park refinery owner's benzene leak 'egregious'; new owner has alleged MPCA violation
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency said it charged Marathon Petroleum Co., former owner of the St. Paul Park oil refinery, a $700,000 civil penalty for a 2010 benzene leak. Meanwhile, a separate alleged violation is pending against the refinery's new owner, Northern Tier Energy.
RELATED CONTENTCottage Grove pleased with results from air monitoring near 3M incinerator
A year’s worth of independent air monitoring in Cottage Grove conducted near a controversial 3M hazardous waste incinerator showed levels of air pollutants in the city are on par with other areas of the metro.
RELATED CONTENTHome construction still lagging in Cottage Grove 
New home construction in 2011 crept up – barely – in Cottage Grove over 2010, with the number of new housing starts in the city still hovering near a 40-year low.
RELATED CONTENTMarathon Petroleum, former St. Paul Park refinery owner, paid $700K penalty for benzene release
The former owner of the St. Paul Park oil refinery paid a $700,000 civil penalty for failing to properly treat wastewater containing the chemical benzene, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency said Thursday.
RELATED CONTENTCottage Grove Snap Fitness adds on-demand group workout
A local health club has a new way to offer dozens of fitness classes – whenever you want to take them.
RELATED CONTENTSt. Paul Park considers big liquor license fee hike after more than decade without increase
Officials in St. Paul Park are studying a possible increase to the cost of a liquor license required for the city’s bars, a fee they say hasn’t been raised in over a decade even as the city sees heavier bar traffic than ever before.
RELATED CONTENTYo-Joe's coffee and frozen yogurt shop to open in Cottage Grove
When Laurie Levine envisioned opening her own café last year she says she never considered doing it anywhere but home.
RELATED CONTENTBlink Bonnie sandwich shop closes in Cottage Grove
Bill Bryan concluded that simple business economics doomed his Blink Bonnie restaurant in Cottage Grove.
RELATED CONTENTForum Communications to start Upper Midwest news service
Forum Communications Company is expanding its presence in the region with the launch of a multi-state news service, company President Lloyd Case announced today.
RELATED CONTENTCottage Grove launching 'shop local' campaign
Economic development officials in Cottage Grove are rolling out a new campaign with a simple message: Want new business in town? Help support the ones already here.
RELATED CONTENTBlockbuster Video in Cottage Grove to close next month
The closing credits are rolling on Blockbuster Video in Cottage Grove as the store has stopped renting movies and video games and is expected to be closed within a month.
RELATED CONTENTTossing your Christmas tree? Cottage Grove, Woodbury sites will recycle trees
When the holiday season is over, recycle that Christmas tree by dropping it off at one of the following area locations.
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