By Shawn Hogendorf, Staff Writer 

Formal charges are pending against five area juveniles in connection with several incidents of property damage, theft and burglaries that occurred at the construction site of the new water treatment facility from early June to late July.

Firefighters put out a barn fire that started at about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 4000 block of 190th Street in Spring Lake Township.

A wood boiler used to heat the barn appears to be the cause of the fire, Fire Chief Doug Hartman said.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released bank crime statistics for the second quarter of calendar year 2008 today.

Between April 1, 2008 and June 30, 2008, there were 1,406 robberies of financial institutions that include commercial banks, mutual savings banks, savings and loan associations, and credit unions, as well as 28 burglaries and nine larcenies.

Firefighters responded to a house fire in the 14900 block of Highland Court at about 12:41 a.m. Tuesday.

The Prior Lake Fire Department responded to the following fire and medical calls from Nov. 9 to 15: 

Sunday, Nov. 9

Firefighters were canceled to a fire call in the 16000 block of Kildeer Lane.

By Lori Carlson, Editor 

Prior Lake City Manager Frank Boyles will get a 2½-percent raise in salary next year, under an agreement approved by the City Council on Monday.

The raise is a half percent less than the increase all other city employees received for 2008.

By Shawn Hogendorf, Staff Writer

An 18-year-old Minneapolis man was arrested after he allegedly pulled a gun, cocked it and pointed it at a father and son who confronted the man about money he stole in the parking lot of the Tiowakan Spiritual Center on the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux reservation on Nov. 13.

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Firefighters responded to a house fire in the 14900 block of Highland Court at about 12:45 a.m. Tuesday.

No one was injured, but a family dog died as a result of a fire, Prior Lake Fire Chief Doug Hartman said.

The fire is believed to have started on the back porch of the home and spread into the home.