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Dakota County Looking to Lighten Landfills by Diverting More Organic Waste
The county is taking ideas of how best to reduce the amount of organic waste that ends up in landfills.

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The county is taking ideas of how best to reduce the amount of organic waste that ends up in landfills.

Many south metro golf courses are planning to open for the 2013 season this weekend.
Many south metro golf courses are planning to open for the 2013 season this weekend.
Many south metro golf courses are planning to open for the 2013 season this weekend.
Many south metro golf courses are planning to open for the 2013 season this weekend.
Many south metro golf courses are planning to open for the 2013 season this weekend.
Many south metro golf courses are planning to open for the 2013 season this weekend.
Superintendent Lisa Snyder will warn voters that unless they vote in more funding in a fall levy, the district will be forced to make major curricular cuts.
Mary Berg, a 2nd grade teacher at Sun Path, and Bryanna Meyer, a speech teacher at Pearson and East Junior High, are in the running for the Let's Dish Teacher of the Year award.
Terese Trekell, a kindergarten teacher at Gideon Pond Elementary, is in the running for the Let's Dish Teacher of the Year award.
Gina Stangl, a 2nd grade teacher at Rosemount Elementary, and Steven Albaugh, a choir teacher at Rosemount High, are in the running for the Let's Dish Teacher of the Year award.
Colin Post, a 5th grade teacher at Pinewood, and Mary Beth Plank, a 6th grade teacher at Black Hawk Middle, are in the running for the Let's Dish Teacher of the Year award.
Rebecca Kasper, a 2011 graduate of Northfield High School, was found dead in an Arizona apartment on Tuesday.
The 24-year-old is one of 11 women joining the squad this year.
The governor will come to Shakopee for a "Meetings with Mark" town hall event Monday evening.
Lakeville Area Public Schools is taking nominations for its Friends of Education awards.
The mall announced Tuesday that P.S. from Aeropostale and Body Central will be the mall's newest tenants.
Palisades Charter High School was ranked No. 719 in the country and No. 79 in the state in the Washington Post’s High School Challenge list. Uni High ranked No. 165 in the state and 1,378 in the country.
Palisades Charter High School was ranked No. 719 in the country and No. 79 in the state in the Washington Post’s High School Challenge list.
The high school was ranked No. 729 in the country and No. 81 in the state in the Washington Post’s High School Challenge list.