By Keighla Schmidt, Staff Writer

No skool 2day.  Rds r 2 dangerous 4 buses b/c of sno.

The message will be much more sophisticated (and grammatically correct,) but the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District is implementing a new communication process to contact families.

By Keighla Schmidt, Staff Writer

Eagle Ridge Junior High School will house a gifted magnet program next fall.

The Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School Board unanimously approved the selection of the junior high in Savage at its Nov. 19 meeting.

By Keighla Schmidt, Staff Writer

If a picture is worth a thousand words, what’s a picture postcard sent with a personal message worth?

To Duane Stabler – a lot.

By Keighla Schmidt, Staff Writer

“Be on your best behavior.”

What parent hasn’t muttered those words before sending their children off? To help teach kids exactly what “best behavior” means, a local couple helped produce a DVD on manners.

By Shawn Hogendorf, Correspondent 

A 40-year-old Burnsville man was arrested for his fourth DWI in nine years after police clocked him traveling 98 mph while driving his landlord’s minivan on Highway 13 near Louisiana Avenue on Nov. 9.

Shepherd of the Lake Lutheran Church, 3611 North Berens Road, N.W., Prior Lake will play host to “Autistic Experience” Friday and Saturday, Dec. 4 and 5.

Registration is available online at www.sollc.org/register. Cost: $25 per person pre-registration or $30 per person on Friday.

Police are asking businesses for help in catching a man who robbed Burger King in Shakopee by gunpoint late Tuesday and may have tried robbing a gas station the night before.

The man, who displayed a black handgun and knife, followed an employee through the back door of Burger King about 11:50 p.m. after the store closed and the employee was taking out the trash. He fled on foot with a small amount of cash. The restaurant is located on the corner of Marschall Road and First Avenue.

Students at Prior Lake High School, 7575 W. 150th St., were placed in “shelter in place” after a student experienced a medical emergency at about 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday.