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Dakota County

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VETERANS DAY Thanking our military families Apple Valley resident highlights the ways in which military families should be supported in Dakota County and beyond. Page 7A

OPINION Stop equating black with bad Columnist Joe Nathan says people should consciously find other words and terms to describe things we don’t like. Page 4A

THISWEEKEND

and the surrounding areas Nov. 9, 2017 • Volume 132 • Number 36

Two incumbents, one newcomer elected Coulson, Roseen, Angrimson win open Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School Board seats by Amy Mihelich SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

The results are in for the 2017 Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School Board election. On Tuesday, Nov. 7, voters chose three candidates to fill three open seats. Incumbents Art Coulson and Mike Roseen held onto their seats, while challenger Craig Angrimson took incumbent Gary Huusko’s seat.

Art Coulson

Mike Roseen

Although 95,940 voters were registered, 4,880, or 5 percent, participated in the election this year. The unofficial election results have been announced,

with 14 of 14 precincts reporting. All absentee ballot counts have been reported. Craig Coulson Angrimson received the most votes: 2,779, or 21 percent. Roseen came in second with 2,708 votes, or 20 percent. Angrimson, receiving 2,200 votes, or 16 percent, came in third.

Eight candidates were competing for the three open seats in this election. Huusko and challenger Rebecca Gierok came in fourth and fifth. Huusko received 1,530, or more than 11 percent. Gierok followed closely behind, receiving 1,513 votes, just over 11 percent as well. The other challengers were Daniel O’Neil, receiving 1,126 votes, or 8 percent; Bianca Ward Virnig, 1,003 votes, or

Two decades of service Sergeant retires from Farmington Police Department by Jody Peters

‘Miracle’ in Lakeville Expressions Community Theater is staging “Miracle on 34th Street� at the Lakeville Area Arts Center. Page 17A

SPORTS

Fenske places second Farmington freshman Anna Fenske places second in the Class AA girls cross country meet at St. Olaf College in Northfield. Page 10A

PUBLIC NOTICE The Dakota County Tribune is an official newspaper of the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District. Page 12A

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it to bring justice,� Hollatz said. Hollatz went on to explain that some of the cases that he felt were important were crimes that often involved young children. He said he worked another missing persons case involving a 16-yearold boy who was eventually found in Florida. The local law enforcement was able to locate the boy and send him on a flight back home later that day. Hol-

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Rosemount Scout earns every merit badge Gabe Anderson explored everything Scouts has to offer by Andy Rogers SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Rosemount’s Gabe Anderson has been on quite the adventure the last few years. While some high school kids complete video games, Anderson finished Boy Scouts. About a month ago, the Troop 270 member received a merit badge in farm mechanics. It wasn’t the most interesting of topics. It was hard to find a merit badge counselor to sign off. One had to come out of retirement to help him, Anderson said. But when he received that merit badge, there wasn’t much left to accomplish in Boys Scouts. It was his 137th badge. That’s all of them. He received merit badges in woodwork, wilderness survival, welding, theater, stamp collecting, sailing, scuba diving, robotics, plumbing, photography, nuclear science, movie making, kayaking, journalism, golf, game de-

sign, dentistry, chess, coin collecting and animation. Just to name a few. It’s been years since he earned Eagle Scout. Four days before his 14th birthday, Anderson earned his 21st merit badge, the amount required for Eagle Scout. According to Boy Scouts of America, about 4 percent of Boy Scouts are granted Eagle Scout rank, the highest possible ranking. “When I was younger, I would see the older Scouts and they always seemed like they’re doing something cool,�Anderson said. So he kept going. He said he never made a concrete decision to go for every merit badge until he got about 70 merit badges, more than three times the amount required for Eagle Scout. Some merit badges only took a few days, but other required months of work. Not that he minded. “If not for the merit badge, I probably never would have gone scuba

diving, but now it’s my favorite thing to do,� he said. He got to use the welder at RHS, go backstage at Sea Life Minnesota Aquarium, go rock climbing in Maine, start up a plane at Fleming Field, and go on a bird hunt with his mother. “If you mention you’re a Scout trying to achieve a merit badge, people will show you around and help you out,� Anderson said. It was an adventure, but there were some ups and downs. “Nuclear science may sound like fun, but there was so much talking and so many concepts that were way out there,� Anderson said. “And safety was a bit boring. Architecture had a lot of drawing. Some of it was just about exploring career paths, which I really didn’t care about. There’s some weird ones.� His Scouting career Photo submitted has taken him all over the Rosemount’s Gabe Anderson has earned all 137 merit country. badges offered by the Boy Scouts, well above the 21 required for Eagle Scout. See SCOUT, 11A

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Woman dies from apparent self-inflicted gunshot

latz says that cases like that made his time with the force rewarding. “It really was making a difference, changing the direction of something,� he said. “Putting an end to that bad situation, that evil at that time. I was always proud to serve and protect the citizens of Farmington. It was like a family. This is a good town, these are good peo-

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Farmington Police Chief Brian Lindquist, Sgt. Lee Hollatz, Matthew McGee and John Gray gathered after the two young men received the Police Department Citizen Service Award at a Farmington City Council meeting in 2015. monson missing persons/ homicide case was the biggest. There were also very many other ones that didn’t make the headlines and maybe weren’t exciting cop stories, but I believe meant a lot, especially to the victims that were involved. And those were numerous. I just remember ‌ how people’s lives were affected by a crime and that the Farmington Police Department could do something about

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A Farmington woman died of an apparent selfinflicted gunshot wound on Tuesday, Oct. 31, at her home in the 22000 block of Twin Ponds Circle. Police arrived at the residence at approximately 3:20 p.m. on a report that the woman had been making threats of suicide to her mother and a friend, according to the Farmington Police Department. The mother and the friend reported that the woman had a handgun. Officers were unable to make contact with the woman by phone or at the door of the residence. Officers opened a window to the residence and called out to the subject, identifying themselves as the police and offering help. The subject yelled for the officers to leave before discharging a firearm. Officers formed a perimeter around the residence and requested a crisis negotiation team and

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After 22 1/2 years of service, Sgt. Lee Hollatz retired from the Farmington Police Department. At Monday’s City Council meeting, Chief of Police Brian Lindquist acknowledged Hollatz’s retirement and presented him with a plaque that had his badge on it. Although some may recognize him for his highprofile cases, like the missing persons case involving Laura Simonson in 2014, Hollatz said that his most memorable moments involve both the people he worked with and some of the cases that didn’t necessarily make headlines. “It’s going to be (memorable) with the people I worked with and the citizens I worked with. When you get down to specifics, then it does get down to certain events and certain cases – jumping into the river to pull a guy out; working on the Laura Si-

nearly 7.5 percent; and Brian Buechele, 470 votes, 3.5 percent. The 99 write-ins totaled 0.7 percent of the vote. The School Board will canvass the results of the election at its meeting on Monday, Nov. 13. Newly elected board members will be sworn in at the board meeting on Monday, Jan. 8. The candidates will serve four-year terms,


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