Shakopee

It’s a sad beginning to the new school year for some students, staff and parents. Former Zumbrota-Mazeppa Superintendent Gary Anger has died.

When I was a kid, within 10 miles of my parent's house in the cities there were about 10 bowling alleys. People liked the fun, drinks were cheap and the food was usually pretty good and it was a cheap way to have fun. Now I think there are 1 or two left.

At least four women were killed in traffic wrecks in Minnesota Wednesday.

An 18-year-old student from Shakopee High School was arrested in a case of an alleged sexual assault on a female student. The student reportedly led the female student by the wrist into a locker room during school hours and then assaulted her, according to Police Chief Jeff Tate...

The 46th edition of the Renaissance Festival is getting underway in Shakopee this weekend. Fun, food and merriment for all ages. The Minnesota Renaissance Festival began its journey in September 1971 on a 22-acre field in Jonathan, Minn...

I was at Valleyfair shortly after it opened in 1976. And was there a few times since. When I could do fast, spinning, hair-raising rides, one of the ones I did at the park was The Enterprise. Named after the U.S.S. Enterprise on Star Trek, it spins you around faster and faster and lifts you up and spins for 90 seconds as it tilts on its axis until perpendicular with the ground...

The son of one of two people found dead in Shakopee was a suspect; he was found dead in a Waseca home after a standoff with police. Police say the victims, 68-year-old Terry Weimer and 67-year-old Renee Ahrens died from apparent blunt force trauma in their home on Dakota Street South in Shakopee earlier today...