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Dakota County

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Farmington | Rosemount www.dakotacountytribune.com

NEWS Baton twirlers win national title Eagan-based DanceTwirl Minnesota wins both junior and senior leagues. Page 2A

OPINION Develop human capital Minnesota’s job market is strong, but too much human capital is untapped, the ECM Editorial Board writes. Page 4A

and the surrounding areas August 24, 2017 • Volume 132 • Number 26

Rosemount graduate dies in car crash Joan Yambing was ‘a positive force’ by Andy Rogers SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Joan Reiziell O. Yambing, 19, who lived in Rosemount, died following a car crash Monday in Nebraska. The 2016 Rosemount High School graduate was involved in several activities and was well-known throughout the district. “She was a sweet, thoughtful, kind, somebody who was just a positive force,� said Kimberly Budde, Rosemount High School assistant principal. She was involved in

choir, musical theater, stu- coming sophomore was dent council, speech and killed in an accident at several honor societies 9:56 a.m. near the 84th during her time at Street underpass. Rosemount High The driver of School. a semi-truck was “She was evtraveling westerywhere,� Budde bound and failed to said. “She was notice traffic began somebody who to slow and coltook every opporlided with the 2013 tunity she could Joan Reiziell Toyota Prius where get. She thrived O. Yambing Yambing was the in school. She was (Facebook) left rear passenger. so positive and it’s The other occujust so sad.� pants Prius were transAccording to a news ported to the hospital for release from the Omaha injuries. Police Department, the According to the OmaCreighton University in- ha World-Herald, more

than 800 people, mostly Creighton students, attended a memorial service on campus Monday. Yambing was studying computer science at Creighton. According to WOWT News of Omaha, she was on her way to Lincoln Neb., to watch the eclipse. An email sent to Rosemount High School families by the school district said: “It is with heavy hearts and extreme sadness that we inform you that Ocampo “Joan� Yambing, a 2016 graduate of Rosemount High School,

died in a car accident this morning in Nebraska. We know that Joan connected with many students during her years at Rosemount.� The district had counselors available at the school Tuesday for students who may need help dealing with this tragic loss. For those who have concerns about any student who may need support, contact the guidance office at 651-423-7517. Contact Andy Rogers at andy.rogers@ecm-inc.com.

Farmington gets ready for back to school Early look

at the District 196 school board candidates

THISWEEKEND

Eight will compete for three seats Nov. 7 in Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan

Zoo welcomes baby Amur

by Amy Mihelich SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

Vera makes debut in Minnesota Zoo Aug. 23. Page 19A

Students wait in line to receive their fall schedules Wednesday at Farmington High School. School opens Tuesday, Sept. 5, in Farmington School District 192. (Photo by Maren Bauer)

Eight candidates are competing for three seats, held by Art Coulson, Gary Huusko and Mike Roseen, in the Nov. 7 RosemountApple Valley-Eagan School Board election. All three incumbents are seeking re-election. Past candidate Craig Angrimson is also running. Four new candidates See BOARD, 10A

Historic monument could be revived in Rosemount SPORTS Tigers get ready for fall Farmington sports teams begin practice. Page 9A

PUBLIC NOTICE The Dakota County Tribune is an official newspaper of the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District. Page 10A

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Chief Waukan-ojan-jan was a Dakota leader by Andy Rogers SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE

With recent discussions surrounding historical statues, one forgotten memorial in Dakota County could be put back up. Joe Atkins, Dakota County Commissioner in District 4, hopes Chief Waukan-ojan-jan’s monument will be reinstalled next summer near its original location after 26 years in storage. The Dakota County Commission applied grant money from the Minnesota Legacy Fund to revive a monument honoring Chief Medicine Bottle/ Waukan-ojan-jan, who was also known a “Spirit Light� or “Holy Light,� at its original location northeast of the Highway 52/55 intersection in Pine Bend on the boarder of Inver Grove Heights and Rosemount. “I remember it as a kid,� Atkins said. “I remember seeing it whenever we drove by and my dad would sometimes stop to look at it.� The chief was a leader and medicine man of a Mdewakanton band of a

Dakota at Pine Bend in the early 1800s. He earned the name Chief Medicine Bottle by early settlers of Rosemount because he wore a small medicine bottle around his neck. A monument was constructed by the National Youth Administration and Pine Bend 4-H club in mid 1940s, but when the 117th Street bridge was being reconstructed in 1991, it was moved, according to Atkins. “That’s when the mystery began,� Atkins said. “I don’t know who’s responsibility it was to put it back up, but it was never put back up.� So Atkins went looking for the monument in 2015. He’s currently the District 4 commissioner, which covers both Inver Grove Heights and Rosemount, but when began his search when he was serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives in District 52B in Inver Grove Heights. He enlisted the help of the Minnesota Department of Transportation who sent him to officials with Dakota County and

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There are plans to reinstall a monument honoring Chief Medicine Bottle a/k/a Waukan-ojan-jan (“Spirit Light�) along Highway 52/55 near the Rosemount-Inver Grove border next summer. As the leader of the Dakota village at Pine Bend, dating back to 1838, he welcomed the earliest settlers to Dakota County in the 1840s. His monument was constructed a century later by the National Youth Administration and Pine Bend 4-H Club. It was so highly regarded that it was considered eligible for the National Register of Historic Places, until it was removed in 1991 during construction of the 117th Street bridge. members of the Flint Hills Resources. “One story I got was that it was dismantled,� Atkins said. “Stone was taken and used for a different monument in Pine

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