Some more random South Metro links for you all. Sorry, I am a little too busy swimming unsupervised to do anything else for you but, never fear, my rantings will soon return ;)
1. An Eagan doctor who fucked his patient, gave her an STD, then treated her for it loses his license.
2. Dakota County Transit Improvement Board will include Apple Valley Council member Ruth Grendahl to provide input from Dakota County.
3. Some old news from last week that ALF ambulance services may be outsourced.
There is some new “News” in the South Metro but very little that’s worth an entire post so I figured I would give everyone a small taste of some tidbits that have shown up since yesterday that you might want to check out yourselves:
1. Deputy Joshua Williams, the Dakota County Sheriff’s Deputy who killed Billy Wallace when he cut across several lanes of traffic and clipped Wallce’s motorcycle while en route to a domestic disturbance call in Farmington without his emergency lights or siren activated, was convicted of “careless driving” in Scott County.
2. The Metropolitan Council has sweetened the Lakeville transit deal with an offer for $24 million in improvements to the I-35 and Cedar Ave transit corridors. Enhancements would include adding another HOV lane from Burnsville Pkwy to “The Split”, construction of a larger park and ride at the current location near Kenrick and 167th, peak hour bus routes planned and another park and ride further down Cedar between 179th and 185th. Lakeville will be holding a public open house on April 29th to discuss the deal.
3. Two people were arrested for fatally wounding a 22 year old Prior Lake man during a hit and run that occurred back in early April.
4. Two South Metro students were expelled for purchasing replica swords on a choir trip to the UK. Some believe the punishment is too severe but administrators believe it was necessary to keep up their zero tolerance policy on weapons.
I was surfing the web looking for recent crime reports from the Apple Valley, Lakeville, Rosemount area that would be better than what’s available from the Star Tribune South Metro and the Pioneer Press’ Dakota County sections.
I can’t say I’m terribly pleased by the fact that I can’t find an easy to read and up-to-date listing on Apple Valley’s website (fuck, who am I kidding, they don’t even keep their City Council agendas and minutes up-to-date) but I did locate a pretty nice map of Lakeville’s crime incidents over the last 90 days. Being that the map was done by LOGIS I figured that other local police departments had to be hooked up with this application as well. After plugging in the obvious URLs, I found that you can check out crime incident maps for several other areas including Apple Valley, Eagan, and Farmington. I wasn’t able to get Rosemount even though the city is a member of LOGIS.
If anyone knows of a place that I can locate a text copy of up-to-date crime information other than the Pioneer Press or Star Tribune, please post it below, thanks.
According to this article at the Star Tribune, North Dakota wants to convert an abandoned missile silo into a tourist attraction named in honor of Reagan.
Most people would go, “yet another lame attempt by North Dakota to try to bring people into their state.” It’s not exactly as if Moorhead’s Heritage Hjemkomst Interpretive Center is all that wonderful of an attraction and it’s not even in ND! To me, I would love to see this cold war relic.
There’s an abandoned Nike Missile Silo down in Farmington (see the map above and switch it to Satellite) that I have been wanting to see. There are some health risks at the site because of contaminants but nothing even close to what is in the ground over by the Gopher Ordnance/Ammunition Plant in Rosemount.
According to this article the Dakota County Historical Society, no agency has officially adopted the site even though it and its inner workings are in surprisingly good shape. While the state has declared the site eligible for the National Registry, it has yet to become a registered historic site. For those of us that are interested in Cold War history, this is a true travesty.
If you’re interested, there are several other sites in Minnesota and this site offers some in depth info. There are some great resources out there including pics, etc, but a site showing all locations of Nike sites of the San Fransisco Bay area is one of my favorites.
Out with Aaron and Kimmy at the Longbranch Saloon and Eatery in Farmington, MN.
It was suggested, by an anonymous user on my website, that we try this place. Aaron made the trip straight from Oakdale without hiptop service and met us at the house to carpool to downtown Farmington.
We ordered some beer and appertizers of breaded cauliflower and mozzarella sticks. The cauliflower was excellent and plentiful but the Cheese Sticks Connoisseur said that the sticks were fairly standard.
The food came out with the steak sizzling and the gravy thick. I ordered the sirloin steak special with mashed potatoes and sauteed mushrooms and onions. Kim got their buffalo chicken sandwich and Aaron went with their grilled cheese.
I felt that the steak (the house special according to the menu and also one of today’s specials) was overcooked and tough. The mashed potatoes tasted something like dough. The grilled cheese wasn’t finished and according to Kim, their buffalo chicken wasn’t anything spectacular. The beer was good and so was the service (BTW - Anonymous, I tipped 15% on the $62 tab). The place was fairly crowded for a Thursday.
I’d have to come back and try just sitting at the bar getting hammered with some bar food but they don’t have Golden Tee so the chances of that happening are slim to none.
The only question I have is why they serve Pepsi when their sign out front touts Coca Cola products? ;)
If you are looking for a local restaurant that, in my opinion, offers sub par house specials with moderate prices then check the Longbranch out.
See all the pictures from today here.
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