Music Helps Fight Childhood Cancer, Martha’s Visit, Sports Center Expansion

The following is a collection of good news from area Patch sites.

Awards and Accomplishments

Miss Minnesota wins 4th Runner Up to Miss America last night

Woodbury Marching Band to Perform at Vikings Game

Eagan Resident Chosen as Head of Minnesota State Board of Investment

Lakeville Native Took Part in Sept. 11 Military Exercise

Oakdale Company Awarded for Technology Advancements

College Grads, Scholars from Oakdale

Nine District 833 Students Named National Merit Semifinalists

Burnsville Resident Named Athlete of the Week at UW-Whitewater

Former Roseville Manager Finalist for Branson Job

Famous Visitors

Martha Stewart Causes a Stir with Visit to Downtown Hudson

Helping Others

City of Hudson Asks Residents for Help Watering Boulevard Trees

Hudson Woman Deployed to Disaster Relief Operation in Colorado

Schaffhausen Home to be Dismantled, Land Sold and Donated for Park

'There's Things I Can't Always Do': Lakeville Resident Talks about Arthritis

Community Thread Seeks Applications for Rake a Difference Day

Download Music, Help Find Cure to Fight Childhood Cancer

Washington County Sheriff’s Office Seeks Reserves

New to Town

Business Academies Take Flight at Lakeville North

New Drawings for Bielenberg Sports Center Restaurant

Interior Impressions, Woodbury Blinds to Open Soon

Burnsville Preschool Lab Nursery Begins in October

Sept. 11

PHOTOS: The St. Croix Valley Remembers 9/11

Sports

Stillwater 21, Cretin-Derham Hall 7

Minnesota United Pro Soccer Team to Expand Bielenberg Sports Center Project

What’s Great About Our Town

2013 Punt, Pass and Kick Competition is Sept. 21

An 'Amish Barn Wood Cabin' for Books in Lakeville?

Oakdale’s Family Fun Flatables

Oakdale's Dukes in Running for Best Burger in the Twin Cities

Head Outdoors to the Oakdale Nature Preserve

Several Stillwater Restaurants in Running for 'Best Burger in the Twin Cities'

A Harvest Moon Over Axdahl's in Stillwater

Woodbury’s Good News Guy

Woodbury Plans Trail Run at Carver Lake Park

Woodbury’s Merrill Community Arts Center to Present A Cappella Quartet Tonic Sol-Fa

Apple Valley High Lays out Schedule for 2013 Homecoming Celebration

Sports, Dance, Theme Days: Burnsville High School Homecoming

Blowing Behemoth Bubbles at the Wild Rice Festival