The Minnesota Mixed Breed Club held a dog agility competition Saturday (Sept. 4) at Community Park. During the competition there was a Parade of Veterans segment which featured champions age 9 and older that showed their stuff on a short course. (Staff photo by Nancy Huddleston)

Navigating Burnsville High School can be tough for new students, so this year through a program called Ignition, some upperclassmen including (from left) Megan Scholl, Julianne Grant and Sharmila Ahmed, will be on hand to help sophomores Tuesday morning (Sept. 7). See the full story about the program in the print edition of the newspaper and under the District 191 news category on this website. (Staff photo by Keighla Schmidt)

Ethan Andryski, 4, and his sister Allison, 7, both of Savage, makes their way up a ladder Tuesday afternoon (Aug. 31) at the playground at Savage Community Park. The siblings spent the last week of summer hanging out and playing at the park. (Staff photo by Shawn Hogendorf)

In preparation for student schedule pick-up, teacher Jennifer Clemmerson staples paper leaves to adorn a display case at Twin Oaks Middle School Wednesday (Sept. 1). Clemmerson teaches seventh-grade life science and eighth-grade Earth science at Twin Oaks. Many schools in the Prior Lake-Savage Area School District had back-to-school events this week. (Staff photo by Meryn Fluker)

Paving crews were working fast and furious Thursday morning to finish the County Road 16 roundabout. Signs are in place to show motorists what's ahead in time for the anticipated opening Friday (Sept. 3). (Staff photo by Nancy Huddleston)

Cub Scout Pack 728 members Erick Robinson, Alex Zheng and Jared Robinson harvested vegetables from the Pack 728 Community Garden. All the vegetables were donated to the Community Food Shelf at the Bridgewood Church.

Blakely Fraasch of Prior Lake, Lauren Rectenwal of Savage, Alex Elshaw and Taylor Kelly, both of Prior Lake (clockwise from far left) hang out around Taylor’s new Prior Lake High School locker Wednesday (Aug. 25). The girls, all 14 years old, will begin their freshman year at PLHS next month. Taylor looked for her new locker to try out its combination after the girls finished soccer practice. (Staff photo by Meryn Fluker)

Keenan Bugayev, 4, of Savage, peers through the window of a toy house Wednesday evening (Aug. 25) as his sister, Bailey, 2, cleans up the place during Shepherd of the Lake Lutheran Church’s annual garage sale. About 450 people walked through the front doors of the Prior Lake church to find deals as soon as the sale opened to the public. The sale ended Friday. (Photo by Shawn Hogendorf)

Corvette enthusiasts take in the scene at the third annual car show ‘Vettes for Vets at the Dan Patch American Legion on Aug. 22. In addition to Corvettes, the show featured World War II re-enactments, raffles and other collectable cars. (Staff photo by Keighla Schmidt)

Monarch butterflies are busy right now gathering food as they migrate south. Do you know where you can find an abundance of these summertime beauties? Read this weekend's print edition and look for the "X Marks the Spot" feature to find out. (Staff photo by Nancy Huddleston)