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Friday, March 22, 2013

Census Data: Where Are Dakota County Residents Going?

A new U.S. Census Bureau map of migration patterns between counties shows Dakota County residents leaving for other Minnesota counties in droves.

Dakota County stole 14 residents from Idaho’s Ada County between 2006 and 2010. Meanwhile, it lost 25 people to Honolulu County in Hawaii during the same time period. A U.S. Census Bureau interactive map that went live Tuesday emphasizes just how far flung movements are between the 384,000-person county and the rest of the country. During the survey period, 7,266 people moved to Dakota County from a different state while 8,772 people moved from here to a different state. Movement wasn’t limited to the United States either. Dakota County had 2,002 people move in from abroad. Of course, migration was biggest within Minnesota—and Dakota County saw almost 10,000 more people leave than come in. The county had 24,404 people move to other …

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

UPDATED: Burnsville-Savage General Election Results 2012

The results are in (mostly): Check out Burnsville Patch's one-stop-shop for results from Burnsville and Savage.

Updated at 1:30 p.m. on Nov. 7 Want to stay up on election results? Below you will find up-to-the-minute election results for races in Burnsville-Savage: Legislative races, city council and mayoral races, county commission and school board. We'll be updating this article as soon as the tallies come in. To find results for the Presidential election, senate race, congressional election and constitutional amendment questions, you can find results on Patch by clicking here: MINNESOTA ELECTION RESULTS: President, U.S. Senate, Congress and the Amendments. STATE SENATE * - Denotes incumbent Senate District 51 (Eagan and Burnsville) Name  Party Total Votes Percentage * Ted Daley Jim Carlson Senate District 56 (Burnsville, Savage and Lakeville) …

Jim Boone

2:47 pm on Monday, November 12, 2012

Lets talk about duplicity. The main theme of the RNC was "We built that", was based on a lie. That comment, spoken by Obama, was a selective misleading edit by Fox News and rinsed and repeated by Romney. Later, in trying to win Ohio, Romney sent out a false ad saying Chrysler was going to outsource jobs to China. Additionally, in another example, at almost every rally, Romney falsely accused …   more ›

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