Deal with the real issues

Our forefathers never expected the city of Prior Lake to use eminent domain to take property (that wasn’t used for roads, etc.) from a private citizen who owns a building in Prior Lake. Yet this is exactly what they plan to do.

From readers

HELP APPRECIATED

By Jonathan Cohen 

By Lori Carlson, Editor 

The YMCA scheduled for construction beginning this summer in Prior Lake will bring more than just another workout facility to the area, representatives of the organization say.

The groundbreaking ceremony for the International Peace Poles Site is set for 3 p.m. Thursday, May 22 at Prior Lake High School, 7575 150th St., Savage.

Sophomore Zach Muench designed a garden area near the student entrance that will serve as the setting for the poles. Muench will plant and maintain the garden as part of an Eagle Scout project.

By Shawn Hogendorf, Staff Writer 

Two businesses failed the tobacco compliance checks police conducted on 15 businesses that sell tobacco within the city of Prior Lake and on the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux reservation May 7.

The Prior Lake Police Department responded to the following incidents between May 7 and 14. This is not a comprehensive list of all incidents to which the department responded.

Accidents

The Prior Lake Fire Department responded to the following fire and medical calls from May 4 to May 10:

Sunday, May 4

Firefighters responded to:

Kes

James and Holly Kes of Shakopee announce the birth of their daughter, Kendra Lynn, at 6:20 p.m. April 26, 2008 at St. Francis Regional Medical Center in Shakopee.

She weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces and was 21 inches long. She has blue eyes and black hair.