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Genesis Jazz Orchestra to be featured on Twin Cities jazz station
The Genesis Jazz Orchestra, an ensemble of the Rosemount Community Band, will be featured on the "Twin Cities Weekend" radio program, to be broadcast on KBEM-FM (88.5 FM) Minneapolis and streamed at www.jazz88.fm Monday, April 25, at 8:20 p.m. and…
Eastview to stage Bravo’s 25th anniversary
Through the last two weekends of April, Eastview’s Bravo will be having its 25th anniversary show “The Best of Bravo.” This will include 100-plus student performers, dancers, a jazz ensemble, and a children's chorus. There will be “dazzling costumes and a set list that is sure to please every audience member,” the directors say.
Track and field: State champion Rosemount teams return talent
Three-class debut brings changes to state meet schedule. Sara Hatleli doesn’t have to look long or far to find a Rosemount track and field athlete to help. The Irish have 130 out for the girls team, the most in Hatleli’s tenure as head coach.
A party every day: Lakeville students bring the musical ‘Grease’ to the stage
It will be back to the '50s at Lakeville South High School the next two weekends, as performing arts students present the musical “Grease.”. The fictional story of Rydell High School’s Sandy and Danny and their star-crossed romance is one famously reproduced in the 1978 motion picture but has since been reworked for the stage.
Boys lacrosse: Fewer teams in SSC, but talent remains
Three from league ranked in preseason top 10 The worst of the COVID-19 pandemic might be in the past for high school athletics, but its effects still are being felt. In the South Suburban Conference, it hit lacrosse hard, with declining participation requiring several co-op varsity programs to be formed since 2021. That includes the league’s first boys lacrosse co-op. Eastview and Apple Valley will compete as a combined team...
Girls lacrosse: SSC teams top preseason poll
South, Rosemount chase defending champ Prior Lake Preseason rankings are largely influenced by the previous year’s results. But it’s difficult not to notice something the top three teams in the state girls lacrosse poll have in common: They’re from the same conference. Prior Lake, Lakeville South and Rosemount held the top three spots in the poll, duplicating their order of finish in the 2021 state tournament when Prior Lake defeated...
Panthers back to routine, which they hope includes playoff run
Boys lacrosse team ranked seventh in preseason state poll Matt Stonestrom described what he had just seen on the lacrosse field as a little chaotic, but it’s nothing like where Lakeville North and other teams were a year ago. At that time, high school boys and girls teams were returning to the field after the COVID-19 outbreak canceled the 2020 season. There were relatively few returning players with varsity experience,...
Irish impressive in girls lacrosse opener
Tough schedule requires continued improvement The temperature had barely squeaked past freezing when Rosemount took to the field for its girls lacrosse season opener Saturday afternoon. So the Irish attacked the Bloomington Jefferson goal as if there was a heat lamp inside. Rosemount found the net early and often in a 16-2 victory at Irish Stadium. Coach Kelsey Long called it a good start but added the Irish will expect...
Brockway Plant 8 lives on in Burnsville man’s memory
Jacobs preserves company history, a career in glass industry It was April 1961, and the race was on. Lew Gayner, manager of the brand-new Brockway Glass Co. plant in Rosemount, wanted bragging rights to Minnesota’s first glass container plant. That meant starting production before American Can, which was opening a plant in Shakopee. “So we had a 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. staff meeting every day, with notebooks — just...
Another golden moment for Gable Steveson
With Olympic medal around his neck, champion greets crowd of fans, family at airport A crowd gathered near an arrival gate Sunday at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, waiting to greet Gable Steveson as if he were a conquering hero. Because to them, that’s exactly what he is. Steveson emerged through the doors with an Olympic...
Good day for a parade
Photo by Andy Rogers Residents lined 145th Street in Rosemount on July 24 for the Grand Day Parade. The parade featured area businesses, athletic leagues, nonprofits, churches, city officials, cheerleaders, clowns, seniors and the Rosemount High School marching band.
Rich Valley Golf Course could become warehouse, office park
Planning Commission reviews zoning change Rich Valley Golf Course could be home to a warehouse distribution center in the future. Scannell Properties has entered into an agreement to purchase the property, according to documents shared with the Rosemount Planning Commission during its meeting Tuesday. The company intends to redevelop the golf course into a 160-acre business park. ...
Fans are back for Viking training camp
Thousands expected to visit Eagan When the 2021 U.S. Bank Vikings Training Camp kicked off Wednesday in Eagan, fans greeted the team with a round of cheers for the first time since 2019. Last year, training camp was closed to the public due to COVID-19, and for many home games, the stands were basically empty at U.S. Bank Stadium. ...
It’s bronze for Smith in 100 backstroke
Lakeville native wins medal in her first Olympic final The pressure’s off. Everybody who attended an Olympic swimming watch party at Paul and Bonnie Smith’s Lakeville home Monday noticed the same thing when the Smiths’ daughter Regan emerged from the pool: an immense sense of relief. In a career already filled with awards and accolades,...
‘Hair: The Concert Experience’ coming to Caponi Art Park
A Theatre 55 performance of “Hair: The Concert Experience” is scheduled for July 23–25 the Caponi Art Park Amphitheater in Eagan. “Hair” is a 1968 rock musical focusing on a group of politically active hippies seeking truth, peace, and love while the country is divided over the Vietnam War. The Tribe seeks to find harmony, love, and freedom during to the sexual revolution while rebelling against the war and expectations...
Music helps bring community back together
Community bands prepping for in-person shows again There’s something magical about making music again with friends. A pair of local community bands, Genesis Jazz Orchestra and the Rosemount Community Band, have reunited as if they haven’t missed a beat. Genesis Jazz Orchestra, a 17-piece big-band based in the southeast metro, performed at Mears Park in...
Rasmussen University moving to new Eagan location
Rasmussen University’s Eagan campus is moving in time for the start of fall semester. The new location is at 305 Corporate Center Drive near the corner of I-494 and Pilot Knob Road. It’s about three miles north of the old campus, which is at 3500 Federal Drive near the Pilot Knob exit along I-35E. Rasmussen University will take up two floors of the five-story office building. ...
Eagan Ambassadors crowned
Eagan’s July 4th Funfest held its annual Ambassador Coronation on July 12 at the Eagan Community Center to acknowledge outgoing 2019-2021 Ambassadors and announce the new 2021-2022 Ambassadors. The new Ambassador family includes ambassadors Sarah Daley and Emma Molina, and junior ambassadors Alexis Sell and Emily Kile. During the ceremony, attendees learned more about the six ambassador candidates for 2021-22. Each participated in several events leading up to the coronation....
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