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New river bridge open ; trail opens ahead of schedule
by John Gessner SUN THISWEEK DAKOTA COUNTY TRIBUNE
The new Minnesota River bridge between Burnsville and Bloomington is open , along with its bike and pedestrian trail .
Four lanes in both directions and a MnPASS lane are open from Cliff Road to 106th Street . The crossing consists of two bridges , one northbound and one southbound , with an 8-foot separation .
The multi-use trail opened “ a couple weeks ago ,” a year ahead of schedule , said Kirsten Klein , spokeswoman for the Minnesota Department of Transportation ’ s Metro District .
Charges filed in Eagan homicide
A St . Paul man has been charged in the murder of a Minneapolis man following an alleged robbery gone wrong Monday in Eagan .
Robert Lee Baker , 29 , of St . Paul has been charged with second-degree murder ( with intent ) ( not premeditated ) and possession of a firearm by an ineligible person ( prior crime of violence conviction ), according to Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom .
He allegedly shot Maurice Antonio Anderson , 29 , of Minneapolis , Nov . 9
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This is a June 2020 view of the new Interstate 35W Minnesota River crossing on the Burnsville side .
The trail is the first bike and pedestrian Minnesota River crossing along Interstate 35W .
“ The new trail is really
in Eagan .
According to the c r i m i n a l complaint , E a g a n police responded to a report of Robert shots fired Baker at about 9 p . m . near the intersection of Eagandale Place and Lone Oak Road . One caller said there was a male laying on the ground outside a hotel and another said a red car had left the area at a high rate of speed .
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Photos by MN Shotz Photography Eagan High School ’ s musical “ Les Misérables ” will be streamed next month . Several safety measures were in place during rehearsal and filming this month . Students selfquarantined for weeks to create the show .
The show must go on
When they arrived , officers attempted life saving efforts , but Anderson was
cols . Production started a month early . pronounced dead at the Auditions were virtual . scene . Students rehearsed through double
The Hennepin County byAndy Rogers masks and were kept 12-feet apart during
Medical Examiner determined he died of 11 gun- for filming .
all rehearsals . Masks were only removed
shot wounds .
From Broadway to the Ordway to The performance was staged like a Officers located the Eagan High School , most theaters have concert . Actors were facing the imaginary crowd instead of singing to each red car a short time later . been dark since March . Baker was in the passenger But this fall , the school found a way other . seat . to keep the lights on for “ Les Misérables ” Amy Jo Cherner , vocal director and
When police interviewed the driver , she said “ It wasn ’ t easy , but for some reason looking at the studies from the Center
amid the COVID-19 pandemic . producer , said she spent a lot of time that she and Baker had all of the pieces of the puzzle came together ,” said Jodene Wartman , artistic lege to make sure what they were doing
for Disease Control and Colorado Col- gone to the hotel to meet a friend . After her friend director . was safe . got into the back seat of It required committed students and They secured approval from the dis-
See Homicide , 23A staff to follow dozens of safety proto- See Show , 26A
Eagan High School to stream ‘ Les Misérables ’
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