150 Years Ago: From the March 9, 1876 Shakopee Argus
Mr. Latham’s school, East Shakopee, will close on Saturday, but the term will be continued on Monday by Miss Silver.
125 Years Ago: From the March 7, 1901 Scott County Argus
An important business change of the week was the purchase by Wm. Thiede of the stock of Mike Berens’ confectionery store. Mr. Berens retires from business after a siege of twenty-two years, or since 1879, when he bought the store from Mrs. George Bollman. Mr. Berens and family will next week remove to Salem, Ill., to make their future home with Mrs. Berens’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Schwartz. Mrs. Berens is their only daughter, and it is the desire of the old folks that she be with them in the evening of their lives. It is Mr. Thiede’s purpose to carry on the business and will this summer devote the west room to an ice cream parlor.
125 Years Ago: From the March 8, 1901 Shakopee Tribune
Lawrenz Beran has sold his residence property in East Shakopee to Albert Raatz, of Chaska, the consideration being $700. Mr. Beran has gone to New Ulm to enter the Old Folks’ Home. The property sold is described as lots 8, 9 and 10, block 30, East Shakopee, Minn.
100 Years Ago: From the March 12, 1926 Shakopee Argus
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ehrmantraut are moving from the Hartz building on Second street to rooms over the Scherkenbach Hardware and Electric Supply store on Holmes street.
100 Years Ago: From the March 11, 1926 Shakopee Tribune
That the spring season is near at hand is evidenced in the activity shown in the number of sales made by Schesso Bros. during the past week. During this period the local firm sold an Oldsmobile sedan to E. H. Brehaney, an Oldsmobile coach to Chas. Cassellius of Prior Lake and a Chevrolet truck to Gerhart Boettcher of Jordan.
75 Years Ago: From the March 8, 1951 Shakopee Argus-Tribune
Hospital Preliminary Plans In State Authorities Hands
Preliminary plans for the new St. Francis hospital to be erected in Shakopee are now awaiting approval of state authorities, it was learned this week.
As soon as the state OK has been received architects will begin the job of preparing detail plans upon which contractors will base their bids.
75 Years Ago: From the March 8, 1951 Shakopee Valley News
School Addition Nearly Finished
With the final razing of the old 1890 portion of the Shakopee public school, the new school addition was nearly completed this week.
All classrooms with the exception of the home economics, industrial arts and commercial sections have now been finished. Equipment for those sections arrived this week and workmen started installation activities in that wing of the structure.
50 Years Ago: From the March 10, 1976 Shakopee Valley News
Fahey submits resignation, management ordinance discussed
William E. Fahey, city clerk-administrator in Shakopee since late 1973 submitted his resignation to the Shakopee City Council at their meeting Tuesday night.
25 Years Ago: From the March 8, 2001 Shakopee Valley News
New city waste hauler readies for transition
For the first time in over a decade, residents inside Shakopee’s urban area will have a new garbage and recycling hauler. This, week, the public will see the first signs of the transition from Waste Management to Dick’s Sanitation.
Those signs will come in the form of new 30-, 60- or 90-gallon garbage and recycling bins delivered to homes. The recycling bins will be inside the upright garbage bins along with printed information about the services that Dick’s Sanitation plans to offer Shakopee’s 6,000-plus residential customers. In a letter from Waste Management to its customers, the company says its residential services will conclude March 17. The company asked its customers to have their bins ready for pickup on that day…
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