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"The Castaways" will perform during the city's final "Music in the Park" concert on Aug. 29.

‘The Castaways’ will be in concert at Lakefront Park Aug. 29

August 20, 2025

Sit back and enjoy a free concert at Lakefront Park featuring "The Castaways" from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 29. Bring a lawn chair and a cooler (no glass, please). Food truck concessions will be available for purchase during the event. This is the...

Fundraiser for PL Girls Swimming & Diving team planned

August 20, 2025

The Prior Lake Girls Swim and Dive team will host its annual car wash fundraiser on Saturday, Aug. 23, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Jeffers Pond Elementary School. Donations will be accepted but not required. Jeffers Pond Elementary is located at 14800...

Stonebrooke Golf Club will host participants supporting Beyond the Yellow Ribbon's fundraiser on Sept. 15.

Beyond the Yellow Ribbon

August 13, 2025

Beyond the Yellow Ribbon / South of the River will host its 15th annual golf fundraiser on Monday, Sept. 15, at Stonebrooke Golf Club, 2693 County Road 79, Shakopee. Registrations are being accepted for individual players and foursomes who will compete...

Grandparents are invited to picnic and enjoy a paddleboat ride with a grandchild on Aug. 28. (Three Rivers Park District)

Grandparents’ ‘Picnic and Paddle’ featured at Cleary Lake Regional Park

August 13, 2025

Club Prior will join Three Rivers Park District in inviting seniors and their families to picnic, play lawn games and paddleboat at Cleary Lake Regional Park on Thursday, Aug. 28. The event will be held from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Participants should bring...

All funds raised through the Prior Lake Dental Dash will be donated to The Sunshine Social Club.

5K & 10K dash to support Sunshine Social Club

August 13, 2025

Prior Lake Dental will be hosting a 5K and 10K Dash at Cleary Lake Regional Park on Saturday, Aug. 16, and all money raised through the event will be donated to The Sunshine Social Club. All participants who register in advance will receive a commemorative...

‘Tip a Cop’ fundraiser to benefit Special Olympics Minnesota

August 6, 2025

Members of the Prior Lake Police Department and the Scott County Sheriff's Office will be "serving" patrons of Charlie's on Prior from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 14. The fundraising event will feature public safety personnel as food servers, with...

Join the Prior Lake Garden Club on Aug. 17 in touring two gardens.

Join the PL Garden Club in touring two gardens on Aug. 21

August 6, 2025

All are welcome to join the Prior Lake Garden Club for two free garden tours that are planned for the evening of Thursday, Aug. 21. The tour will include the gardens located at these locations: Connie Young 11333 Louisiana Circle, Bloomington 6...

Prior Lake Days planners have scheduled many family-friendly events for Saturday, Aug. 9.

Annual summer celebration

Maggie Stanwood
July 30, 2025

Prior Lake Days, the annual event celebrating summer in the city, is scheduled for Aug. 8-9. Friday will feature a “Sip and Stroll” for adults, while Saturday will be focused on family friendly events and activities. The event is put on by the...

Playing in the mud will be encouraged during the "Muddy Buddy Run" sponsored by the city's Park & Recreation Department.

Lakefront Park site of Muddy Buddy Run on Aug. 15

July 23, 2025

The Muddy Buddy Run scheduled for Aug. 15 will be one event in which children ages 5 through 12 will be encouraged to get muddy and wet. The City of Prior Lake's Parks and Recreation Department will prepare an obstacle course on the Lakefront Park...

Lakeside Big Band's trombone section features (from left) Joe Lins, Joe Dols and Jess Meisner.

Lakeside Big Band coming back to play at Prior Lake VFW

July 23, 2025

Lakeside Big Band will be back playing at the Prior Lake VFW from 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 14. The free concert will feature swing tunes from the pre-1950 decades. The group will play favorites from the Big Band Era and promise the night will...

Actors in Shepherd of the Lake's presentation of "The Prince of Egypt" rehearse the scene depicting the parting of the Red Sea.

Shepherd of the Lake to host ‘Prince of Egypt’

July 16, 2025

Shepherd of the Lake Lutheran Church's Lakeside Studio will present the Broadway musical "The Prince of Egypt" Aug. 1 - 3. Journey through the wonders of ancient Egypt as two young men, raised together in a kingdom of privilege, suddenly find themselves...

Former school leader pens first novel, will speak at PL Library Aug. 16

July 16, 2025

Dr. Nancy Allen-Mastro will be speaking on Saturday, Aug. 16, about her recently published debut novel, "Solitary Walker: A Novel of Mary Wollstonecraft". Allen-Mastro is a former curriculum director for Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools. When she...

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