Shakopee News

Two Austin men were charged in federal court Thursday as part of a large, suburban Minnesota marijuana bust.

Fourth of July weekend usually means family vacations. But with the struggling economy, a lot of folks don't have the cash to re-fill the gas tank.

Shakopee made it a regular-season sweep over the Chaska Cubs with a 5-4 victory Thursday night at Athletic Park.

Five people from Shakopee and Savage are among 18 charged today in federal court in connection with a Twin Cities indoor marijuana growing ring called "one of the largest drug operations of its kind in Minnesota" by Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek.

The housing-market slump in the Twin Cities area is well known, but the city of Shakopee gained 754 residents a ' an increase of 2.3 percent a ' between July 1, 2007 and July 1 last year, according to estimates by the U.S. Census Bureau.

When the property value for Ed Chapman's home along the Minnesota River in rural Jordan kept rising by double digits, he only wanted an explanation.

Submitted by Katrina Styx on July 1, 2009 - 11:33am. >> Read similar stories filed under: Outdoors The Shakopee Brewery was founded in 1856, and its remains still stand along the Minnesota Valley State Receration Area trail near Nyssen's Lake between Shakopee and Chaska.

Months of waiting brought encouraging news for the Shakopee School District with the release of the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments-II data on Wednesday.

Submitted by Pat Minelli on June 23, 2009 - 4:05pm. >> Read similar stories filed under: The National Weather Service office in Chanhassen has canceled the heat advisory for Scott County, whichA had been in effect until 10 p.m. An extensive area of thunderstorms that moved across southern Minnesota has spread a dense area of cloud cover across the ...

They say one of the hardest moments for a person undergoing chemotherapy is when her hair starts falling out.

News, sports, politics, blogs and forums for Shakopee, Minnesota 445-3333 Follow us on Twitter Archive - Jun 25, 2009 Mosquito Control District asks public for help Submitted by Pat Minelli on June 25, 2009 - 10:46am. >> Read similar stories filed under: General News The Metropolitan Mosquito Control District has been tracking deer ticks in the ...

Submitted by Pat Minelli on June 20, 2009 - 9:49am. >> Read similar stories filed under: Updated at 4:10A p.m. A A 28-year-old Prior Lake man was injured after losing control of his motorcycle, then driving in front of a vehicle, which struck him, sending him over a guard rail into grass under a bridge in Shakopee FridayA night, according to the ...

For years as a single mother, Lonnie Dupre relied on her parents for help raising her two sons.

What do some people think is fun to do when theya re drunk and bored? Apparently run through an apartment building in the middle of the night screaming a oefire.a Three young men are accused of causing such a ruckus last weekend at Garden Lane Apartments, 700 Garden Lane, after partying it up at a local park.

News, sports, politics, blogs and forums for Shakopee, Minnesota 445-3333 Follow us on Twitter Archive - Jun 24, 2009 Chaska police seek man in assault case Submitted by Pat Minelli on June 24, 2009 - 11:16am. >> Read similar stories filed under: Chaska police are lookingA for a 28-year-old man wanted for second-degree assault and terroristic ...

Submitted by Pat Minelli on June 20, 2009 - 5:30am. >> Read similar stories filed under: The third annual Shakopee boysa basketball golf tournament is Friday, July 10 at Creeks Bend Golf Club in New Prague.

A new energy plant that generates heat and electricity by exclusively burning natural products is up and running in Shakopee.

It's a story not unlike others in Shakopee. Except it may be one of the last of its era.

Submitted by Pat Minelli on June 18, 2009 - 1:00am. From today's print edition After trackingA a bigA delivery of drugsA to the Wal-MartA parking lot in Shakopee, drug task force agents say they seized 130 pounds of marijuana from a homeA inA a quiet Savage neighborhoodA this spring with help from two federal agencies and the Shakopee and Savage ...

A Shakopee man accused of helping the co-owner of a roofing company embezzle more than a half-million dollars from the business was found not guilty by a federal jury last week.