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Chuck Brooks' column: Summers get expensive when you're a teacher
Each week, when I finish a column and send it to the paper, I begin to think about my next topic for the upcoming week. To be honest, I’m often at a loss as to what the topic will be until I begin to write. Unless there’s an event coming up like last week’s column about the...
opinion / columns4 hours 28 min ago
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July 25, 2014
Large crowd, hot weather welcome new splash pad
In managing Rosemount’s parks, the city aims to have a diverse system with features for people of all ages. By adding a splash pad, the Rosemount City Council was thinking of its youngest residents. “It’s a popular feature in a lot of other communities and we are excited...
news22 hours 10 min ago
Andrea Langworthy's column: Adventure awaits
Until last May, when I called my daughter to wish her a happy birthday, I thought I was going to be 66 this year. But when I said something to my firstborn about her being four years away from 50, she said, “No, Mom, I’m 47. Twenty years younger than you’ll be.” Yikes! ...
opinion / columnsJuly 25, 2014 - 8:00am
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Nathan Hansen's column: A missed career opportunity
I played a lot of video games in my younger life, by which I mean everything up until late last year. I started playing in the days of the original Nintendo Entertainment System and the Sega Master System, when getting immersed in a game mostly meant convincing yourself that...
opinion / columnsJuly 25, 2014 - 8:00am
July 24, 2014
Sweet responsibility
As part of God’s creation, Fr. Paul Jarvis believes people have a responsibility to be good stewards of the environment. Presently, a vital member of that environment is in trouble. Colony Collapse Disorder has caused the mysterious decline of honeybees in the United States....
newsJuly 24, 2014 - 3:53pm
Pitching carries Pipers over Dogs
The Rosemount Pipers came up just short in a pair of pitcher’s duels Sunday at Dakota County Technical College. The Burnsville Bulldogs’ pitching staff allowed just 12 hits over 14 innings on a sweltering day at Ames Field and came away with a doubleheader sweep, edging...
sports / amateurJuly 24, 2014 - 1:20pm
354 make Run for the Gold
The familiar faces of Rosemount High School’s former and current distance running standouts once again emerged at the front of the pack at Saturday morning’s 28th-annual Run for the Gold. Rosemount alum Trevor Capra, an all-state cross country runner for the Irish, topped the...
sportsJuly 24, 2014 - 1:17pm
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Looking back: Rosemount's new Civil Air Patrol was chartered this week in 1964
50 years ago From the July 23, 1964 edition of the Dakota County Tribune $790,000 school issue defeated 899 to 342 Farmington School District voters defeated the bond issue proposal by a vote of 899 to 342, Tuesday, in very heavy voting. A total of 1,243 ballots...
newsJuly 24, 2014 - 12:58pm
Legion will host public event featuring music and motorcycles
The 34th Infantry Band wanted to play outdoors, so a band representative asked the Rosemount American Legion if they could perform on their patio. The request got the wheels turning and Jackie Edman took over planning a communitywide event. Now the Rosemount American Legion...
newsJuly 24, 2014 - 12:50pm
Residents angry over proposed housing development
A proposed development in north Rosemount was not well received by neighbors at a Rosemount Planning Commission meeting Tuesday night. The planning commission held a public hearing on a series of requests from Friedges Excavating for a luxury housing development that would be...
newsJuly 24, 2014 - 12:48pm
Rosemount police report: July 14 to July 20
July 14 DWI, 145th St. E. and Clayton Ave. Property damage, 10 block of Dodd Rd. Fraud, 15800 block of Cinnamon Way Warrant, I-35 E. and I-494 Fire violation, 4000 block of Dakota Dr. Restraining order violation, 15300 block of Chili Ct. Property damage accident, 150th...
news / crime and courtsJuly 24, 2014 - 12:34pm
New officer brings a wealth of experience
Katie Ruesink worked as a paramedic for HealthEast for nine years. It was a satisfying job and she was good at it. In 2013, she was named the Outstanding EMS Provider Award by the Dakota County EMS Council. Still, what Ruesink really wanted was to work in law enforcement. She...
news / crime and courtsJuly 24, 2014 - 12:25pm
Restored prairie takes shape
When work started on the Rosemount Wildlife Preserve, the task was big. A hay field had to be turned into a natural prairie and a buckthorn-riddled oak forest had to be cleaned out. “The buckthorn was so dense you couldn’t walk through,” said Karen Schik, restoration ecologist...
news / regionJuly 24, 2014 - 11:55am
July 22, 2014
Outreach begins for new Methodist church
It’s a good thing Nate Larson likes meeting new people, because he’s going to do a lot of it in the weeks and months ahead. Larson started work this month at as a qualified lay-person at Rosemount United Methodist Church for the church’s outreach to the Farmington and...
newsJuly 22, 2014 - 9:20am
July 21, 2014
Fire truck pull was a success
The first time Jason Waage decided he wanted to pull a truck he was 17 years old and just getting into weightlifting. He was a big fan of the World’s Strongest Man competitions broadcast on ESPN, and one day on a family trip to Tennessee, he told his dad he’d like to pull something...
newsJuly 21, 2014 - 4:58pm
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