Woodbury News

School Exec Connect and the South Washington County school board wants to interview five finalists for the district's superintendent position by May 5 and hire someone by May 10.

A 65-year-old Elmore, Minn., man was sentenced on Jan. 26 to 28 months in prison for violating a no-contact order and stalking his Woodbury ex-wife.A Washington County District Court Judge Tad Jude also sentenced Roger Cecil Thompson to five years probation and ordered the man to have no contact with his ex-wife for a period of 10 years.

Rep. Michele Bachmann met with Washington County Commissioners Gary Kriesel and Lisa Weik Friday morning at Dunn Bros.

Woodbury officials hope the trees at a new development slated near the Bielenberg Sports Center grow tall and strong-and treat water more efficiently.

Supporters of Jimmy the cat renewed their charge for the city to find alternatives to its animal-impound policy during Wednesday night's Woodbury City Council meeting.

Woodbury will be a heck of a lot safer in the coming months if city officials have anything to say about it.

It was a "horrible" and "frightening" and "extraordinary" experience for Maureen Allan .

The following people were arrested between 7 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7, and 7 a.m. Wednesday, Feb.

At the outset of a Republican caucus in Woodbury, no one spoke on behalf of Rick Santorum .

Hearing dates have been set for a 41-year-old Woodbury man accused of malicious punishment of a child after he allegedly slapped his 13-year-old son and locked him out of the house last December.

If the east metro wants to maintain a vibrant business climate, a strong transportation system will have to be part of it.

"Tiger Mother" Amy Chua will be in Minneapolis on Friday to speak and promote her best-selling book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother .

To set up this week's column, I'm going to give our readers a quick snapshot of my home life.

The 2012 election is nine months away, but local party officials will start making decisions on which candidates they will back this year during Tuesday night's caucuses.

East Ridge students Johanna Ladella, left, and Jori Cooper study sickle cell anemia under microscopes in their biomedical course last week.

Woodbury police are looking for the public's help to find the owner of a pig that went flying off the back of a pickup truck on Saturday.

A 20-year-old Minneapolis pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of theft by swindle after police said he bought five mobile phones from the Woodbury AT&T store using a fraudulent business account.

When Woodbury officials gathered a couple weeks back to discuss the city's 2012 legislative priorities , they said they weren't looking for special legislation on an initiative to use general-obligation bonds toward the construction of sports facilities.

Husband and wife Carol Trombley and Tom Nacey started Oakdale's Dunn Bros Coffee shop in October of 2008.

This spring, home recreation retailer Family Leisure will move into the former Kowalski's Market site at Lakeville Crossings that has been vacant since early 2007.