Rosemount

The city of Rosemount announced that mechanic Bill Murphy has been named the City of Rosemount’s 2013 Employee of the Year for his service to the organization and the community it serves. “Bill is very deserving of this year’s Employee of the Year Award,” said Public Works...

A 20-year-old Michigan man has pled guilty to third degree felony criminal sexual conduct after he allegedly drove to Rosemount and had sex with an underage girl he met online this past summer. Zachary Gene Johnson was sentenced to 180 days in jail for the crime. He has been credited...

Dakota County Technical College Interim President Tim Wynes received the Mark McAfee Friend of Workforce Development Award at the Dakota-Scott Workforce Investment Board’s (WIB) annual legislative and awards event Dec. 13 at the Eagan Community Center. According to a press...

Drivers education teaches young drivers how operate a vehicle. The classes don’t often spend a lot of time on what to do when things go wrong, though. That’s where Tire Rack Street Survival hopes to fill in the gaps. The program, which locally is put on by the North Star...

Elsewhere in this edition of the Independent Town Pages there is a story about STRIVE, a Rotary-run mentorship program that pairs adults with high school seniors who are at risk of missing graduation. The program’s name is an acronym for Students Taking Renewed Interest Valuing...

The Rotary Club of Rosemount has presented the Rosemount High School Marching Band with a check for $500 to support its trip to the 2014 Tournament of Roses Parade. “Our club was so proud to learn of the invitation the Rosemount High School marching band received to perform...

Les and Anne Aune of Rosemount are pleased to announce the marriage of their daughter, Ruth Marie Aune, to Brian William Lenker, son of Tim and Mary Lenker of Eden Prairie. The couple was married at Evergreen Community Church in Lakeville. A reception followed at the...

This time last year, unseasonably warm temperatures left a big question mark on the outdoor ice rink schedule in Farmington and Rosemount. The warm weather made it hard for parks personnel to pour hard ice, but that’s not the case this year. Farmington’s two outdoor hockey...

A Conservation Partners Legacy grant of $198,000 will help to restore prairie and woodlands on 88 acres in the Spring Lake Park Reserve in Rosemount. The 2008 Minnesota Constitutional Legacy Amendment increases state sales tax and dedicated new revenue to natural resources,...

Rosemount High School has a strong theater program. Other than that, though, there are limited opportunities for young people in town to get involved in theater. That’s something the Rosemount Area Arts Council has long looked at solving. Starting in January, RAAC will launch...

Minnesota has some urgent transportation needs. The Hwy. 52/CR 42 interchange in Rosemount is well known for being dangerous, but funding to improve the intersection has been put off for more than 20 years. Mayor Bill Droste finds that unacceptable. “Transportation is...

The Rosemount girls basketball team went from “energetic” to “stagnant” in a span of one day last week. After routing Bloomington Kennedy 71-36 in their South Suburban Conference opener last Thursday at Irish Gym, the Irish were on the other end of a 63-41 loss Friday...

The Rosemount gymnastics team picked up right where it left off last season in last Tuesday’s South Suburban Conference opener. The Irish began defense of their undefeated league title by topping Lakeville South, 136.975-126.725. The Irish JV also defeated the Cougars, scoring...