Stillwater, Minnesota

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• Stillwater / Lift Bridge's future subject of meeting
  

  An open house on plans for the Stillwater Lift Bridge will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Stillwater Junior High School.

• Lake St. Croix Beach, Stillwater police calls
  

  Theft: A man called Dec. 12 to report a theft from his home in the 16000 block of Upper 12th Street South.

• Teens allegedly robbed at gunpoint in Stillwater
  

  Two Woodbury teenagers were allegedly robbed by gunpoint Saturday evening while sitting in their car in a Stillwater church parking lot.

• Ollie's adventure; cat makes his way from Stillwater florist to Bayport and back again
  

  Gazette photo by Andrew Wallmeyer Rose Floral owner Larry Rose holds Ollie, the store cat that went missing for two weeks only to turn up at the Bayport home of Ralph and Viola Rothe.

• Stillwater / Suspects sought in parking-lot robbery
  

  Stillwater police are searching for three teens believed involved in an armed robbery Saturday night in the parking lot of First United Methodist Church.

• Public invited to learn about plans for Stillwater Lift Bridge
  

  The public will get a chance to learn about plans for the Stillwater Lift Bridge during an open house meeting Thursday at the Stillwater Junior High School.

• Stillwater man dies from apparent self-inflicted gunshot
  

  A 60-year-old Stillwater man died from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot to the head.

• Liberty neighborhood says goodbye to stop signs
  

  It takes a little less time to drive through Stillwater's Liberty on the Lake neighborhood now that the city's public works department removed two temporary stop signs.

• Valley had an uneventful New Year, police say
  

  Warnings about increased DWI enforcement during New Year's Eve apparently paid dividends during the holiday as local law enforcement agencies reported low arrest numbers across the board.

• Stillwater nursing home faces suit over death
  

  A Stillwater nursing home is facing a wrongful death suit that alleges it did not properly care for a resident with dementia who died of dehydration and pneumonia in January 2007.

• Governor's budget cuts hit local cities hard
  

  Cut, freeze, and trim are among the most common words coming from the mouths of city administrators as they roll into the New Year.

• Golden LivingCenter says lawsuit over man's death misrepresented complex condition
  

  A Stillwater nursing home issued a statement Wednesday saying a lawsuit did not "accurately describe the complexity" of Dean Cole's condition.

• Minnesota Zephyr: One last run: As the Minnesota Zephyr goes for its...
  

  Minnesota Zephyr: One last run: As the Minnesota Zephyr goes for its final spin, Stillwater leaders work to recast the city's tourism image.

• Stillwater nursing home sued in man's dehydration death
  

  A 71-year-old man died of thirst while in a Stillwater nursing home, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court in Minneapolis.

• Fredericks: Let's connect Stillwater police with area youth
  

  The new Stillwater City Council members elected this fall will hopefully shed a new light on the "housekeeping" facing our town.

• Valley voices: Stillwater lawyer works pro bono for I-35W bridge collapse victims
  

  Gazette photo by Steve Morris Stillwater attorney Thomas Weidner is working with the Bridge Consortium, a group of 18 lawyers across the state who are representing victims of the I-35W bridge collapse for free.

• Hugunin: 139 years of history come to an end in Todd County
  

  Maxime Pepin and his wife Marie Blais came to Swanville in Todd County, Minn., in 1869.

• Letter: Bring the marathon, and I'll shop downtown
  

  As a resident of Stillwater, I do not spend more than a few hours a year in downtown Stillwater as there is just not that much here that draws my interest.

• A changing of the guard downtown
  

  Two iconic buildings and several Main Street businesses have changed hands and directions during the past 12 months, with one venture closing altogether, in a year that has produced a slightly different ...

City Description

Stillwater is a city in Washington County, Minnesota, directly across the St. Croix River from the state of Wisconsin. The population was 15,143 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Washington County. Stillwater is part of the Twin Cities Metro Area. Stillwater is notable for its antiquarian bookstores, being a book town. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 7.3 square miles (18.9 km²), of which, 6.5 square miles (16.8 km²) of it is land and 0.8 square miles (2.1 km²) of it (11.37%) is water. State Highways 36, 95, and 96 are three of the main routes in the community. Stillwater receives an average snowfall of 42". Average rainfall is 24". Each year has an average of 14 days above 90 degrees Fahrenheit. On July 29 and September 29, 1837, treaties were signed between the US government and the local Ojibwa and Dakota nations that allowed settlement in the St. Croix Valley. The town was founded by settlers drawn by the area's then-abundant lumber and river traffic, making it one of Minnesota's oldest towns, predating Minneapolis by several years. Stillwater was officially incorporated as a city March 4, 1854 (the same day as St.

City Contained By:

• Washington County
• Minnesota

Timezones:

• Central Time zone

Size:

• 23.309892993 km squared

City Featured in Films:

• Beautiful Girls
• Grumpy Old Men
• Fargo
• The Cure
• Grumpier Old Men
• Overnight Delivery

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