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City giving away free trees for Arbor Day

Need a free tree? Just want one? If that describes you, we’ve got news. The City of Cottage Grove is giving away 100 free trees to celebrate Arbor Day April 26. With trees important in …

Pickleball league registration now open

Do you like pickle ball? If you do, we’ve got news. Registration is now open for pickleball leaves, with a five week regular season at Glacial Valley Park starting in July, followed by …
Tae Kwon Do sword demonstration.

Woodbury Community Expo

Park blanks Tartan in boys' tennis

o 2-0 on the season with a clean sweep of visiting Tartan on Monday, April 8. The Wolfpack lost only 11 games out of 84 played in the 14 matches. Caleb Swigart won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 1 singles, …
Crime
Enrique Lucio Davila

Final defendant in Woodbury graduation shooting pleads guilty

At a hearing in Washington County District Court Friday morning, 26-year-old Enrique Lucio Davila, Saint Paul, pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting second-degree unintentional murder without intent …
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Business

New Bank coming!

Taking shape off 80th Street South, a new bank is coming to town. Chase Bank plans to open in 2024, located in the parking lot opposite Kohls.

Government

Op Ed: Missing Middle

Mayor Myron Bailey

Cottage Grove, along with much of Minnesota, has struggled with housing affordability and availability over the last few years. We have seen tremendous growth in the greater Twin Cities area and …

Community News
Obituaries
Robert Paulson
Robert J. “Bob” Paulson, an avid outdoorsman, loving husband, devoted father, and cherished friend, passed away on Oct. 3, 2023, at United Hospital after a brief and courageous battle with …
Lyle Biscoe
Lyle M. Biscoe, age 102 of Old Cottage Grove, died peacefully at the family home on Saturday morning, Sept. 30, 2023. Lyle Milton, the son of Julius W. and Lura (McHattie) Biscoe, was born on …
K. Dwayne Tannahill
K. Dwayne Tannahill was born Sept. 22, 1943, to Clyde and Florence Tannahill in Regina, Saskatchewan. They moved to Waskada, Manitoba and owned a general merchandise and grocery store. Dwayne spent …
William Olson
William Lewis Olson, a resident of Palm Harbor, Florida, and former resident of Sun City Center, Florida and St. Paul Park, Minnesota, passed away of natural causes at 93 years of age on May 5, …
Steven Anderson
Steven Alan Anderson, age 63 of Cottage Grove, passed away on March 7, 2023, in the Hospice Care Ward at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center in Minneapolis. He was born on Sept. 29, 1959, to Mark …

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Local sports

Saints hit 3 homeruns, win 8-1 on opening day

Jose Miranda crosses the plate after hitting a 434-foot homerun in the Saints opening day game against the Guardians AAA team, the Columbus Clippers.
The Saint Paul Saints won their home opener on Saturday evening defeating the Columbus Clippers at CHS Field in St. Paul’s Lowertown by a score of 8-1. We can all breathe a sigh of relief; …
Park’s bench whoops it up as the Wolfpack rally in the third game against Apple Valley Thursday.

Boys volleyball season served at Park

A visiting Apple Valley team won in three Thursday, but that was kind of beside the point. The point being Park High boys' volleyball is launched, and the Wolfpack looked good doing so. …
Susan Mbu already ranks fourth on the all-time Park honor roll in the pole vault.
Ashley Acosta-Meyers slides over from head boys coach last season to take the head girls track and field job and welcomes a squad with a handful of stars and lots of potential. Park welcomes back …
Eli Firchau and Gavin Stauffer will anchor the Park boys track team in the distance races.
Former Park track and field standout Dylan Smallidge takes over this season as head coach of the boys' track and field team. Formerly a coach at Waseca and Park’s sprint coach a year ago, …
Caleb Swigart of the Wolfpack returns a volley at No. 1 singles.
After a tough opening loss at Forest Lake Wednesday, Park was rolling along with a fairly comfortable 2-0 lead over East Ridge heading into the seventh inning. Then things got a little crazy. Park …
After a tough opening loss at Forest Lake Wednesday, Park was rolling along with a fairly comfortable 2-0 lead over East Ridge heading into the seventh inning. Then things got a little crazy. Park …
Education
2024 Leap into the Legacy Gala.

Legacy Gala Benefit set for Leap Day

What better way to celebrate a leap year than to support SoWashCo CARES at the “2024 Leap into the Legacy Gala?” The event will be held from 6-9 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 29 at River Oaks Golf …

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Church Spotlight
Located at 6875 Jamaica Ave. S. in Cottage Grove, Rose of Sharon Lutheran Church has served the Cottage Grove community since 1959.

Rose of Sharon Lutheran Church in Cottage Grove

As one of the first churches in Cottage Grove, Rose of Sharon Lutheran Church has been a stalwart in the community since 1959. Concordia Church in South St. Paul canvased the area of Thompson Grove …

Opinion

My View: An interesting weekend

It was an interesting weekend. If anyone would have asked me a few days ago what the odds would be of me doing these things on back to back days, I would have said one in a million. I should …

My View: Heed the warning

I knew the weekend snowfall was going to come before most of you. In fact, I knew about it before many so-called weather experts. A few weeks ago, I attended a high school basketball game. …

Op Ed: Should Joe Mauer actually be in the Hall of Fame?

When we’re talking about Hall of Fame catchers, we’re really talking about a select group of 10 players who form the (almost) uninterrupted top of every statistical category. These guys …

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Uniqode compiled a list of technologies adopted by stadiums, arenas, and other major sporting venues in the past few years.
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