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• Rollover closes ramp from Hwy 52 South to I-494 East
  An southeast-metro highway ramp remained closed Wednesday night, hours after a semitrailer truck rolled over.
  
• Charges allege dad molested baby sitter
  A convicted meth cook is now accused of having sex repeatedly with a teenage baby sitter several years ago.
  
• Bloomington mother, daughter convicted in day-care death
  Demar Hicks, 22 months, died of asphyxiation after being strapped too tightly in a car seat while no adults were around.
  
• Perking up in Shakopee
  Gourmet coffee is now emerging from a nondescript industrial park in Shakopee, and drawing national interest.
  
• Movable barriers could ease south-metro traffic
  MnDOT is studying congestion fixes, including "contra-flow'' lanes on Cedar Avenue to change direction of traffic.
  
• Scott County: Infrastructure, transit top issues
  Leaders in Scott County implore a top state official for help in ensuring enough new roads and bridges to support its plans for growth.
  
• Lakeville Arts Center may seek endowment
  As city budgets shrink, the center is looking for other ways to continue its mission.
  
• Northfield's beloved bookmobile goes back in garage
  Northfield's Booker was taken off the streets -- for now -- after its driver took a new job. Finding a new driver will take time.
  
• Diner hopes comfort food keeps business cooking
  The ultra-competitive, high-risk restaurant industry is not for the faint of heart. Susan Zick thinks she can hack it.
  
• Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan teachers have new contract
  The Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan school board voted unanimously Monday night to approve a new contract with the district's teachers and nurses.
  
• Lakeville clinic sued for alleged fraud
  The state is suing a Lakeville chiropractic clinic and its owner alleging that they fraudulently enrolled patients in health-care credit card accounts.
  
• Burnsville man accidentally shot friend after night of drinking, charges say
  Charges say the friends were drinking, then returned home. Facts are blurry, but one man ended up dead.
  
• South metro school briefs
  For the 20th year in a row, the Association of School Business Officials International has honored the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage school district for its financial reporting.
  
• South metro business briefs
  Canterbury Park has announced the schedule for its 25th anniversary season, and it mirrors the 2009 season with 62 races beginning May 14.
  
• South metro police blotter
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• South metro town briefs
  The future of the Vermillion River and its surroundings will be the topic of two workshops giving residents a chance to weigh in on a new plan for the corridor.
  
• Enhanced penalty possible for West St. Paul teacher guilty of sex abuse
  Jurors's findings of special circumstances in the case of the teacher-coach convicted of criminal sexual conduct means she could be sentenced to jail time.
  
• Burnsville shooting victim is identified; suspect to be charged Tuesday
  Logan D. Ahlers, 25, was identified on Monday as the shooting victim who died early Saturday in a Burnsville apartment building.
  
• Teacher guilty of sexual contact with girl
  The former teacher and coach gave conflicting accounts about the nature of her relationship with a teen athlete.
  
• Eagle Ridge to be the site of gifted program
  Eagle Ridge Junior High School will house the Burnsville-Eagan-Savage district's next new magnet program, the school board decided Thursday night.
  
• South metro letter: Data privacy laws lead to illogical conclusion
  The Minnesota Department of Administration has determined that posting a student's grades without expressed written permission violates data privacy laws. What's next? Perhaps it is time to take this one step further? We should not publicize how many yards an individual running back gets in a high school football game, how many points an individual player scores in a basketball game, how many goals in a hockey game; the list goes on.  
  
• Bloomington day-care provider says supervision was adequate
  Doris Meeks said she had no idea how a toddler got into a car seat and suffocated. She said she was out at the time, but her daughter was watching the children.
  
• 'Judge Judy' foes end up in barroom fight
  Amanda Lindstrom, 24, appeared at a bail hearing Friday and was released from jail after being charged with misdemeanor domestic assault. She is accused of punching Krystal Hodgin, 26, inside Panino Brothers in Apple Valley about 1 that morning.
  
• Montgomery-Lonsdale undertakes info blitz to get school buildings fixed
  School leaders are working hard to sell voters ahead of a crucial Dec. 1 bond election on $29.7 million in upgrades.
  
• Guilty plea in high-tech cattle rustling
  A former co-op manager has pleaded guilty to tax charges tied to a $1.4 million scheme.
  

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