This week's Town Pages podcast is a farewell to city council members Phil Sterner and Mike Baxter. Sterner and Baxter attended their last city council meeting this week. Neither ran for re-election this year. Sterner won a seat in the Minnesota House of Representatives. Baxter filed for re-election but did not campaign after being named a district judge in LeSueur County. He stepped down from the council earlier this year. There was a reception for both before Tuesday's meeting and mayor Bill Droste presented both with plaques.Check back here next Thursday for another edition of the Town Pages podcast or just head to iTunes to subscribe. Just search for Rosemount Town Pages.If you've got a topic you'd like to see covered in a podcast be sure to let us know at 651-460-6606 or at editor@rosemounttownpages.com.You can subscribe to the Town Pages podcast with iTunes.

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Town Pages podcast for Dec. 18

This week's Town Pages podcast allows a Rosemount city employee to tell the story of his return from Iraq.

Town Pages podcast for Dec. 11

Happy Thanksgiving, Rosemount. The Town Pages is back with a holiday edition of our weekly podcast. This time around, staff writer Emily Zimmer sat down with Rosemount Area Seniors president Forrest Krogh to talk about recruiting new members, the seniors’ interest in a permanent home and some upcoming events.Check back here next Thursday for another edition of the Town Pages podcast or just head to iTunes to subscribe. Just search for Rosemount Town Pages.If you've got a topic you'd like to see covered in a podcast be sure to let us know at 651-460-6606 or at editor@rosemounttownpages.com.You can subscribe to the Town Pages podcast with iTunes.

Town Pages podcast for Nov. 27

This week we're bringing you a musical edition of the podcast. The RHS concert choir is set to perform Friday at the American Choral Directors Association convention in St. Olaf. We stopped by a rehearsal this week to see how things were shaping up.Check back here next Thursday for another edition of the Town Pages podcast or just head to iTunes to subscribe. Just search for Rosemount Town Pages.If you've got a topic you'd like to see covered in a podcast be sure to let us know at 651-460-6606 or at editor@rosemounttownpages.com.You can subscribe to the Town Pages podcast with iTunes.

Town Pages podcast for Nov. 20

Tuesday was Veteran's Day and this weeks Town Pages news podcast is part of an address by Dick Carroll, a Rosemount resident who spent a year as a prisoner of war during World War II.Check back here next Thursday for another edition of the Town Pages podcast or just head to iTunes to subscribe. Just search for Rosemount Town Pages.If you've got a topic you'd like to see covered in a podcast be sure to let us know at 651-460-6606 or at editor@rosemounttownpages.com.You can subscribe to the Town Pages podcast with iTunes.

Town pages news podcast for Nov. 13

For this week's Halloween edition of the Rosemount Town Pages news podcast Emily Zimmer talked with some of the volunteers who helped get Rosemount's annual Haunted Trail Halloween Walk up and running.Check back here next Thursday for another edition of the Town Pages podcast or just head to iTunes to subscribe. Just search for Rosemount Town Pages.If you've got a topic you'd like to see covered in a podcast be sure to let us know at 651-460-6606 or at editor@rosemounttownpages.com.You can subscribe to the Town Pages podcast with iTunes.

Rosemount Town Pages news podcast for Oct. 30

For this week's edition of the Rosemount Town Pages newspodcast we caught up with RHS senior Kevin Golla after a press conference held to officially introduce him as a member of the U.S. Army All-American Marching Band. Golla will perform with 100 other elite musicians at halftime of the All-American Bowl, a high school all star game that will take place Jan. 3 at the Alamodome in San Antonio. We also talked with RHS band director Steve Olsen, who nominated Golla for the award.

Rosemount Town Pages podcast for 10/23/08

The Rosemount Town Pages newspodcast is back after a quick, one-week break. This week I met with Don Budach, administrator of the new Intermediate School District 917 Alliance Education Center in Rosemount. The school, which opened for the first time in September, serves special needs students from around the county. Don gave me a tour of the building and we talked about the building and some of its more interesting features.

Town Pages podcast for Oct. 16

The Town Pages news podcast takes on a slightly different form this week. There's no conversation. Just a presentation from Dakota County Public Health's Pat Steig on a survey that looked into levels of activity and obesity in Rosemount and Dakota County. The presentation was part of a Tuesday night walking and biking tour meant to highlight things that are either invitations or barriers to living an active lifestyle in Rosemount.Check back here next Thursday for another edition of the Town Pages podcast or just head to iTunes to subscribe. Just search for Rosemount Town Pages.If you've got a topic you'd like to see covered in a podcast be sure to let us know at 651-460-6606 or at editor@rosemounttownpages.com.You can subscribe to the Town Pages podcast with iTunes.

News podcast for Oct. 2

This week's podcast is a conversation with Rosemount High School seniors Stephen Brossart, Connor Carroll and Alec Twaites. Those three plus classmate Sean Conway built a trebuchet — a medieval siege weapon similar to a catapult — as a final project for an AP history class. They assembled the trebuchet one last time — they plan to destroy it with a bonfire soon — and talked with the Town Pages about building it.

Rosemount Town Pages podcast for Sept. 4

This week's podcast is a conversation with Judy Good and Elvi Frisbee, two retired teachers whose new eight-day Ready for Kindergarten class is helping students who otherwise wouldn't have access to pre-school classes get ready for their first day of school. With games, songs, crafts and lessons Good and Frisbee are introducing the kids to the skills it takes to be a student.

Rosemount Town Pages podcast for Aug. 28

This week's Town Pages podcast is a conversation with John Hawkins, the oldest living retired Rosemount police officer. The police department used his badge this year as the model for a sesquicentennial badge RPD officers will wear all year. The conversation covers that, but it also gets into Hawkins' business life and his family — 12 kids! — including a son who carried the Olympic torch earlier this summer.

Town Pages podcast for Aug. 21

This week's podcast is a conversation with Eric Hansen, new assistant principal at Rosemount Middle School, and Brad Schaffer, the school's new assistant administrator/athletic director.Check back here next Thursday for another edition of the Town Pages podcast or just head to iTunes to subscribe. Just search for Rosemount Town Pages.If you've got a topic you'd like to see covered in a podcast be sure to let us know at 651-460-6606 or editor@rosemounttownpages.com.You can subscribe to the Town Pages podcast with iTunes.

Town Pages podcast for 080708

We're a little bit late with this week's Rosemount Town Pages news podcast, but we hope you'll feel like it was worth the wait.This week's podcast is a little bit different. We caught up with Rosemount High School choir director Gina Toso Thursday night at one of just two rehearsals held for a joint St. Joseph and RHS choir that is scheduled to sing today at a ceremony marking the first anniversary of the I-35W bridge collapse. A similar choir sang at the funeral of St. Joseph member Peter Hausmann, who died in the collapse.

Town Pages podcast for August 1

This week in the Rosemount Town Pages staff writer Emily Zimmer had a story about Rosemount’s newest police officer. The story had plenty of good information about Jason Woggy, but there were a few things that didn’t make it in. If given the choice, for example, would Woggy rather get tazed or pepper sprayed? And just how far can he pull a semi? This week’s Town Pages podcast answers those questions and more.Check back here next Thursday for another edition of the Town Pages podcast or just head to iTunes to subscribe. Just search for Rosemount Town Pages.If you've got a topic you'd like to see covered in a podcast be sure to let us know at 651-460-6606 or editor@rosemounttownpages.com.You can subscribe to the Town Pages podcast with iTunes.

Rosemount Town Pages podcast for July 24

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