Jordan, Minnesota

November is only a couple months old, but the pledges of election season are already promises of a bygone era - before the $5.27 billion deficit.

The Minneapolis City Council signed today a resolution calling for President-elect Barack Obama to ban torture and added torture to the list of things for which the city lobbies the federal government.

Moving into the top 10 is usually a good thing, except when it comes to the Citizens League annual property tax review.

Most south-of-the-river cities are in major cutting mode as budgets and tax rates are finalized this month.

Sheila Kay Koberoski, daughter of Lyle and Mary McGowan, was born March 30, 1942, in Mankato.

Submitted by Mathias Baden on November 14, 2008 - 1:41pm. Mark Weber reports: The president of Southwest Newspapers has announced his retirement from the company he organized and led for the past 35 years.

Under pressure from local food advocates concerned that a new plan for the county's future would mean paving much of it over, Scott County planners are considering an innovative approach to saving big pockets ...

Although a bit of funding adjustments were necessary, the Johnson Park Stream Bank Restoration Project continues along the Crow River near downtown Watertown.

In a decision that sends reverberations all across southern Scott County, Wal-Mart has decided against building a controversial new supercenter in New Prague.

Associated Press Cows graze on an organic dairy farm in Jordan, Minn. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has recently issued draft rules for organic milk that would require that the cows be on pasture at least ...

Cub Foods cut the ribbon on a 42,000-square-foot store in Eagan, Minn., that has a significantly smaller footprint than its average 68,000-square-footer. The new store is designed to look and feel like a local ...

The store is part of the city ? s new Diffley Marketplace complex. This is the second Cub Foods to serve the Eagan community.

Food shelf shortage: 'Not nearly enough' 11/13/2008 By Mike Jordan 'If we were to do the Christmas food baskets today, we could not do them.

It was a spring like many other springs. Floods ravaged the roads and bridges in Shakopee and Jordan, and the best way to get to a job west of town was to go south to Belle Plaine, cross the Minnesota River, ...

Carol Clements took this photo of the Cooks Valley countryside from a hot air balloon last Tuesday.

Submitted by bucky on October 20, 2008 - 1:06pm. Hello and welcome to Just one vote for Jordan! My name is David Hanson and I'm one of our City Councilman.

Submitted by Mathias Baden on October 14, 2008 - 1:00pm. >> Read similar stories filed under: Today's Topic What do you like about Scott County's 2030 comprehesive plan? What do you dislike.

The United South Central girlsa tennis team sent its No. 1 doubles team and No. 2 singles player through to the semifinal round Monday at Gustavus Adolphus Collge in the first day of the section 2AA individual ...

An annual silent auction and dinner event is the main fundraiser for Southern Valley Alliance for Battered Women.