Saturday, May 18, 2013
Abigail Alt was voted in 4-1 on Thursday night.
The Burnsville School Board has a full complement once again. Thursday night, the Board of Education chose Abigail Alt to fill the the vacancy left by Paula Teiken, who resigned in early March due to an impending move. The Board opted to appoint a replacement, as they did when former Board Member Gail Morrison left in June 2011, rather than going to the expense of an off-year election. Nine people went out for the seat, though one of the candidates, Bob John, dropped out at the last minute. Alt, a Burnsville woman and mother of two, was chosen after two rounds of voting. The second and third runner up for the spot were Scott Hume and Bill Streff, respectively. "I was thrilled and very honored. It's a big responsibility serving the board…
Clifford Peter Gessner, 76, allegedly asked a waitress "if God would forgive him" if he shot those bellied up to the bar at JR's Bar & Grill.
A 76-year-old Eagan man faces a felony charge after he allegedly threatened shoot up a local brew-and-burger joint. Clifford Peter Gessner was arrest for making terroristic threats after an incident at JR's Bar & Grill. The charge is a felony which carries up to five years in jail and a $10,000 fine. The Burnsville Police Department was called to the restaurant just before 10 p.m. on the night of May 5. Another patron told officers that Gessner confided that he wanted to shoot the man who had "run off with Gessner's ex-wife." Over the course of the evening, Gessner became angrier and angrier, the man said, and he began talking about shooting the people at the bar. A waitress at JR's told police that Gessner asked if she thought "God would …
About 6,500 fans turned out for the track's opening day, in spite of cloudy, cold weather.
The track was sloppy and they sky was gray, but the competition was fierce during the opening day of Canterbury Park's 2013 season. The first race went to Band of Silence, but one of Shakopee's own, Polar Plunge, won the biggest purse of the night, the $50,000 Lady Slipper Stakes. The 5-year-old racing horse is owned by local Camelia Casby of Shakopee. Under jockey Juan Rivera, Polar Plunge covered six furlongs in 1:11.58, beating out Happy Hour Honey and Hidden Gold. The win brings the mare's career total to $155,932. According to the track, 6,478 fans turned out to cheer her on, a modest attendance figure that track officials attributed to rainy, cold conditions. Nevertheless, Canterbury officials are expecting a brisk season for 2013, …
Friday, May 17, 2013
If you draw the Powerball winning numbers in Saturday’s lottery, you could score $600 million, or a $376.9 million one-time payout. Significantly more than the already staggering $229 million jackpot won by a Burnsville couple in 2011.
Powerball results were watched closely Wednesday when the jackpot was $363 million. After no one picked all six winning numbers, the new Powerball prize for the Saturday, May 18 drawing is now $600 million. That's more than twice the $229 million jackpot won by a Burnsville couple in 2011. The one-time cash payout of Saturday's drawing is estimated at $376.9 million. Tickets are $2 and the game is played in Wisconsin and 42 other states, including Florida, Texas, California and New York. You can buy tickets until 9 p.m. CST for the 9:59 p.m. drawing. Buy tickets online here, or search for a local retailer. The largest Powerball Jackpot cash payout to date was $384 million and was won on Nov. 28, 2012, in Arizona and Missouri. Wonder what …
The city is planning a full slate of activities for its annual "I Love Burnsville" week.
Editor's note: The following is a press release from the city of Burnsville. If the Beatles were right, and “Love” is all you need, then the sixth-annual I Love Burnsville Week celebration is just the ticket! With events for everyone in the family, I Love Burnsville Week is the perfect opportunity for Burnsville friends, families and neighbors to express their love for their community. Saturday, June 1 I Love Burnsville 5K Burnsville is hosting a 5K as part of the annual SORR Ground Pounders Grand Prix Running Race. The I Love Burnsville 5K race will start and finish at Nicollet Commons Park. Awards will be presented to the top three male and female finishers in the following age categories: 8 and under, 9-11, 12-14, 15-19, 20-29, 30-39, …
The county is holding an open house on May 28 to discuss the planned greenway that would pass through Burnsville.
