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A Scott County Sheriff's Office vehicle. Courtesy photo / Scott County Sheriff's Office
A new future for emergency training?
City officials grapple with finding a new home for training region's law enforcement, fire departments
Chris Mosley

An aging infrastructure at the county’s training facility has Prior Lake city leaders looking for a new home to train its emergency responders. The answer may come with a price tag of more than $34 million. During the city council’s Feb. 11 work session, the council discussed options regarding the Regional Training Facility in Jordan. The facility opened in 2008, but a consulting firm hired to assess the RTF by the Scott County Association for Leadership and Efficiency determined the facility has aged out of its useful life. Consulting firm LHB has determined newer facilities in the Twin Cities would not have the capacity to handle training for all of the RTF’s tenants, which includes Prior Lake’s fire and police departments. A second study was commissioned to explore building...

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Maxine Smith (left) and Kim Nikolai (right) worked on their projects while visiting with Lesley Young this past week at Club Prior.
‘Just keep moving’: Club Prior programming leader retiring
Laurie Hartmann | February 13, 2025

Lesley Young hasn’t had much time to sit still in the past eight years. She’s been busy connecting with and entertaining more than 600 area residents who have a collective age span covering more than...

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PLSAS to St. Paul: Fix the funding formula
PLSAS to St. Paul: Fix the funding formula
Renee Winick | February 12, 2025

During its latest meeting, the Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools board refined its legislative platform, opting to call on the state to update its 54-year-old education funding formula. The platform will...

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