Three Savage residents are among 18 people in the Twin Cities area that face federal drug charges after a marijuana growing operation was busted by drug task forces, according to Twin Cities media outlets.

More than 3,300 marijuana plants were seized, according to the reports. The marijuana was valued at more than $6 million.

By Keighla Schmidt, Staff Writer

The night’s coming to a close and the kids are waiting for their bedtime story; but unless nightmares are the desired result, leaving Joel Arnold’s new book “Bedtime Stories for the Apocalypse” on the shelf is a good idea.

“The book is not for everybody,” Arnold said. “I wouldn’t consider it kid friendly.”

By Keighla Schmidt, Staff Writer

The work of math teachers in the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District has paid off as test scores improved in all grade levels in the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCA-II).

By Shannon Fiecke, Staff Writer  

When the property value for Ed Chapman’s home along the Minnesota River in rural Jordan kept rising by double digits, he only wanted an explanation.

Chapman mailed a letter to St. Lawrence Township Assessor Leo
Anderly to find out what was going on. No one had ever been out to
inspect the place, and with fungus growing on the trees and his
Cathedral-shaped house in need of recaulking, the assessment seemed
out-of-whack.

By Josh Chase, Correspondent

Prior Lake-Savage Area School District students at every grade level beat the state average when they took the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment tests (MCA II) in April, according to Minnesota Department of Education data released this week.

The Taxpayers League of Minnesota this week released its annual Legislative Scorecard for the 2009 state legislative session. This release marks the 13th time that the Taxpayers League has ranked Minnesota legislators based on their votes on issues related to taxes and state spending.