The Scott County Sheriff’s Office in conjunction with Scott County Veterans’ Services are hosting special disabled veterans’ deer hunt on Saturday, Oct. 4 and Sunday, Oct. 5.

The hunt is open to 12 disabled veteran hunters by applying through Scott County Veterans’ Service. Each hunter will have a guide who is an avid, experienced hunter and outdoorsman, all who also happen to be sworn, licensed deputies from the Scott County Sheriff’s Office. 

A 55-year-old Burnsville man was charged with two counts of first-degree DWI, driving after cancellation-inimical to public safety, violating a restricted driver’s license and operating a vehicle with impounded plates by the Scott County Attorney’s Office on Aug. 4.

By Shawn Hogendorf, Correspondent 

People who use canes are often perceived by the public as vulnerable and handicapped, but those prejudices can be misleading.

A prime example is Cane Master Bill Neher of Savage. Neher carries a cane with him, but he is anything but vulnerable. In fact, he is the only registered cane master in Minnesota.

Neher will present a workshop at Club Prior Thursday, Aug. 28 at 11 a.m. to teach people how the perception of vulnerability for people who use canes may be a misperception.

By Keighla Schmidt, Staff Writer 

Anglers are notorious for exaggerating.

But when Mike Reese tells you he caught a 600 pound, 15-foot long hammerhead shark – he’s not lying. For proof, check out what’s hanging in his garage.

Formal charges have been referred to the Scott County Attorney’s Office for review in connection with the series of burglaries and thefts that occurred in the Huntington Estates and Rolling Meadows neighborhoods.

Capt. Dave Muelken said a search warrant was issued on a home in the 14000 block of Alabama Avenue. Criminal charges of tampering with a motor vehicle, theft, possession of stolen property and burglary are pending against a 15-year-old girl, a 19-year-old woman and a 19-year-old man – all from Savage. In the case of the adults, charges of credit card fraud are also pending, he said.

Thursday, Aug. 7

At 10:22 p.m. firefighters responded to a call for the smell of natural gas in the 14600 block of Brunswick Avenue. The call was unfounded.

Monday, Aug. 11

The Savage Police Department issued 35 citations between July 31 and Aug. 6 and responded to 259 incidents between Aug. 1 and 8. Some of the incidents included the following:

CRASHES

By Shawn Hogendorf, Correspondent

Charges are expected to be filed Monday against the two people arrested in the shooting that occured Wednesday afternoon in the 3100 block of Little Crow Drive on the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux reservation.

The two men have not been charged yet, said Lori Lambrecht the Scott County Attorney's Office manager. "We requested and received an extension," she said.

State Rep. Mark Buesgens (R-Jordan) is one of approximately 40 state representatives who will be available to answer questions and meet with the public at the Minnesota State Fair House of Representatives booth.

Buesgens will be at the booth from 4 to 6 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 29.

It has been a long-standing House tradition that members make themselves available at the Great Minnesota Get-Together, which this year will be held Thursday, Aug. 21 through Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 1.

By Shawn Hogendorf, Correspondent 

A 20-year-old Faribault man pleaded guilty to one count of criminal vehicular homicide for leaving the scene of a fatal accident in connection with the hit- and-run crash that killed a Prior Lake man in the parking lot of the Event Center in Burnsville in April.