Week in Review: City Approves 2012 Budget, Man Sentenced to 12 Years for Sexual Misconduct with a Child

The  at its regular meeting this past Tuesday. Property taxes will decrease about $35 in 2012, which totals property taxes declining $201 since 2008. 

The Dakota County United Educators u. The ratified contract is slated to go to the District 196 school board at its 6 p.m. Monday meeting at Dakota Ridge School in Apple Valley. Of 1,269 votes cast Monday by DCUE members, 1,088 voted in favor of the contract; there are about 2,100 DCUE members.

A in prison for sexual misconduct with a child. Richard Michael Marquardt plead guilty to five felony counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct and possession of pornographic work involving minors. Marquardt was convicted of taking sexually explicit pictures and video of a child he was trusted to babysit, and then posting the imagery online.

The . The City Council listened to various residents' input during a public hearing and unanimously voted not to stripe bike lanes but to provide signage only. 

students , and the play ran through this weekend. The play, which took place in the high school's performing arts center, featured jazz melodies as well as country classics.