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Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer unveiled what he called “Part 1″ of his budget plan for Minnesota on Labor Day (Monday, Sept. 6) at Permac Industries in Burnsville. The proposed measures focus on tax relief that he said would encourage job creation and business investment. Measures include a cut in the corporate franchise tax, which [...]

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Local Muslims invite community members to Burnsville Mosque for food, fellowship during Ramadan by Aaron Vehling Thisweek Newspapers It looked like a dinner at any church. Kids ran around, shouting excitedly as they played with friends. Their parents stood close by talking with one another, stealing an occasional glance to ensure their children weren’t getting too wild. Rows of [...]

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Burnhaven in Burnsville to get $1.55 million makeover by John Gessner Thisweek Newspapers Burnhaven Library in Burnsville had 326,423 visitors last year. Beginning Sept. 18, Burnhaven users will have to make other plans. The library, located at 1101 W. County Road 42, will close for remodeling until late April of next year. “There will be a lot of people who will [...]

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by John Gessner Thisweek Newspapers Family is the future for John Adamich’s Dodge of Burnsville dealership. Plans are in place to gradually transfer ownership of the 27-year-old business from John and his wife, Betty, to their son-in-law, Mark Saba, son, Greg, and their families. In the meantime, Adamich, 76, can still be found upstairs in his bird’s-eye office or [...]

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by John Gessner Thisweek Newspapers A 55-year-old man is charged with second-degree criminal sexual conduct involving an 11-year-old girl at his former day care in Burnsville. Kay Willard Brown, Eden Prairie, was charged Aug. 25 in Dakota County. The girl, now 13, told police in April that the alleged incidents occurred in summer 2008. “We have no indications of [...]

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Metcalf Junior High school students picked up their class schedules at school on August 26 with the help of ninth graders Grecia Reyes (left) and Hannah Hartog (right). School starts for all District 191 students on September 7.  Photo by Rick Orndorf Right on time is a post from: ThisweekLive.com

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The Burnsville Senior High School Blaze Band marched through the Minnesota State Fair on August 27 as part of the daily parade and high school marching band competition. Dakota County was well represented that day with the Rosemount Fire Department on exhibition during the Governor’s Fire Prevention Day and the Dakota County 4-H exhibit in [...]

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The intersection of Burnsville Parkway and Nicollet Avenue in Burnsville will close to traffic on Friday, August 27, at 9 p.m., and will re-open by 5 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 30, the city announced. The closure will allow crews to replace watermain in a portion of the intersection. Concrete paving of Burnsville Parkway then will take [...]

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Contractor will get $100,000 bonus for quick work by John Gessner Thisweek Newspapers The heavy construction is over, all lanes are reopened and the drive is now smooth as glass. This summer’s reconstruction of Burnsville Parkway came at an attractive price to taxpayers, with a $100,000 bonus going to the contractor for finishing the job early. Smooth blacktop replaced [...]

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Steve Clarke, of Steve Clarke and the Working Stiffs, kicks off his band’s afternoon set at the  Art and all that Jazz Festival at Nicollet Commons Park in Burnsville on August 21. Band vocalist Katie Gearty (right) awaits her cue next to Clarke. The festival included headliner Larry Carlton’s opening night jazz guitar performance in [...]

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Prince of Peace’s legendary garage sale reaches milestone by John Gessner Thisweek Newspapers My, how they’ve grown. The first Mega Sale at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Burnsville exceeded expectations by raising $5,000 in 1990. Ashley Gruhlke was in second grade when she became a Mega Sale volunteer. Now a 23-year-old math teacher, Gruhlke still works every year at [...]

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Stacey Marmolejo, 50, will open third School of Rock location on Oct. 2 in Burnsville by John Gessner Thisweek Newspapers Stacey Marmolejo of Eagan is Minnesota’s School of Rock impresario. She owns two franchises of the storied rock’n’roll academy for kids and is opening a third in Burnsville on Oct. 2. But it wasn’t a failsafe business model that [...]

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A Becker Furniture World store is coming to the Burnsville Crossings shopping center, where it will co-anchor the mall with an  existing Petsmart store. The City Council approved a planned unit development change Aug. 17 that will allow mall owner Inland Ryan LLC to improve the mall’s exterior and add new signs. “The applicant has taken the [...]

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The Luther Co. received City Council approval Aug. 17 to build a new Burnsville Volkswagen dealership at 14551 Burnhaven Drive, between Buck Hill Road and Burnsville Center. The council approved a planned unit development for the dealership, to be located on the 6.7-acre site that was once home to a   General Cinema movie theater, which has [...]

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by Aaron Vehling Thisweek Newspapers Five people have filed to run for four open seats on the School Board in Burnsville-Eagan-Savage District 191. Dan Luth and Gail Morrison have opted to defend their seats, while Paula Teiken, Jim Schmid and Peter Beckel (all of Burnsville) have opted to vie for the open seats. As reported last month in Thisweek [...]

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Elementary school makes AYP, District 191 making progress but not at pace feds would prefer by Aaron Vehling Thisweek Newspapers For students who are watching the school year approach too quickly, August can be the Sunday of summer. It can be that way for school districts, too, as they prepare for the return of students. But August is also the [...]

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Linda Olson , the supervisor of the Prince of Peace Mega Garage Sale, checks in on the hats and scarfs storage room at the Christian Life Center on the campus of Prince of Peace Lutheran Church. The sale runs August 26-29 at the church at 13901 Fairview Drive in Burnsville. Photos by Rick Orndorf Super Size [...]

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Conviction could lead to life sentence without parole by Laura Adelmann Thisweek Newspapers A Dakota County grand jury has indicted Jonas Gerald Grice, 27, in the July 12 murder Anthony Adam Hartman, 22, at a Rosemount car wash. Grice, of Burnsville, was indicted Monday, Aug. 16 on one count of first-degree premeditated murder and one count of second-degree intentional murder. According [...]

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Jessica Bester (left) and Jennifer Janak (right), the 2010 Dakota County Dairy Princesses, begin tasting entries in the Dairy Cooking Contest on August 10 at the Dakota County Fair in Farmington. The Princess tasted a number of dishes, awarded ribbons to the winners, and then dished out samples to all in attendance. The Dakota County [...]

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Burnsville Police Department seeks donations to maintain K-9 program by Aaron Vehling Thisweek Newspapers Officer Echo is like a lot of people: When he gets home from work, he finds solace in some R and R and spending time with his family. But unlike most people, he sleeps in a kennel and drinks his water from a bowl on [...]

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