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Pet of the Week: Meet Buster, Your Fluffy New Best Friend
Buster is a sweet Australian Shepherd/American Eskimo dog who became homeless after his first owners lost their farm.

Buster is a sweet Australian Shepherd/American Eskimo dog who became homeless after his first owners lost their farm.

Phyllis E. Bakke was a recipient of the Royal Order of the Polar Star from HRH King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.
This week the Apple Valley area also lost a pastor cum school bus aid and an active duty serviceman.
Raymond Baba Atimbaneme, 39, allegedly appropriated Wells Fargo customers' identities to issue three loans, totaling $60,000.
Rosemount's drinking establishments passed 2013 compliance checks with flying colors.
The grand prize winner will win a $500 gift card to National Camera Exchange.
The grand prize winner will win a $500 gift card to National Camera Exchange.
Quin Lane Howell, 23, asked to see a princess cut at an Apple Valley jewelry store, then made a break for it.
Thursday, officials from Eagan, Apple Valley, Burnsville and Lakeville heralded the arrival of a new training facility for firefighters south of the river.
Thursday, officials from Eagan, Apple Valley, Burnsville and Lakeville heralded the arrival of a new training facility for firefighters south of the river.
Steven Chávez will serve a second term on the Metropolitan Council, a 17-member board that deals with issues affecting the seven-county Twin Cities region.
Rosemount-Eagan-Apple Valley School Board members Art Coulson, Gary Huusko and Mike Roseen are up for re-election.
School board members Art Coulson, Gary Huusko and Mike Roseen are up for re-election.
The mall currently rents to Dickey's BBQ and DD's Dance.
Los Alegres Bailadores, a longstanding Twin Cities dance troupe, will take the stage during the first week of August.
Athletes must be registered before practice begins on Aug. 12.
Vibha Mavanji, 11, will mark an important milestone on Aug. 4: Her first solo performance.
DFL politicians Sen. Jim Carlson and Rep. Sandra Masin will hold a townhall to talk shop from 2013, a momentous and sometimes contentious year at the capitol.
Police say Ryan Christopher Todd and Leon Kismit Bell are responsible for a spate of break-ins that occurred on July 9.