150 Years Ago: From the April 6, 1876 Shakopee Argus
Kohls & Berens are receiving their Spring stock of goods this week.
125 Years Ago: From the April 4, 1901 Scott County Argus
The Argus office phone is No. 44. Call us up when you have any news.
125 Years Ago: From the April 5, 1901 Shakopee Tribune
Wm. Hameyer will commence next Monday the work of erecting a brick addition to the parochial school of St. Mark’s parish. The new portion will be 18 by 29 feet in size, two stories high, and the exterior will be of cream brick to correspond with the present structure. The increasing attendance at this school which has made necessary the growth from six school rooms to eight speaks well for the increased efficiency of the work of the Sisters of Notre Dame, which Order has had the management for many years past.
100 Years Ago: From the April 8, 1926 Shakopee Argus-Tribune
Last Thursday morning at 6:45 o’clock the fire department was summoned to the T. J. Nickolay home, where a chimney fire endangered the house and was speedily put out. A second summons called the department to the power house Friday afternoon about two o’clock to extinguish a rapidly spreading grass fire which threatened to get beyond control and set fire to buildings in the vicinity.
75 Years Ago: From the April 5, 1951 Shakopee Argus-Tribune
Shakopee To Be In Instrumental Concert April 13
Over 400 students gave lungs a work-out at the Shakopee high school last Friday, as the local school was host to the Minnesota Valley Vocal Music festival.
High schools represented were Bloomington, Chaska, Eden Prairie, Deephaven, Waconia, Watertown, University high and Shakopee. Bloomington, who brought its junior high and who had the largest representation, received several “first” ratings in the festival. That school will participate in the state festival to be held April 27 and 28 at Northrop auditorium, University of Minnesota.
The Shakopee glee club of about 85 voices was featured in the massed concert Friday night…
75 Years Ago: From the April 5, 1951 Shakopee Valley News
Hottest News In Town This Week
The hottest news in town this week must certainly be the Valley News cylinder press run yesterday afternoon. A sheet of paper caught in the gas dryer and the fire spread to the cloth tapes over which the papers are carried to the delivery table. The fire department was called as a precaution, but employees extinguished the fire before the firemen arrived. Little damage was done, but the paper was delayed about a half an hour.
50 Years Ago: From the April 7, 1976 Shakopee Valley News
$250,000 grant offered MVRP by Stans Foundation
Maurice H. Stans, former Secretary of Commerce and native of Shakopee, today announced the Stans Foundation is awarding a $250,000 grant to the Minnesota Valley Restoration Project, also known as Murphy’s Landing…
25 Years Ago: From the April 5, 2001 Shakopee Valley News
County is warned that jail may be shut down
The Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) will formally tell Scott County it has three to five years to build a new jail or lose its license to operate the aging, non-compliant facility. The county committee studying the future of the jail is preparing to recommend to the County Board that a new jail be built — most likely on the parking lot west of the Justice Center — or that the existing jail be brought up to code…
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