Apple Valley News

Rick Anderson is going to hold his fifth annual used bike sale in his Apple Valley garage this weekend, and was photographed cleaning a bike on Wednesday, May 15, 2013.

An Apple Valley man accused of stealing nearly $3,000 in Blu-Ray discs from an Eagan Target allegedly told police he planned to sell the stolen items to help his family "make ends meet." Scott Thomas Hodge, 33, a single count of felony theft, according to a criminal complaint filed by the Dakota County Attorney's Office.

Drivers speeding past Maple Grove on Interstate 94 pass towering sand mounds and cavernous gravel pits that make up the largest undeveloped area in the city and one of the largest gravel-mining areas in the Twin Cities.

The zoo is partnering with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resource to conserve the North American Plains bison.

The Associated Press describes the backgrounds of two south Minneapolis legislators-state Sen.

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The road work may have already started on Interstate 35E, but the most significant portions of the project-and the worst traffic headaches-have yet to come.

Apple Valley police wrote about nine speeding tickets for every 200 residents in 2011, according to a report on WCCO-TV . Rosemount police wrote closer to eight.

Diamond Path Elementary School in Apple Valley wants your help to send its fourth-grade class on a high-adventure trip to Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center .

A Bloomington man led police on a drunken car chase, nearly hitting a group of pedestrians before he stopped and was arrested, according to Apple Valley police.

The love that committed same-sex couples share is "really no different than the love I have for my wife of 40 years," Eagan's District 51 Sen.

A new youth soccer franchise has partnered with two Apple Valley and Rosemount preschools in attempt to bring an extracurricular activity to the schools and introduce the game to children.

Apple Valley and Rosemount had a high voter turnout in the 2012 election for a state that is itself already well above the national average.

Robert B. "Bob" Opseth , of Burnsville, died on May 9, 2013 at the age of 84. Opseth was a veteran of the Korean Conflict.

Moms are special everyday of our lives, but this Sunday is the annual day where Moms are recognized with their own special day.

While this isn't the first time SunThisweek has stooped so low as to fill empty space in its newspaper with trash about UFOs, I am surprised quite surprised they spent the time to not only put it in the paper which no one reads but to admit they wrote about it on Twitter ! If this was the first time they referenced a UFO story in their history we ... (more)

A 50-unit housing development designed for low- to moderate-income families got a green light from the Eagan City Council on Tuesday.

A 49-year-old Burnsville woman is facing the possibility of decades in prison after being found guilty of mailing threatening letters and letters meant to extort money.

Ted Brown wasn't sure what was in the big box waiting for him when he arrived back home in Apple Valley, Minnesota after spending time at his other house in Cape Coral, Florida.

A Lakeville man has been charged with drunk driving and stalking after a Taco Bell drive-through employee responded No Quiero to his sexual advances.