Cottage Grove News

Gooseberry Jam on My French Toast: "Summertime always brings back fond childhood memories of July vacations spent at my grandfather's farm in Dassel, Minnesota.

The owner of Cassinia s Pizzeria in Cottage Grove asked the school board to reconsider awarding the bid for pizza at Park High School, Oltman Junior High and Cottage Grove Junior High to Dominoa s. Dominoa s beat Cassinia s out in a bidding process, but Cassinia s owner Jason Clark suggested the fact he is a local business that buys his ingredients ...

As Cottage Grove city leaders mull over the tough budget decisions that await them later this year, the question is asked: how long will the pain go on? Much of the city's fiscal discomfort can be traced to the historically slow pace of new housing construction - when the rooftops go up at something closer to the three-decade average rate of 250 ...

The 3M Co. won a landmark court case Wednesday when a jury ruled against claims of Washington County residents suing the company over chemicals in their groundwater.

Gov. Tim Pawlenty's cuts in state aid to cities announced yesterday are expected to hit municipalities across Minnesota hard - and south Washington County is no exception.

A 27-year-old Kansas man was indicted yesterday in federal court in connection with the May 29 holdup of an Anchor Bank in St.

The Washington County Board of Commissioners voted at its June 9 meeting to approve an agreement that will allow the county to use $1.6 million in federal stimulus funds to help purchase and rehabilitate homes in the county.

Bob Holtz first got excited about birds when he was a 6-year-old growing up on a Carver County dairy farm.

The Next Step program held a graduation ceremony on June 4 for 11 students, complete with diplomas, flowers and congratulations from school board members Marsha Adou and Tracy Brunnette.

Cub Scout Pack 644 is hosting a brat fest at Von Hanson's Meats, 9030 Inwood Ave., in Cottage Grove.

Two men have been charged with robbing another man at gunpoint near the end of Grey Cloud Trail in Grey Cloud Island Township.

An Eagan man was charged recently for his alleged involvement in a drug deal in the Point Restaurant parking lot.

Changes are coming to the popular dial-a-ride transit services that operate throughout the Twin Cities, with some smaller providers almost certain to lose their contracts as the Metropolitan Council restructures the program.

Grey Cloud Island Township officials are hoping they can tap some of the federal economic stimulus money to fix the culvert under a oeFirst Filla on County Road 75.

HEATHER'S HOUSE BENEFIT - For those who wish to donate to Heather's House - a foundation created to raise funds to buy and operate a home in the southeast metro for developmentally challenged young women - Applebee's is sponsoring a Dining-To-Donate day on Thursday, May 28, at 8380 East Point Douglas Drive, in Cottage Grove.

LS Power plans to build a 780-MW natural gas-fired power plant in Lent, Minnesota, Blake Wheatley, general manager for the independent power producer, said Friday.

My name is Kelcey Kryzer and I am Miss Cottage Grove 2008-09. With just a little while left in my reign, I would like to share with you how I, along with my royal court, represented the Cottage Grove community.

Gov. Tim Pawlenty vetoed last Friday a bill authored by Sen. Katie Sieben that would have moved the state's primary elections earlier in the year and changed the way absentee ballots are handled.

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is holding a meeting Wednesday evening to discuss a proposed plan for cleaning up the 3M Cottage Grove site.

A 13-year-old cancer patient and his mother who spent a week on the run to avoid forced chemotherapy faced a court hearing Tuesday to determine the boy's medical fate.