Law enforcement officers statewide made 3,094 driving while impaired (DWI) arrests during a Safe and Sober campaign in July.

 A liquor license for La Fogata Mexican Restaurant was approved Aug. 4 by the Savage City Council, which opens the door for improvements to be made to the former Pannekoeken Huis space at O’Connell Square at the intersection of O’Connell Road and County Road 42.

A joint powers agreement between the city and Scott County for assessment services was approved Aug. 4 by the Savage City Council.

By Nancy Huddleston, Editor

The Savage City Council unanimously approved two assessment appeals on Aug. 4.

By Brian Hall, Contributing Writer

The list of accomplishments for the Savage Outlaws baseball team is impressive.

A 2008 season that includes a Cannon Valley League championship, an eight-game winning streak, the top seed in the Section 5B playoffs, and a first-round playoff bye is successful by any teams’ standards.

Of course, none of it might have mattered if Savage didn’t follow through in the playoffs. Right or wrong, it’s hard to shake a disappointing postseason.

The Outlaws knew it. They didn’t want that bad taste to linger in their mouths. So, after they finished off Apple Valley, 6-4, on Tuesday to earn a second trip to the state tournament since 2000, there was a sense of relief.

By Nancy Huddleston, Editor

For five years, sisters Stacey Allgood and Michelle Duax of Savage have organized the Sisterhood of Savage, a team of people who train, raise donations and support each other for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk.

By Nancy Huddleston, Editor

You know the house in your neighborhood – the one where the landscaping is starting to look overgrown, the lawn is browning and sprouting weeds under the hot summer sun and there may or may not be a for sale sign in the front yard.

It could be one of a growing number of foreclosed homes on the market that are just sitting there.

In 2007, there were 96 such homes in Savage, compared with 48 in 2006 and 24 in 2005. Statistics from this year aren’t available because homes are not put on the list until they are vacant, but Building Official Jay Scherer says the number is growing.

By Shawn Hogendorf, Correspondent

A 38-year-old Burnsville man who allegedly fled the scene of an accident near Southcross Drive and County Road 42 in Burnsville on July 29 has been charged with assaulting a Savage police officer.

By Savage Pacer, Staff Reports

None of the three school districts that draw students from Savage made the grade this year in terms of Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) towards the goals set by the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) act.

For Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District 191 this is the fifth year the district has not made AYP. For Prior Lake-Savage Area School District 719 and Shakopee School District 720, the districts have missed AYP four of the five years statistics have been kept.

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