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Cottage Grove public safety personnel clean up after a bus carrying seven elementary school children crashed Wednesday morning. Photo courtesy of Cottage Grove Police Department
Bus crashes, flips on side with seven children aboard
Seven children were aboard a bus that crashed shortly before 7:30 a.m. this morning in Cottage Grove. One child and the bus driver were transported...
 News/accidents January 16, 2019 - 12:11pm
Man struck, killed in St. Paul Park in latest East Metro pedestrian fatality
ST. PAUL PARK — A Roseville man became the fifth recent pedestrian fatality in the East Metro after he was struck by two separate vehicles...
 News/crime and courts January 16, 2019 - 1:35pm
Cottage Grove City Administrator Charlene Stevens' car was damaged when it was struck from behind by a School District 833 bus and then hit another bus in front of the car Tuesday morning at Keats Avenue and Indian Boulevard, according to police. (Photo courtesy of the Cottage Grove Police Department)
School District 833 bus driver cited in connection with chain-reaction crash
A School District 833 bus driver was ticketed in connection with a chain-reaction crash Tuesday involving two school buses and a car driven by...
 News/accidents March 1, 2016 - 12:22pm
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Ralph B. Brown
Ralph B. Brown July 8, 1925 - Jan. 11, 2019 BURNSVILLE, Minn. - Ralph B. Brown, 93, formerly Cottage Grove, Minn., died Friday, Jan. 11, in NC Little Hospice. A memorial service will be held Monday, Jan. 21, at Newport (Minn.) Lutheran Church.
 January 16, 2019 - 1:47pm
Four charged after burglaries in Cottage Grove
Cottage Grove police believe an adult male and three juvenile males entered unlocked vehicles and used garage door openers to burglarize two...
 News/crime and courts January 10, 2019 - 8:00pm
Mist rises before artesian water freezes, making sculptures a constant work in progress. Photo courtesy of Roger Nelson play button
101 Things To Do: Artesian Ice Sculptures in Maiden Rock
When Roger Nelson purchased land with an artesian well on it, he realized one thing. An artesian well doesn't shut off during the winter. He...
 lifestyle/travel January 16, 2019 - 8:00am
James Donald Taylor
James Donald Taylor March 9, 1935 - Jan. 2, 2019 COTTAGE GROVE, Minn. - James Donald Taylor, 83, Cottage Grove, died Wednesday, Jan. 2, in his home. A celebration of life will be 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Oakdale, Minn. Arrangements...
 January 16, 2019 - 1:47pm
Area sports schedule: Jan. 16-23
Wednesday, Jan. 16 Boys Basketball: Math and Science Academy at Academy for Sciences and Ag, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 17 Nordic Skiing: East Ridge and Park at Lake Elmo Park Reserve, 3:45 p.m. Gymnastics: East Ridge at Stillwater, 6 p.m. Park at White Bear Lake, 6 p.m. Boys Swimming:...
 sports/other January 16, 2019 - 12:00pm
Katie Flynn accepts the Golden Plunger as East Ridge defeated Woodbury 2-1 on Saturday, Jan. 12 at the HealthEast Sports Center. Brian Mozey / RiverTown Multimedia
Girls Hockey: East Ridge wins Golden Plunger, Woodbury prepares for Hockey Day Minnesota
Saturday East Ridge 2, Woodbury 1 East Ridge and Woodbury looked at this Saturday game from two different perspectives. For East Ridge, it was...
 sports/hockey January 14, 2019 - 9:05am
Pilot Bill Steier puts on his headset as he gets ready to give Madison Doffing, 13, from Cottage Grove a 1/2 hour ride from Fleming Field in South St. Paul on Saturday, Jan. 12. Joining Steier in his 1965 Cessna 172, but not pictured were Madison's dad, Jason, and her brother, Tyler, 12. Steier has taken over 600 kids for a flight as a part of the Associations (EAA) Young Eagles program which aims to introduce kids 8-17 to aviation through their first free plane ride. John Autey / St. Paul Pioneer Press
Minn. pilot has taken 600 area kids on free flights through Young Eagles program
ST. PAUL -- Madison Doffing was born after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, but the annual photos of the airplanes crashing into the World Trade Center...
 News/education January 13, 2019 - 4:54pm
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Put the phone down: Minnesota lawmakers renew push for hands-free bill
ST. PAUL - Minnesota lawmakers want drivers to put the phones down. And under the legislation they brought forward this week, drivers could face...
 News/government and politics January 14, 2019 - 6:21pm
Pediatrician Susan Asch demonstrates how to do a newborn examination to the Explorers students in the Birth Center at Lakeview Hospital. Submitted photo
Health briefs: Students get real-world hospital work experience; St. Paul support group for families
Students get real-world hospital work experience Area students were part of a cohort that recently graduated from a six-week immersion program...
 lifestyle/health January 16, 2019 - 9:01am
Expanded Norris Square senior complex opens
COTTAGE GROVE -- Officials, staff, and residents celebrated the completed expansion of Norris Square at a Jan. 8 dedication ceremony. The $65...
 community/events January 8, 2019 - 5:33pm
From left to right are GreenCorps members Ben Lehman, Kate Johnson and Jaron Cook. Submitted photo
GreenCorps members prescribe a low-salt diet for Minnesota waters
In 1961, newly elected President John F. Kennedy launched a program to help mitigate poverty around the world and spread American ideas and goodwill....
 sports/outdoors January 16, 2019 - 6:00am
Editorial: A call for civility on Facebook comments
It's been said that a computer keyboard and a degree of anonymity can be a volatile mix. There's a term for making offensive comments over the...
 opinion/editorials January 9, 2019 - 5:00pm

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