Lakeville will host an open house later this month to give the public a chance to weigh in on plans for the Lake Marion-South Creek Greenway that would pass through Burnsville. The draft master plan for the greenway has it starting at the Minnesota River in Burnsville and traveling 20 miles, past Lake Marion in Lakeville, ending at Rambling River Park in Farmington The open house, the final stage of the year-long master planning process, will be held at 5:30 p.m. May 28 at the Lakeville Water Treatment Facility (18400 Ipava Ave.). “The county has made a lot of progress in both greenway construction and planning for new greenway corridors over the last 5 years,” John Mertens, project manager for Dakota County, said in a statement in January…
The local wedding industry is preparing for a flurry of same-sex weddings after the bill takes effect on Aug. 1.
Amy Zellmer wasted no time after the same-sex marriage bill passed the senate on Monday. The owner of Custom Creations Photography in Shakopee posted a jubilant blog post, then pledged to shoot one couple's same-sex wedding completely gratis. For Zellmer, the issue is deeply personal. Her own beloved sister has been in a committed relationship with another woman for 17 years and Zellmer would like nothing more than to see the two get hitched. "It's time," Zellmer said of the passage of the bill, which was signed by Gov. Mark Dayton on Tuesday. "This is very exciting." Evidently, others in the industry are enthusiastic as well. Zellmer posted her LGBT giveaway offer on Monday night. The next morning, a host of other vendors had contacted …
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Timothy Falkenberg, 46, and Rochelle Falkenberg, 42, face three tax felonies each.
The owners of a defunct pizza parlor in Savage could face prison time and fines for failing to give the State of Minnesota its due. On Thursday, the Minnesota Department of Revenue announced that charges had been filed against the owners of Paradise Pizza—Timothy Falkenberg, 46, and 42-year-old Rochelle Falkenberg. The two face three tax felonies each: One count of failing to pay sales and use tax, one count of failing to file sales and use tax returns, and one charge of making sales after revocation their sales tax permit. Each charge carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. The Scott County Attorney’s Office filed a criminal complaint against the pair in January. According to the complaint, the two filed …
Find movie reviews and showtimes for theaters in the south metro.
Editor's Note: All reviews and information aggregated from Moviefone and RottenTomatoes. Want to catch a movie this weekend? Here is Patch's roundup of movies playing at the three theaters in the south metro: Burnsville's Paragon Odyssey 15, Marcus Rosemount Cinema, Apple Valley’s Carmike Cinema and Great Clips IMAX Theatre at the Minnesota Zoo. Star Trek into Darkness One sentence plot: When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. Rotten Tomatoes viewer score: 89 Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 86 Reviews: "Abrams boldly goes into Star Trek Into Darkness, and …
Here's the story of Marlene Konkoly, who found creative ways to spend less and save more so she can retire at 50. This story is the first in our series about Extreme Savers.
Americans may be living longer, but our retirement plans aren’t keeping up. Which means people are living longer with smaller bank accounts. But Marlene Konkoly will retire at age 50. How did she do it? She contributes a whopping 45 percent of the gross annual income she earns as a procurement officer for an automotive finance company to her retirement—all while owning a home and remaining debt-free. Konkoly is actually well ahead of the retirement savings curve compared to many of her fellow Americans. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, fewer than half of Americans even know how much money they would need to retire. And nearly a third of employees who had access to a defined contribution plan such as a 401(k) did not participate …
Clare Kennedy
12:27 pm on Friday, May 17, 2013
Oh come on. There are plenty of wedding giveaways for straight people. One of my own friends, who is straight, won a free wedding photography package too, which, by the way, wasn't available to gay couples. It isn't discrimination to offer a giveaway to a specific group of people: There are lots of giveaways aimed just at new moms or only at women. It would be discrimination if this photographer … more ›