Belle Plaine wins competition for motorcycle plant; Excelsior- Henderson...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  August 22, 1996 ;     700+ words ......commissioner for the Minnesota Department of...Development. While Belle Plaine residents, state...to Ohio and Minnesota and then to several Minnesota communities...Shakopee and Belle Plaine. But Minnesota and the city of Belle Plaine, with ...

He's leaving his mark on Belle Plaine.(NEWS)(Metscape)

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  September 8, 2002 ;     700+ words ......public discourse in Belle Plaine. Even so, it's...built a hotel in Belle Plaine before Minnesota became a state...family ownership in Minnesota. Ed Townsend also...10 years on the Belle Plaine City Council...mid-1970s, when Belle Plaine's most ...

Tie vote leaves Belle Plaine schools without answers; Critic: `I think...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  September 22, 2004 ;     380 words ......Gail Riesgraf knows first-hand that Belle Plaine students need more space. Working in the Belle Plaine Elementary School cafeteria, which feeds...a new elementary school and remodel Belle Plaine High School. I think there's a better...

Fast growth causes shock waves; It's a factor in Belle Plaine's city...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  November 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Staff Writer To the north of Hwy. 169 in Belle Plaine is small-town tradition. There's a Main...city, but it looks and acts like two. Belle Plaine is a town that needs to talk. Two months...newcomers like herself want to turn Belle Plaine into a Shakopee, and too many new residents...

ON THE ROAD; LESUEUR-HENDERSON 41, BELLE PLAINE 8; LeSueur resembles good...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  September 29, 2007 ;     683 words ......Reusse; Staff Writer Belle Plaine, Minn. -- LeSueur-Henderson and Belle Plaine had not completed the...bad habit. A week ago, Minnesota's Jamal Harris was running...his fumble before the Belle Plaine defenders reacted. This...first points. LeSueur and Belle ...

Districts assess defeat of Belle Plaine bond question.(SOUTH)

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  October 15, 2003 ;     700+ words ......vote means for their referendums. Some say Belle Plaine's situation has no bearing on other districts...worry that their voters could be swayed by Belle Plaine voters' refusal last week to raise taxes. Opponents of Belle Plaine's referendum, which called for building a...people were ...

Belle Plaine still divided over schools; The district will put a leaner...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  September 8, 2004 ;     690 words ......testy at a recent public forum about the Belle Plaine school district building proposal that...where we have space. Few in booming Belle Plaine question the need for the district's...build a new elementary school and expand Belle Plaine High by 2006-07. Some of the district...

Belle Plaine weighs school vote; A new elementary building is included in...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  July 7, 2004 ;     422 words ......elementary school, renovation and expansion of Belle Plaine High School to fit 800 students, and construction...decided the more immediate space needs were at Belle Plaine Elementary. The school was designed to fit...the new elementary school or the existing Belle Plaine Elementary. ...

New serve rule rings true for Belle Plaine volleyball; Minnesota high...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  September 6, 2006 ;     404 words ......a bit simplistic to say Belle Plaine's volleyball team received...serve as an experiment in Minnesota. The libero, a back-row...court as a freshman on Belle Plaine's B squad two years ago...us]. About the new rule Minnesota, like more than a dozen...the game. How it helps ...

'Cadillac' factory building sits idling in Belle Plaine; A "white...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  January 10, 2007 ;     614 words ......Harley-Davidson, the building sits empty in Belle Plaine. The motorcycle maker went bankrupt in 1999...challenge of leasing or selling a building that Belle Plaine Mayor Tom Meger describes as a white elephant...doing it for a long-term home. Meanwhile, Belle Plaine is bracing for ...

Fast-growing Belle Plaine will vote on money for new school.(SOUTH)

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  October 1, 2003 ;     497 words ......and senior high students stream across Belle Plaine's West Prairie Street to get to their...as they open in 2006. John Mahoney of Belle Plaine said that with an enrollment expected...Sandy Johnson, 58, the director of the Belle Plaine Chamber of Commerce, supports the referendum...

EPA CLEANS UP MERCURY CONTAMINATION | GURNEE DUPLEX: DANGEROUSLY HIGH...

News-Sun, The (Waukegan, IL);  April 4, 2000 ;     563 words ......residents of a duplex in the 600 block of Belle Plaine Avenue that approximately 8 ounces of...along the bank of a creek just west of Belle Plaine, one block south of Grand Avenue. A...mercury levels at both the duplex on Belle Plaine and a home in the 500 block of Magnolia...

Belle Plaine, Minn., Snags Excelsior-Henderson Motorcycle...

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  August 21, 1996 ;     403 words ...Aug. 21--Belle Plaine has won the battle for the factory...organizations and individuals in Belle Plaine -- everyone from the high school...Sources confirmed Tuesday that Belle Plaine will be the site. Both the company and Belle Plaine Mayor Gerry Meyer declined ...

remembering; BELLE PLAINE; Andy Fogarty owned Andy's Bar and...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  August 30, 2006 ;     289 words ......Andy's Bar and Grill in Belle Plaine since 1995, died Aug. 19...was born and raised in Belle Plaine. He graduated from Belle Plaine High School in 1987 and...University of St. Thomas and Minnesota State University, Mankato...his mother, Kathleen, of Belle Plaine, ...

GO AHEAD AND LET IT FLY; Belle Plaine's boys' basketball team is off to a...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  December 20, 2006 ;     600 words ......make six passes to get the same shot? For Belle Plaine, many of those shots happen to be three-pointers...Green lights all the way Trent Carlson isn't Belle Plaine's only shooter who is free to fire. The guard-hea...installed a motion offense late last season, and Belle Plaine's ...