Doug Walden, 82, of Highlands, Texas and formerly of Shakopee, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2008 in Houston, Texas.

Memorial service is Monday, Nov. 17, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Baytown, Texas with the Rev. Bonnie Parker officiating.

Funeral arrangements were made by Navarre Funeral Home, www.navarrefuneralhome.com.

By Nancy Huddleston, Correspondent

Asperger's syndrome was brought forth as a possible defense in the Craigslist murder case by defense attorneys during a hearing this week.

Attorney Alan Margoles said that Michael John Anderson has been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome and was "laboring under it" so that he "didn't know the nature of his actions or that they were wrong.”

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The U.S. Senate race recount has already started in other areas of the state, including neighboring Carver County, but Scott County’s ballots won’t be hand-counted until Dec. 3.

Counties in charge of their own recount were able to select which day they will conduct it. Carver County chose Wednesday, the first day possible.

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Are you interested in reading the public notices published in the November 20, 2008 print edition of the Shakopee Valley News newspaper? The page or pages on which those notices were printed are attacehd to this item, in the form of .pdf's that can be opened with Adobe Acrobat.

The Shakopee High School theater department’s musical “Little Shop of Horrors!” continues Friday, Saturday and Sunday with shows at the high school auditorium.

Show times are 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday.

Tickets are on sale starting one hour prior to each show.

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The Humane Society said today that Petland stores are selling puppies from so-called puppy mills, but telling customers that the dogs come from good breeders.

The animal-protection group made the charges at a news conference in Washington after an eight-month investigation of the chain. It involved 21 Petland stores, including two Minnesota stores, and dozens of breeders and brokers.

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Wilbert L. Neve, 86 of Prior Lake, passed away Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008 at the Belle Plaine Lutheran Home.

Visitation will be held on Monday, Nov. 24, from 4-7 p.m. at Ballard-Sunder Funeral Home in Prior Lake, and also at the church one hour prior to the services.

Funeral service will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 25, at 11 a.m. at Shepherd of the Lake Lutheran Church in Prior Lake.

Funeral arrangements by Ballard-Sunder Funeral Home, 952-447-2633. www.ballardsunderfuneral.com

By Shawn Hogendorf, Correspondent

An 18-year-old Minneapolis man was arrested after he allegedly pulled a gun, cocked it and pointed it at a father and son who confronted the man about money he stole in the parking lot of the Tiowakan Spiritual Center on the Shakopee Mdewakanton Dakota reservation in Prior Lake on Nov. 13.

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Bob Mertz, a former member of the Shakopee City Council and School Board, died on Tuesday at St. Francis Regional Medical Center.

Mertz, 87, served as a city alderman for five years and on the Shakopee School Board for 12 years.

Among his survivors is wife Bettie. The couple recently celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary.

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Canterbury Park has proposed a 62-day racing season in 2009, five fewer days than this year’s meet.

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