By Shawn Hogendorf, Correspondent 

Armando Velasquez, 20, of Faribault was sentenced to serve 57 months in prison by Dakota County Judge Timothy McManus in connection with a fatal hit-and-run that killed a 32-year-old Prior Lake man at the Event Center parking lot in Burnsville on April 5.

The following obituary is from the Oct. 11, 2008 print edition of the Savage Pacer newspaper:

By Martin Bracewell, Community Voices

As the election draws near, it behooves us to look carefully at the candidates running for local office. Here in Savage, we are looking at county and school board seats. We have a special opportunity in District 191 this year. Of the three seats open this year, only one incumbent has chosen to run for re-election.

By David Taylor, Spiritual Reflections

By Nancy Huddleston, Editor

On any other city project, approval of the final payment and change order by the Savage City Council would be a routine matter of business.

By Nancy Huddleston, Editor

Residents of Toledo Avenue continued to question the Savage City Council Monday night (Oct. 6) about a street reconstruction project they never wanted.

The Savage City Council will meet for a work session Monday, Oct. 13 at 4:30 p.m. at the McColl Pond Environmental Learning Center and in council chambers at city hall, 6000 McColl Drive.

The tentative agenda is as follows:

A. Tour ELC Building – present concepts related to ELC building usage policy

From tin cups to glittering goblets, there will be something for everyone along the new Minnesota River Sips of History Trail. 

Each of the 10 sites along the newly-established Minnesota River Sips of History Trail will host a variety of events over the MEA weekend, Friday through Sunday, Oct. 17, 18 and 19.

Volunteers from the Carver Scott Humane Society will have a pet adoption Saturday, Oct. 18 from noon to 3 p.m. at Petco, located off of Singletree Lane, between Prairie Center Drive and Highway 212 in Eden Prairie. CSHS is without its own building and all pets are housed in foster care.