By Shawn Hogendorf, Correspondent 

Avis Johnson, 74, said she was sleeping soundly when she was awoken by a man digging through her dresser drawers. Johnson said when she awoke, she made eye contact with the man, who was wearing a bandana over his face and had “a crazed look in his eye.”

By Nancy Huddleston, Editor

Prosecutors allege that handwritten letters from jail penned by Craigslist murder suspect Michael John Anderson of Savage detail that he tried to hire someone to take responsibility for killing Katherine Ann Olson last fall.

Al Aspengren and Tom Kraft were elected to the Credit River Township Board on Tuesday.

The township conducted a special election for two newly created supervisor seats, approved by voters in the March regular township election.

The Dan Patch American Legion Post 643 in Savage is collecting old worn out flags for proper disposal

Every year on Flag Day (June 14). the Legion has a ceremony retiring the colors that is followed by flag burning, the proper method of disposal. The Legion accepts flags from homes, schools and businesses. Flags may be dropped of at the Legion anytime during business hours.

By Shawn Hogendorf, Staff Writer 

The Dakota County Attorney’s Office filed criminal charges against three people on April 25 in association with the hit-and-run homicide of Carlos Noriega, 22, of Prior Lake.

The 10th annual Summer Theater Workshop will be held at the Prior Lake High auditorium, 7575 150th St., Savage from June 9 to 13. 

Students entering grades seven through nine will meet from 9 to 11:30 a.m. on those dates. Students entering grades three through six will meet from 12:30 to 3 p.m.

The Summer Theater Workshop costs $45 per student. Scholarships are available.

By Keighla Schmidt, Staff Writer 

Sometimes things just fall into your lap.

By Tom Schardin, Staff Writer

Kaila Laumann flings the baton high into the air, does a couple of quick spins, and then catches it effortlessly – as if she’s been doing it for decades.

About 30 minutes ago, State Rep. Mark Buesgens, R-Jordan, tried to make an amendment that would've added the proposal for a Canterbury Park racino to the omnibus agriculture and veterans policy bill (House File 3683).

It was ruled not germaine to the bill and thus not included.

"Perhaps I went about that last amendment the wrong way," Buesgens said on the House floor. "You have to build a bridge to get across the water."

By Shawn Hogendorf, Correspondent 

The Burnsville Police Department have arrested a 19-year-old Faribault man and a 36-year-old Owatonna woman in the hit-and-run homicide that occurred at the Event Center, 1998 Highway 13, in Burnsville on April 5.

The two people are being held in Dakota County Jail.

Any formal charges against the two people arrested must be made by the Dakota County Attorney's Office by noon on Friday, said Burnsville police Sgt. Daniel Carlson.