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Dakota County

Tribune

Farmington | Rosemount and the surrounding areas

www.dakotacountytribune.com

December 22, 2016 • Volume 131 • Number 43

225-unit apartment site advanced

NEWS

Rosemount City Council approves several motions for Rosewood Crossing by Andy Rogers SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Demuth offers her perspective Rosemount City Council Member Vanessa Demuth offers some perspective on her time in office. Page 3A

OPINION Fake news and its effects Fake news seems like it is here to stay, but people can curb its impact by setting the record straight or ignoring it. Page 4A

THISWEEKEND

Bluegrass series returns The Rosemount Area Arts Council’s annual bluegrass concert series kicks off with a performance at the Steeple Center. Page 17A

About 12.25 acres of undeveloped land near downtown Rosemount took one step closer to being filled with an apartment complex during Monday’s City Council meeting. The council approved several motions regarding the development of Rosewood Crossing, previously known as Rosewood Commons, a 225-unit apartment complex that could eventually consist of seven two-story buildings along with a maintenance and office building with a community room and a three-bedroom caretaker’s unit.

It would feature both one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments. The units would be located along 145th Street West between the railroad and El Dorado Packaging, previously know as the Greif Brothers building. Kyle Klatt, Rosemount senior planner, said it’s been a challenging site to work with in the past. “It’s a very oddly configured parcel,� he said. It’s surrounded by commercial and residential property along with two lines of railroad tracks, but it’s close to downtown, parks and several major roads.

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Website shows student initiative at FHS Web Genius’ guide helps students navigate registration by Maren Bauer SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

No credit, no accolades, just a sense of accomplishment that you’ve created something. Farmington High School’s Web Genius, a group of juniors and seniors dedicated to user-friendly web design, has launched two registration guides to make the process for choosing classes, and extra-curricular activities, easier to navigate for high school students. Last year Jerry Pfau, a school counselor, recruited seniors Andy Payne and Emma Kelly to start the project. Gavin Mallott, also a senior, and a couple other students joined the team. The students created a Google site under the name “FHS Creativity Collective� as their first launch and it took almost nine months to finish, ready for publication just three days before the deadline. With the second

Web Genius, the after-school club that built the school’s registration guide website. From left are Andy Payne, Cameron Mager, Sam Seyfert, Gavin Mallott, Carl Asmus, Michael Vierling, Emma Kelly. Payne, Mallott and Kelly are seniors, while the rest of the students are juniors. (Photo by Maren Bauer) launching, the school dents all worked to create help students understand to Payne and he said he granted them server space a cohesive aesthetic to the the curriculum paths and wasn’t quite sure how he and this time juniors Carl site, as well as logical links needed credits for gradua- was designated with that Asmus, Sam Seyfert and and icons to different de- tion. title, he simply saw things Cameron Mager all joined partments, both by gradeWhen asked who leads that needed to be done and the team in helping to de- level and subject. The site the team in creating the See GENIUS, 6A sign a Drupal site. The stu- also features flowcharts to site, everyone pointed

Olson Carriers overwhelmed with support after fire

A fond farewell

SPORTS

The complex is expected to be built during several phases over seven years. “The idea is to put up one building every year, assuming the market is good and they have a demand for the product,� Klatt said. Property owner Warren Israelson of Copperhead Development Inc. is also the CEO of KJ Walk, which has developed many properties in the area, including Meadow Creek in Farmington, Stoneborough in Lakeville and Providence in Empire Township. The process for Rosewood Crossing has taken several months of meetings and pub-

Tigers improve on the court The Farmington girls basketball team is encouraged with a good start to the 2016-17 season. Page 10A

Business loses four trucks, several pieces of equipment

PUBLIC NOTICE

by Andy Rogers

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

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Rosemount City Administrator Dwight Johnson talks with those who attended a reception in honor of the retiring leader of the city for the past eight years. Johnson said during the reception that he has completed his move from Rosemount to St. Paul and he looks forward to the next chapter in his life. Johnson has overseen the development of many projects in the city, including the completion of the Steeple Center addition, which is where the reception was held. In attendance were many city of Rosemount leaders along with those from surrounding communities. Johnson’s last day on the job is next week. New City Administrator Logan Martin, who has previously served as the city administrator in Bayport, will start at the beginning of 2017. (Photo by Tad Johnson)

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A family-owned trucking business is picking up the pieces after a fire destroyed one of its buildings last week. It took several area fire departments from Rosemount, Farmington, Hastings, Eagan, Inver Grove Heights and RandolphHampton to contain a burning storage building owned by Olson Carriers Inc. located just north of the County Road 46 interchange along Highway 52 in Rosemount. It was reported by one of the company’s drivers showing up for a shift. As of Tuesday, owner Tom Olson didn’t know the cause of the fire. The frigid weather, slippery streets and fierce wind increased the degree

of difficulty during the early morning hours of Dec. 14, but they were able to keep it from spreading. No one was hurt in the fire, but the shipping company lost four trucks and several pieces of equipment along with the building Olson was deeply appreciative efforts. “The building was in close proximity to our main office, and they were able to keep the fire contained so there was no damage to the office,� Olson said. “All the departments did a fantastic job.� Olson Carriers was operating at 100 percent the next day. “It was a limited productive day because of the interruption, but most of our trucks were parked in another building,� Olson said. “They were able to get back to work.� Olson said he’s received an outpouring of support since the fire. “It’s something that we See OLSON, 6A

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