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Tigers on a tear with 14 straight victories
Farmington baseball on verge of wrapping up SSC championship A slow start is in the distant past for the Farmington baseball team, which won 14 consecutive games and has taken control of the South Suburban Conference race. The Tigers, defending state Class 4A champions, have clinched a share of the conference title. They had a chance to win it outright Wednesday at Rosemount in a game played after this edition...
Timely hitting, defense win for Blaze softball
Burnsville’s softball team ended its regular-season home schedule by holding off Lakeville North 8-7 in a South Suburban Conference game Tuesday afternoon. Tuesday’s victory halted a five-game losing streak for the Blaze, 5-13 overall. The Panthers, state Class 4A tournament qualifiers in 2021, jumped on the Blaze early as they manufactured two runs to take an early lead, but Burnsville immediately hit back. With two outs and Alex Gerber on...
Lakeville Police locate suspect vehicle in hit-and-run; 80-year-old bicyclist taken to hospital
Lakeville Police has located a suspect vehicle in a hit-and-run incident that occurred Sunday at about 7 p.m. when an 80-year-old man riding a bicycle was struck by a vehicle in the 11000 block of 172nd Street West.
Cedar Park Elementary students plant trees for school forest
Cedar Park Elementary students in Apple Valley spent the day planting trees on the school grounds, Friday, May 13. The school has a one-acre DNR school forest, which serves as an outdoor classroom. Kelli Ellickson, science specialist and STEM integrationist, said the space allows students to learn and apply math, art, science, language arts, and social studies while gaining an appreciation and awareness of natural resources. The Cedar Park outdoor classroom boasts a geological garden, climate change tulip test garden, four raised garden beds, a pollinator patch, butterfly nursery, sensory garden, dry prairie, mesic prairie, ephemeral pond, oak savannah, poetry place and an insect hotel. Over the last few years, the school has lost two-thirds of its trees to emerald ash disease. The students built four new “mini forests” including a deciduous forest, coniferous forest, Minnesota biome walk and a global tree walk. The school was assisted by the Tree Trust organization. Each class planted a tree with trained volunteers and the day culminated in a tree celebration and guided walking tour of the newly planted spaces. “I believe our school forest provides students tremendous, immersive, hands on opportunities to explore the natural world first hand and authentically mirror the work real scientists do” Ellickson said.
Making a big splash: Lakeville Area Schools Blanchard Aquatic Center opens
When the doors to Lakeville Area Schools Blanchard Aquatic Center opened for the first time to the public, gasps could be heard from guests during the open house Wednesday. Attendees were greeted by not only a new pool and diving facility at Century Middle School, but an Olympic-sized message displayed on a video wall.
Summer Sensations: Calendar of events for Apple Valley, Burnsville, Eagan, Farmington, Lakeville and Rosemount
In an effort to prevent people from having to use multiple sources to find summer events throughout the six cities in the Sun Thisweek and Dakota County Tribune coverage area, the newspaper staff has compiled this listing.
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