Cottage Grove News

Daphne Jalteco, a Woodbury High School graduate, will compete at the Burnsville Performing Arts Center Saturday evening for the title of 2013 Miss Minnesota Latina .

The following information was obtained from recent police reports. May 8 A woman staying at the Red Roof Inn with her boyfriend called police because he was drunk and trying to leave with their child.

Information about the change will be presented in meetings at 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 15, in the lecture hall of Park High School, 8040 80th Street S., Cottage Grove; and 6:30 p.m. May 22 in the lecture hall of Woodbury High School, 2665 Woodlane Drive.

A body that may be that of Danielle Jelinek, the 27-year-old Oakdale woman who was reported missing on Dec.

The Pioneer Press has an update on the Bentonville, Ark.-based retailer's latest advances into the Twin Cities, which include a 160,000-square-foot store at County Road C and Cleveland Avenue in Roseville and a 180,000-square-foot store at the site of the former Cottage View Drive-In in Cottage Grove.

The state Department of Health next week will hold a public meeting about the results of a study of the affects of chemicals in the east metro water supply on area residents.

Efforts to create city charters in two Washington County cities - both the product of riled citizens frustrated by the outcomes of local issues - have taken opposite turns in recent weeks.

My wife, Joan, and I recently made the long journey from Bismarck to St. Paul to attend the Fleetwood Mac concert.

In Cottage Grove, Walmart will hold a ceremonial ground breaking at 10 a.m. for its 180,000-square-foot supercenter on the site of the old Cottage View Drive-In. The store is scheduled to open next spring.

A cold breeze with temperatures in the 40s with some sun breaking out for the western and central metro today, at the same time record snow piled up in the eastern metro, southeastern Wisconsin and western Wisconsin.

Woodbury Rep. Andrea Kieffer was among a handful of lawmakers who attended a Thursday press conference at the Capitol outlining a plan for medical marijuana in Minnesota.

The bulk of a huge winter storm system veered away from the Twin Cities early Thursday, May 2. Spring had its revenge.

A commission studying the change in government has decided not to change it at all, according to chairwoman Karla Bigham.

The 2013 Washington County Fair is set for July 31 through Aug. 4. Planners on Friday issued a release seeking "interested business owners to exhibit" at the event, which expects to draw more than 53,000 people over the five days.

Mississippi Dunes opens tomorrow so we will not be having indoor practice for 10-12, instead we will be having optional practice for everyone at The Dunes.