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PLSAS searching for early clues on budget forecast

PLSAS searching for early clues on budget forecast

Renee Winick
March 12, 2025

Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools leaders are monitoring some key figures that help forecast the district's future budget. During the March 10 PLSAS school board meeting, Executive Director of Business Services Tammy Fredrickson discussed the next year’s...

Police log: March 5-10

Staff report
March 11, 2025

This report is based on information submitted by the Prior Lake Police Department for responses between March 5-10. All calls for service may not be included; all subjects arrested and named are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. March...

Braxton Helmers celebrates after finishing the anchor leg of Prior Lake's 2025 state championship-winning race in the 200 medley relay. Courtesy photo / Shawn Beaudette

PL ends season in pool with third at state

Shawn Beaudette
March 11, 2025

MINNEAPOLIS — The Prior Lake boys swim team went medal hunting at the state swimming and diving championships this past weekend, and they did not disappoint. While Edina and Minnetonka took the top spots in the Class AA meet at the University of...

The Wilds Golf Club changing ownership

Staff report
March 11, 2025

After years of being on the market, The Wilds Golf Club has been sold to an Arizona-based golf ownership group. The course, opened in 1996, will be under the ownership of Thompson Golf Group. It will be the group’s second foray into the Minnesota...

Cade Wozney lines up for a free throw against Minnetonka on March 8, 2025. Randy Geister / PL News Compass

Boys basketball advances to section finals

Randy Geister
March 11, 2025

The Prior Lake boys basketball team is looking to dial it back to the '70s, and are now just one win away from making it happen. Following a first round win over Chanhassen, the Lakers met up with the Minnetonka Skippers in a section 2AAAA semifinal...

Colten Gunderson rises for a shot against Chanhassen in the section 2AAAA playoffs on March 5, 2025. Courtesy photo / Caty Mawing Photography

Laker roundup: Basketball teams battle in sections

Randy Geister and Robb Jeffries
March 6, 2025

Both Prior Lake varsity basketball teams took to the court in section 2AAAA postseason play, and one team's dream of making the state tournament field remains alive. The No. 2-seeded Prior Lake boys team hosted No. 7 Chanhassen on Wed., March 5 in...

Police log: Feb. 26-March 4

Staff report
March 6, 2025

This report is based on information submitted by the Prior Lake Police Department for responses between Feb. 26-March 4. All calls for service may not be included; all subjects arrested and named are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Feb....

The 2024-25 Prior Lake Squirt A hockey team. Courtesy photo / Sports Star Photography

Youth hockey team makes program history in tournament run

Staff report
March 5, 2025

A youth hockey team is making program history as its season winds down. The Squirt A hockey team made Prior Lake-Savage Hockey Association history last month, becoming the program's first team to reach the final four at the Squirt A International Tournament...

Sides quiet after deadline for threatened lawsuit against PLSAS passes

Sides quiet after deadline for threatened lawsuit against PLSAS passes

Robb Jeffries
March 5, 2025

The deadline for a resolution to a threatened lawsuit by a Jeffers Pond teacher has passed, but it is unclear if a resolution has been reached. Attorneys for Brooke Zahn, a fourth-grade teacher at the elementary school, imposed a deadline of Feb. 28...

A wide view of the 2025 Minnesota state boys wrestling tournament. Randy Geister / PL News Compass

PL wrestling finishes sixth at state

Robb Jeffries and Randy Geister
March 5, 2025

Prior Lake's first trip to the state team wrestling tournament got off to a rough start, but the Lakers battled back to earn a sixth-place finish at Xcel Energy Center. It was a tough morning for the Lakers against Class AAA No. 3 Stillwater in the...

Laker Hall of Fame nominations now open

Laker Hall of Fame nominations now open

Staff report
March 5, 2025

The Laker Hall of Fame is now accepting nominations for the Class of 2025. The hall committee is accepting nominations for distinguished graduates and staff representing the areas of activities, athletics or as a distinguished individual with significant...

Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools superintendent Michael Thomas explains the next steps for the district's budget process at a town hall meeting at Prior Lake High School on Jan. 29, 2025. Robb Jeffries / PL News Compass

School board reaches consensus on $4.1 million in budget cuts

Robb Jeffries
February 28, 2025

When a bond measure in 2024 to raise funds for the district failed, leaders within the Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools district set forth on the difficult task of finding budget cuts to keep the district on track. After months of deliberation and with...