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Wolves on Isle Royale declined 21 percent over the past year due in part to "toxic" inbreeding and battles between packs, while moose on the island continue to feel the effects of a warming climate. That's according to a report released Wednesday from the 52nd annual study of the...

Hastings Middle School was locked down Monday morning from 10:30 a.m. to a little after noon following an incident involving a student with a handgun. Police were called to the school on a report of a male student who had displayed a handgun in the doorway of a classroom on the second...

To the editor, I have watched in dismay and disbelief as our state legislators, including Phil Sterner, 37B House Representative, have ignored basic economic principles in continuing to run up our state's deficit with unsustainable spending. The most recent example of this is the...

In an effort to provide more ways to report issues on city property the Rosemount Public Works department has added an online form to report things like potholes or graffiti. While the system is simple in nature, city staff hopes residents will use the form to report non-emergency...

With $13,000 per person in federal funding on the line, the Minnesota 2010 Census organizers are gearing up for next month's Census distribution. The Census is nothing new -- it's been around since 1790, and is taken every 10 years. But in Minnesota, this year's Census is particularly...

Total juvenile crime numbers in Dakota County decreased slightly the same in 2009, while the number of felony level juvenile offenders charged decreased 10 percent - from 260 in 2008 to 233 in 2009. The annual report of juvenile prosecutions handled by Dakota County Attorney James...

It's been a long time coming for the Rosemount girls basketball team. The Irish's success during the non-conference portion of the schedule has been well documented. They also started 1-1 in Lake Conference action. Since beating Chaska on Jan. 8, it's been a long dry spell. Rosemount...

All season long, Rosemount wrestling coach Brett Larson has dealt with the reality of his team's situation this year. Larson wasn't interested in making excuses and didn't want to sugar coat the results. Rosemount knew it was shorthanded this year, having to forfeit two weight classes...

Recovery efforts are ongoing for the people of Haiti who were devastated by an earthquake Jan. 12. Hundreds of thousands of people were injured during the earthquake that struck the island nation and for some of them getting the medical supplies they need has been a long time coming. To...

With boxes and jars filled with nickels and dimes, Rosemount Elementary School students have raised $3,000 to go toward American Red Cross relief efforts in Haiti. That's a result that goes well beyond the modest goals ESL teacher Mia Olsen had when she first thought to organize...

A 25-year-old Rosemount man might have made a bad situation worse last August when Rosemount police came to escort him out of a house where he was no longer welcome. Police responded Aug. 25 to a report of a fight between two men at a Rosemount home. According to a complaint filed...