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I am the local editor of the Woodinville and Edmonds Patch sites and a recent transplant to Washington from Minnesota. Before moving, I was the local editor for Shakopee Patch near Minneapolis and before that, I worked for Forum Communications as editor of the weekly Pine Journal newspaper in Cloquet. I was also a general assignment reporter at the daily newspaper, Duluth News Tribune.
Fun fact: While in Cloquet, my team and I won a Minnesota Newspaper Association award for leadership related to the 50th anniversary of the only Frank Lloyd Wright-designed gas station in the world.
Back in the day, I ran away to photo school in Missoula, MT and worked as a reporter/photographer at the Ravalli Republic newspaper, where I loved covering wildland fires.
I have a degree in Journalism from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN.
Mostly, I like to be outside, visiting new places, riding my road bike or photographing something.
Contact me at lisa.baumann@patch.com
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Finding the suspect in the robbery of a Shakopee bank as well as numerous others in the metro area has become priority number one for the FBI.
Based on the number of plants and the projected yield, Williams said the retail value of the marijuana if sold on the street would have been about $2.5 million.
A Facebook page is devoted to justice for Jonathan Easterling, whose body was found Nov. 24, 2001.
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City staff is proposing a raise for Shakopee firefighters who have not had their pay bumped up since 2004.
There will be no speeches or anything like that, Brad Tabke promised. He wants to talk one-on-one with as many people as possible about Shakopee.
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Consider giving to a local nonprofit on Give to the Max Day, Nov. 16.
Several hundred students talked with professionals Tuesday about career options.