Chris Lind is moving forward

To the editor:

It’s no secret that times are tough in the Prior Lake-Savage Area School District. Two referendums didn’t pass last fall, a former employee was elected to the School Board, the superintendent resigned, budget cuts are taking place and 1,000 trees saved during the construction of Prior Lake High School might be on the chopping block. We’d like to suggest that everyone needs to work together so that these situations can be dealt with in a positive manner.

The Savage City Council will meet Monday, May 12 at 7 p.m. for a work session in council chambers at city hall, 6000 McColl Drive.

The tentative agenda is as follows:

Call to order

By Nancy Huddleston, Editor

Two bond sales that will pay for street improvements and  equipment and another that will refinance some old bonds for a better interest rate were approved Monday night (May 5) by the Savage City Council.

By Nancy Huddleston, Editor

The Savage City Council unanimously approved a site plan and building design Monday night (May 5) that will add seven new classrooms to Bethesda Church.

By Nancy Huddleston, Editor

Questions about the Dan Patch Trail development were raised at Monday night’s (May 5) meeting of the Savage City Council.

By Ruth Anne Maddox, Correspondent 

The exact weather conditions on May 11, 1858 — when Minnesota became the 32nd state — are not readily available, but the organizers of a 150th birthday celebration at The Landing are hoping that it was a warm and beautiful sunshiny day — and that history will repeat itself.

By Shannon Fiecke, Correspondent

It almost seemed too good to be true when a provision allowing consideration of commuter rail on the Dan Patch Line sailed through the state Legislature this session.

Given the substantial support for the provision, neighboring state senators Kevin Dahle and Claire Robling were shocked when the proposal was pulled from a transportation policy bill this week.

The Burnsville softball team lost for only the second time in the last 11 games on May 8, falling 1-0 in a Lake Conference road game.

The game featured two of Class AAA's ranked teams - the No. 6 Blaze and No. 7 Bloomington Jefferson.

The Jaguars scored the game's only run on a wild pitch in the fifth inning. Ninth-grader Kelsey Anderson took the loss for the Blaze, despite allowing only three hits and no earned runs in six innings.