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Yahoo
16-04-2025
- Business
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Jackpot $1 million lottery ticket sold in Woodbury
Luck was in the air in Woodbury as someone recently won more than $1 million from the Gopher 5. The golden ticket was sold at Kwik Trip on City Centre Drive. According to Minnesota Lottery, the Woodbury Kwik Trip will earn a $5,000 bonus for selling the ticket. The winning numbers drawn Wednesday, April 9, were 5-14-28-39-43 and the total prize was a $1,015,162 jackpot. Gopher 5 tickets cost $1 to play. Jackpots start at $100,000 and grow until won, according to Minnesota Lottery. Though drawings are held for the Gopher 5 every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, the odds of winning the jackpot are one in 1,533,939, according to Minnesota Lottery. Prizes of more than $50,000 are to be claimed in person at Minnesota Lottery headquarters in Roseville. The winning Woodbury Gopher 5 ticket was anonymously claimed Tuesday, according to Minnesota Lottery Public Affairs Director Joan Schimml. Open house set for proposed Maplewood-Woodbury-Afton trail MN robotics teams preparing to compete in the big one: FIRST Championship Work underway on Woodbury's new water treatment plant; traffic impacts expected Woodbury launches a new visitors bureau and website Stillwater schools make leadership changes
Yahoo
14-04-2025
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Lake Elmo assistant principal injured in fight between students
An assistant principal at Oak-Land Middle School in Lake Elmo was taken to the hospital on Friday afternoon after he was assaulted while trying to break up a fight between students during eighth-grade recess, officials said. Assistant Principal Christopher Dunn, 44, was treated at a local hospital and released, officials said. 'An altercation took place between two students and then one of the students assaulted a staff member,' according to the report issued by the Washington County Sheriff's Office. 'I handcuffed the student and then investigated the incident.' The incident, which caused a 25-minute modified lockdown at the school, remains under investigation, police said. It was reported around 12:10 p.m. Friday. In a letter to families, Principal Ann Giardino wrote that 'a physical altercation took place between two students, requiring an immediate response from our administrative team and our School Resource Officer to safely de-escalate the situation.' The school was placed in a 'hold' for 25 minutes 'to ensure the safety of all students and staff,' Giardino wrote. During a hold, students remain in their classrooms and instruction continues without interruption, according to Giardino. A hold might be used if there is a medical emergency in the building or when school officials need to limit traffic in the hallways, according to the district's website. Students remain in their classrooms with doors locked, but classes continue as normal. 'Please know that the safety and well-being of everyone in our school community is always our top priority,' Giardino wrote. Long-awaited Tanners Lake development plan in Oakdale includes apartments, townhomes Open house set for proposed Maplewood-Woodbury-Afton trail At Capitol and Stillwater, a swing to commemorate baseball history MN robotics teams preparing to compete in the big one: FIRST Championship Work underway on Woodbury's new water treatment plant; traffic impacts expected
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13-04-2025
- Business
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Long-awaited Tanners Lake development plan in Oakdale includes apartments, townhomes
The west side of Tanners Lake in Oakdale, formerly the site of two restaurants and a glass-repair company, will soon be home to a 126-unit apartment building and 12 townhomes. The 3.25-acre lakeside project, just east of Century Avenue and north of Hudson Boulevard and Interstate 94, is being developed by McGlynn Partners and Boo Realty. Construction is expected to start soon, said Jim Boo, the owner of Boo Realty. The project includes market-rate apartments and townhomes and a number of public attractions such as a boardwalk, patio, pier launch and lakeside amenity building, Boo said. Key selling points were the area's proximity to the headquarters of 3M Corp. in Maplewood, and the recent opening of the new Metro Gold Line, the $505 million 10-mile bus rapid transit line that runs between Woodbury and St. Paul, Boo said. 'We know there's a need,' Boo said. 'It's a wonderful site with the connectivity and the lakeshore. It feels like what should be there, including the townhouses that are on the thinner piece of land. We tried to blend two different uses. It's taking something that's not performing and turning it into something that should be good for the community. We're very cognizant of the connectivity and the water amenity, and we're excited about it.' City officials have worked for more than 15 years to redevelop the property. Plans for condos, a hotel, medical offices and different restaurants have all previously fallen through, said Andrew Gitzlaff, the city's community development director. 'It feels good to finally get this going,' he said. The two parcels that make up the majority of the site once housed restaurants Toby's on the Lake and Blackie's Eatery and Saloon. The city's Economic Development Authority in 2008 received special legislative approval to form a redevelopment tax-increment financing district to purchase the former Blackie's Eatery site on the north side for about $1.5 million and demolish the building, Gitzlaff said. In 2014, the city's EDA purchased the parcel to the south, the former site of Toby's on the Lake, for $843,000. The total capital expenditure for both sites was approximately $2.4 million, including demolition, Gitzlaff said. The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development recently awarded the city of Oakdale $430,937 for soil stabilization and stormwater infrastructure on site. Officials anticipate the project will increase the tax base by $326,107 and leverage $32.1 million of private investment, DEED officials said. Matching funds will be provided by the developer. Open house set for proposed Maplewood-Woodbury-Afton trail At Capitol and Stillwater, a swing to commemorate baseball history MN robotics teams preparing to compete in the big one: FIRST Championship Work underway on Woodbury's new water treatment plant; traffic impacts expected St. Paul Park: Jeff Haggerty appointed to city council Oakdale owns a park, Tanners Lake Park, on the east side of the lake that features a beach for swimming. The lake has a 10 mph speed limit. The city is contributing $4 million in tax-increment financing assistance for the project, but the developers will pay the city the full amount for the two city-owned properties, which is approximately $2.4 million, Gitzlaff said. The project is targeted for completion in 2026, Boo said. 'We hope that within 18 months, we're putting silverware in the drawers,' he said.
