Stillwater News

Gazette photo by Andrew Wallmeyer Afton-Lakeland sixth-grade teacher Derek Olson looks on as Minnesota Teacher of the Year Program Chair Gwen Rudney explains why the group named him its 2008 Teacher of the Year ...

Stillwater inmate James Leroy Scott eventually aborted his escape plan out of sheer exhaustion.

The copper box, tarnished green from seeping water, tells the story. Most everything inside this time capsule, entombed in 1917 in the granite base of a Civil War monument in Stillwater, succumbed to moisture.

A sixth-grade teacher from the Stillwater Area school district has been named the new 2008 Minnesota Teacher of the Year.

If only he was in better physical condition, a Stillwater prison inmate may have actually escaped to the outside world.

What started as a low-key negotiation over the price of a roughly 2,800-square-foot parcel along Main Street has now escalated to the point where the Lofts of Stillwater is threatening to build a fence blocking ...

Survived by his wife of 63 years, Teresa; sons and daughters-in-law, Lanny and Terry of Forest Lake, Steven and Kathy of Burnsville, Jeff and Julie of Stillwater; 10 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren; ...

Agree or disagree, downtown Stillwater may have a Dairy Queen on Main Street this fall.

Four Twin Cities men who claim to belong to their own common law court where "Almighty Yahweh" has exclusive jurisdiction have been charged for allegedly trying to intimidate a federal judge in an effort to ...

In an attempt to "open the lines of communication" Stillwater Mayor Ken Harycki will hold a public listening meeting Sunday at Liberty House Cafe starting at noon to speak with residents about the Manning ...

For $5 and some completed paper work, five residents have officially tossed their hats into Stillwater's political ring.

"Here we go again," said MNDOT's Duane Green. That's the word from MNDOT and commuters who travel the Stillwater lift bridge.

MNStillwater Bridge,0119 Stillwater Lift Bridge to close for repairs STILLWATER, Minn.

Roger Cuthbertson of Shorewood brought one of his 15 kites - this one adorned with the peace sign and a dove - to an anti-war rally at the Capitol today .

Everist Speltz, 80, of Stillwater, Minn., passed away May 4. A long-time announcer for horse shows in Minnesota and Wisconsin, Speltz was named Horseperson of the Year by the Minnesota Horse Council in 1986.

Sense of betrayal sparked conflict By Tim Krohn The Dakota first laid eyes on whites when they met French explorers Pierre Radisson and Seur des Groseilliers in 1660.

The Stillwater Lift Bridge will be closed next week for repairs. The historic bridge over the St.

A semi-tractor trailer illegally crossing the Stillwater Lift Bridge this morning struck a Minnesota State Patrol commercial-vehicle inspector's SUV, causing an estimated $4,000 damage.

The lift bridge in Stillwater, Minn. was closed Monday afternoon after a truck struck and damaged the bridge.

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