Grab your baskets and get ready for an egg hunt on Saturday, March 23 at the Cottage Grove Ice Arena indoor turf area. This is a fun activity for children of all ages. Don’t forget to bring …
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3/13/24
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Registration for pickleball leagues is now open with play beginning on July 9. Leagues offered provide competitive and recreational play amongst its users and include men's, women's, and mixed …
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By Nerissa Solovitz
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3/13/24
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Three hockey teams from Cottage Grove will represent the area at state tournament competition this weekend, each in their respective bracket. Bantam A will head to Virginia Minnesota, while PeeWeeA …
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3/13/24
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A seventh grader at Oltman Middle School has just made District 833 history. Danica Fuelling, who wrestles for East Ridge High School, placed sixth in the 170-pound girls weight bracket at Minnesota …
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By Joseph Back
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3/13/24
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AJ Kennedy walked off the Park basketball court for the final time visibly choked up.
Midway through the fourth quarter, fellow seniors Tayvion Stewart and Kaeden Callais let their heads fall …
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By John Molene
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3/13/24
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To invest in Wisconsin’s transportation system, Gov. Tony Evers has signed a $14.35 million contract with prime contractor Monarch Paving Co. of Amery for a resurfacing project on US 10 from …
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3/10/24
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The difference between Mounds View and Park was razor thin this season, almost as thin as the Mustangs’ 53-51 win at Cottage Grove Friday.
In the regular season finale for both teams, …
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By John Molene
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3/6/24
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A long season came to an end Wednesday for the Park Wolfpack.
Visiting Park dropped a 67-31 decision to host Eagan in the Class 4A, Section 3 girls basketball quarterfinals.
Third-seeded …
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By John Molene
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3/6/24
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Dating to the late 20th century as part of an environmental settlement with Ashland Petroleum, the Grey Cloud Dunes SNA saw locomotive action this past week, the foreground area on the left …
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Photo by Joseph Back
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3/6/24
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Now forty and fabulous, Strawberry Fest is looking for sponsors, set to run this year from June 20 through June 23 at Kingston Park. Named for the strawberry fields that once drew people out to …
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By Joseph Back
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3/6/24
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Dear Editor: It astounds me how there are so many questionable legal as well as moral issues with building at this site. The biggest of which is the very questionable “bee study” done in …
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3/6/24
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Dear Editor: I am writing with a final plea to ask Rachel Development to re-consider developing the former Mississippi Dunes golf course. I have been involved with the hoped-for protection of this …
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3/6/24
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To the editor, I am a frequent visitor to Grey Cloud Dunes, along the Mississippi in Cottage Grove. The area formerly known as Mississippi Dunes is on the verge of being destroyed for a housing …
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3/6/24
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To the editor, The following includes my comments for the Public Record made at the Jan. 22, 2024, City of Cottage Grove Planning Commission Public Hearing regarding the planned Rachel Development at …
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3/6/24
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At a public meeting on Feb. 21, the Cottage Grove City Council and Mayor Bailey voted unanimously to approve a controversial development on the river bluffs at the site of the former golf course …
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3/6/24
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A proposal to tax the fertilizer that farmers use to boost crop yields — in the hopes of treating nitrate pollution of water in southeastern Minnesota — passed its first test on Thursday …
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By Christopher Vondracek
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3/6/24
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At the end of the 2023 Minnesota state wrestling tournament, Park head wrestling coach Jim LaBrosse remarked that the future was bright for Park wrestling.
On Saturday, LaBrosse must have …
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By John Molene
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3/6/24
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Park will send a school-tying record six wrestlers to the state meet this weekend, but it took some extra wrestling to get there.
The Wolfpack had seven wrestlers make the Section 3AAA …
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By John Molene
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2/28/24
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Host Minnehaha Academy (13-12) stopped Park’s winning streak at two games with a 74-66 victory Monday evening in a non-conference boys basketball contest.
After playing four games in seven …
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By John Molene
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2/28/24
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The Cottage Grove City Council approved the issuance and sale of $16,025,000 in new General Obligation (GO) Bonds at the Feb. 21 regular meeting. GOs, municipal bonds that allow the city to raise …
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By Dan Solovitz
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2/28/24
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