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In today's newsletter:

  • Former Burnsville resident helped steer Apple Valley’s finances for 16 years
  • Why did a high-profile ICE raid lead agents to Burnsville?

Today's riddle: Jimmy, did you crash on your bike again? You’ve lost a tooth! 🤔 (Answer below!)

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  • Monday: Partly sunny and not as cold, temps: high: 28, low: 19.
  • Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 43 and low of 23 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Apple Valley finance director enjoyed the challenge (hometownsource.com) — A longtime Apple Valley finance director who once lived in Burnsville has retired after shaping more than $1.2 billion in city budgets and helping maintain top bond ratings and low tax rates. His work supported new parks, fire stations, and infrastructure while keeping residents’ tax burdens in check, and he now plans to enjoy travel, family time, and projects at home and a new Wisconsin cabin.
   

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• ICE operation shows the difficulty of immigration arrests amid pushback in frigid Minnesota (nbcnews.com) — Burnsville briefly enters the spotlight as ICE agents pursue a man to his home there during a larger immigration enforcement surge across Minnesota. The story follows federal teams making arrests in frigid conditions, facing organized protests, and drawing criticism over tactics and treatment of Somali and other immigrant communities. Local leaders in the Twin Cities are pushing back on both the operation and inflammatory national rhetoric.
   

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