Apple Valley's longest serving mayor prepares for move to County Board | Apple Valley
Apple Valley Mayor Mary Hamann-Roland says she never pictured herself getting into politics. That changed in the early 1990s when the mother of four was elected to serve on the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School Board, a position she would hold for six years. Her desire to become involved was borne through a desire to make sure the district she and her late husband, Tim, had chosen for educating their children would continue to the kind of district it had been. The schools were a reason her family moved to Apple Valley in 1989. Mary Hamann-Roland Her term with the School Board began during a...