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The Shakopee City Council was presented with the 2024 budget and tax levy at its meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 4.

The Minnesota Recreation and Parks Association recently awarded Shakopee Parks and Recreation with the 2022 MRPA Award of Excellence in Programming and Events for the city’s Women’s Water Safety program.

City officials want more information about holding a referendum to pay for improvements at SandVenture.

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A dozen art shows and exhibits will be on display during the First Fridays Artswalk on Friday, Oct. 7 from 5 to 8 , with most art on open for viewing all month...

Revisit the award-winning, breathtaking true story behind one soldier's last trip home: The Things That Carried Him, by Chris Jones

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — There will be brand new indoor art shows during the First Fridays Artswalk on Friday, Nov. 5, from 5 to 8 pm.    Download the Downtown Pittsfield app in...

Police Chief Michael Wynn marches in the procession to Durant Park in June. The chief says he is committed to working with community groups to build a more equitable society. PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Pittsfield in 2020 addressed social issues such as police reform, inclusivity, and domestic violence, along with a worldwide pandemic. In June, following weeks of worldwide protests over the deaths of George Floyd in Minneapolis and Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Ky., at the hands of police, Pittsfie...

The phone calls and emails started flooding in before Thanksgiving. People interested in a skating rink in their yard. Nolan Rinta, owner of T-Rex Rinks of Stillwater, who has been building rinks since his college days, hasnt had many days off ever since. "As youth sports were shut down with the governors orders, phone calls and emails really exploded from there. I know all of the manufacturers are really backed up right now. We were lucky that we placed some bulk orders ahead of time," Rinta s...