Apple Valley Patch's Week in Review

Apple Valley's police blotter and drug incidents.

Photographer Ali Haupt at the first day of the Farm Babies exhibit at the Minnesota Zoo.

Dakota County for county residents, which is planned for Empire Township.

The Apple Valley Barnes & Noble where Northfield-based author Tom Swift talked about his award-winning book, "Chief Bender’s Burden: The Silent Struggle of a Baseball Star."

We and whether local parents plan to follow them.

The Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan school district as part of its $8.5 million in budget cuts and additional revenues for 2011-12.

An Apple Valley man in the neck with a kitchen knife.

Apple Valley mortgage banker Tom Smith .

We profiled Dan Peterson, or "Diver Dan," an aquarist at the Minnesota Zoo who among the zoo's staff.

The state championship and No. 1 nationally ranked Apple Valley High School wrestling team on Wednesday.

Apple Valley's Chamber of Commerce president and local business owners held Saturday in Apple Valley.

Sen. Chris Gerlach and Reps. Kurt Bills and Tara Mack at the Apple Valley American Legion on Thursday, where they fielded questions from constituents on topics like education reform and taxes.

Apple Valley High School's Tom Schalk this weekend.