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Local charter schools dealing with successive funding delaysThisweekLiveTwo local charter schools are making do with yet another state funding “shift” for K-12 education. Paideia Academy, an Apple Valley school of nearly 400 students, says it hasn&...

ThisweekLiveLightning, Irish clash set for SaturdayThisweekLiveThe Eastview football team will meet with Rosemount in yet another playoff game this Saturday. The two teams have played each other in the last three Section 3-5A final games. Rosemount won...

Burnsville-Eagan-Savage school board candidates discuss budgets, hiring at ...Pioneer PressThe 10 candidates vying to lead the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage schools faced tough questions about the district's future in the first of two election forums for...

Joseph A. RobertsStaunton News LeaderJoseph "Joey" Anderson Roberts, 15, of Burnsville, died Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011, as a result of an automobile accident. He was born Oct. 24, 1995, at Low Moor, a son of Cletis A. Roberts Jr. and Virginia Ka...

Dakota's Metro Council rep promises changeMinneapolis Star TribuneSteven Chavez is one of two Metropolitan Council members based in and representing Dakota County. The other, Wendy Wulff of Lakeville, a holdover from the Republican Met Council, sen...

Burnsville schools chief defends Chance hireMinneapolis Star TribuneHe lauds former HR director's "professional qualities," but won't divulge her complaint against him. She was paid $254000 to leave. In his first public comments about...

Minneapolis Star TribuneBurnsville inspections aim to nip dandelions in the budMinneapolis Star TribunePhoto: Amy Sancetta, AP - Ap At least that's the hope of the Burnsville City Council -- and residents who have complained about weeds, junked car...

Food stamps extended to more farmers markets this seasonPioneer PressBy Danya P. Hernandez Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program SNAPrecipients will be able to use the Electronic Benefits Transfer or EBT cards at more Farmers Market locations acros...

Dakota County police blotterMinneapolis Star TribuneApple valley. AUG. 7. Robbery. A robbery was reported at 7800 W. 150th Street. AUG. 15. Burglary. A forced-entry burglary was reported in the 12600 block of Garland Avenue. AUG. 16. Property damage. P...

Cloud 9 figure Rothenberger indicted againMinneapolis Star TribuneA former real estate agent who was indicted in the Cloud 9 Sky Flats mortgage fraud scandal has been indicted again -- this time for alleged fraud at the Chateau Ridge condo complex in B...

Cantare! brings Mexican culture, music to Burnsville High SchoolMinnesota Public RadioEditor's Note: This piece by Nikki Tundel is part of a series called Minnesota Mix. Minnesota Mix is a project of Minnesota Public Radio News that examines the wa...

Minneapolis Star TribuneBurger Jones gives Burnsville biz students a taste of experienceMinneapolis Star TribuneStudents from DECA, a business club at Burnsville High School, designed an edgy burger called the Blaze Burger to be sold at the local Burge...

KSTP.comMan Charged After 'Test Drive' from Aitkin Dealership Ends in BurnsvilleKSTP.comA Litchfield man who took a car for a test drive in northern Minnesota is facing a theft charge after authorities say he was found driving the car nearly 13...

2 sledding at Buck Hill injuredMinneapolis Star TribuneTwo people were injured early Saturday when they tried to sled down a slope at Buck Hill in Burnsville. They snuck into the ski area about 4 am, tried to sled down an expert slope called Milk Run, ...

Burnsville ready to offer loan guarantees to grow businessesPioneer PressBy Jessica Fleming Burnsville could soon begin offering loan guarantees for businesses - a sign of the times in which banks have become more careful with their borrowing practices...

KAREHome damaged by overnight fire in BurnsvilleKAREBURNSVILLE, Minn. - Insurance estimators are tallying up the damage to a home in Burnsville after an overnight fire Thursday. Fire crews were called to the 13500 block of Nicollet Lane around 2 am and...

Quick Q&A: Teemu Kivihalme, Burnsville hockeyMinneapolis Star TribuneKivihalme, a defenseman, found out June 28 that he will suit up for Team USA's junior hockey team at the Ivan Hlinka Tournament in August. A dual citizen of the United States ...

Finance and CommerceFairview plans building boomFinance and CommerceSystem seeks OK to divert $54M in bonding. Major construction projects appear to be in the works for Southdale Hospital in Edina and Ridges Hospital in Burnsville as parent Fairview He...

Briefs: MVTA bus service will run to State FairMinneapolis Star TribuneCatch a ride to the State Fair aboard a Minnesota Valley Transit Authority bus. On weekdays, express buses will run between the state fairgrounds and Burnsville High School and Burn...

In attempted-murder retrial, evidence from related Burnsville stabbing at issuePioneer PressIn 2009, a Dakota County jury found Taylor James Pass, 21, of Eagan, not guilty of murder in the fatal stabbing of a Burnsville woman. But the jury deadlocked o...

Local legislators: Let voters decide definition of marriageCoon Rapids ECM PublishersThe Republican legislators from Burnsville and Eagan who swept DFL incumbents out of office last November agree that Minnesotans should vote on the definition of marri...

Franken tells local students he hopes Congress will leave No Child law behindPioneer PressBy Christopher Magan US Sen. Al Franken capped off a day visiting students and teachers at Burnsville High School by talking about dismantling the No Child Left B...

Coughlin wins vote in BurnsvilleMinneapolis Star TribuneHe will fill the seat left by Charlie Crichton, 83, who died in March. The term expires at the end of 2014. Nine candidates had filed for the race to replace Crichton, one of the longest-serving c...

Few remain at Country Village in BurnsvilleThisweekLiveby John Gessner Contrary to some officials' expectations, almost no one was home at Country Village Apartments in Burnsville on Monday morning. Only five units at the 138-unit complex were clea...

Mature matchups flourish onlineMinneapolis Star TribuneCharley Price and his wife Carol Schwarzkopf met on the online dating site Match.com. Charley Price and Carol Schwarzkopf met only because they simultaneously decided to broaden their horizons. &qu...