By Shannon Fiecke, Staff Writer  

When the property value for Ed Chapman’s home along the Minnesota River in rural Jordan kept rising by double digits, he only wanted an explanation.

Chapman mailed a letter to St. Lawrence Township Assessor Leo Anderly to find out what was going on. No one had ever been out to inspect the place, and with fungus growing on the trees and his Cathedral-shaped house in need of recaulking, the assessment seemed
out-of-whack.

By Joanna Miller, Staff Writer

At a Citizens for Accountable Government forum Tuesday, school district representatives met with the group that opposed last year’s referendum.

Grainwood Elementary third-graders spent Monday, Oct. 6, identifying trees with District Naturalist Andrea Swanson.

By Joanna Miller, Staff Writer

The Prior Lake-Savage Area School Board took a hard look at the work it will have ahead if two levy referendum requests fail in November.

By Joanna Miller, Staff Writer

Unlike last year, Citizens for Accountable Government (CAG) is not planning on launching a massive “no” campaign against the levy requests facing voters in the Prior Lake-Savage Area School District in November.

By Joanna Miller, Staff Writer

Some of Prior Lake High School’s biggest football fans won't be in the stands during the homecoming game.

Ball boys and water boys join the players on the sidelines.

By Joanna Miller, Staff Writer

Tears will be shed again this fall in hopes of reaching Prior Lake High School freshmen.

Dorothy Nicholas, a ninth-grade health and physical education teacher, will share her personal story and information about depression and suicide with freshmen.