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Thursday, October 9, 2025
The “downtown” area serves as the centerpiece for most communities. Prior Lake has certainly seen its share of significant changes on Main Avenue over the years, and in the past few, we’ve been fortunate to have new storefronts and restaurants moving in. Check out this week’s “Prior Lake in the Past” to see what used to occupy the building featured in the Top Story.
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Top Story
Cindy and Bob Boegeman have been business owners in Prior Lake for decades. They recently opened YT’s Garage Sports Bar on Main Avenue.
Garage door is open
YT's sports bar proves to be a big draw for downtown Prior Lake
For Bob and Cindy Boegeman, 2025 has been a busy year, due in large part to a wish that was fulfilled after waiting nearly a decade.
The owner of the old car repair business located on Main Avenue finally agreed it was time to close up shop and sold them the property as last year came to a close. The big sign for Dingman's Auto Body came down months ago. It has since been replaced with YT's Garage Sports Bar.
The Boegemans are far from newcomers to the area, having spent most of their childhood in Prior Lake. Bob came from a family with 12 children, and his long-standing nickname is "Whitey," due to his very light blonde hair he's had all his life. While the spelling changed, "YT" stuck as part of the name of their new adventure which opened in September.
News
 | LaunchPad Golf, SMSC's high-tech golf and entertainment venue, now openLaunchPad Golf The Meadows opened to the public on Saturday, Oct. 4. Operated by the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, the new entertainment venue is located next to Mystic Lake Casino Hotel and will provide year-round daytime and late-night entertainment seven days a week and feature tech-driven driving range experience. |
 | PL Rotary Club awards nearly $142,000 to local non-profit organizationsPrior Lake Rotary presented checks totaling nearly $142,000 to representatives from non-profit organizations that assisted with making Lakefront Music Fest held in mid-July a success. |
Schools
 | Four PLSAS board members join others in state requesting Title IX complianceClose to 100 school board members from across the state sent a letter to officials at the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) and the Minnesota State High School (MSHSL) urging them to comply with Title IX requirements. |
 | Vivaldi's 'Gloria' to be performed by Prior Lake High School choirs Oct. 13The Prior Lake High School Choir will kick off their concert season on Monday, Oct. 13, when they perform "Gloria" by Antonio Vivaldi at Shepherd of the Lake Lutheran Church in Prior Lake. |
 | PLHS to present 'Cinderella' as its fall musical productionRehearsals are currently underway in the Prior Lake High School auditorium for the fall musical, Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Cinderella, Enchanted Edition." |
City
 | PL Lions Club recycling project comes with added benefitThe Prior Lake Lions Club, in partnership with Smoke Signals and Club Prior, continues to coordinate the collection of clean plastic bags that are recycled and then turned into outdoor park benches. |
Klekner hired as city's new Finance Director
Nicole Klekner has been named the new Finance Director for the City of Prior Lake. Klekner served in an interim capacity in this role for the past five months. She joined the city in March 2022 as Assistant Finance Director prior to the retirement of Cathy Erickson in August.
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Prior Lake in the Past
This weekly column contains summary excerpts of news items published in the Prior Lake American during the same week 60, 40 and 20 years ago. We hope our readers enjoy remembering those who are mentioned from years past, and this feature provides historical perspective about how much the community has changed over the decades.
Prior Lake Police Log: September 23-29
This weekly report is based on information submitted by the Prior Lake Police Department for responses. All calls for service may not be included; all subjects arrested and named are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Sports
 | Lakers stun No. 6 Shakopee with explosive Homecoming win, face Lakeville nextThe Prior Lake Lakers provided their most complete offensive performance of the season, riding two long touchdown passes from quarterback Drew Brinkman and three powerful scoring runs by running back Dylan Hawley to knock off No. 6 Shakopee 38–28 on Oct. 3. |
 | Lakers close regular season strong, set for section playoffsThe Prior Lake girls’ soccer team closed out the regular season with two convincing South Suburban Conference victories to build momentum heading into the section playoffs. |
Events
Oct. 11 | Savage Arts Festival - Community Park, Savage
The annual Savage Area Arts Festival will be held at Community Park in Savage on Saturday, Oct. 11, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dozens of artists and craftspeople will be selling their creations. Food trucks will also be on site the day of the event.
Oct. 15 | Fall Colors Pilates Class - Cleary Lake Regional Park
Use your lunch break to take in the beautiful colors during a Pilates class scheduled at Cleary Lake Regional Park on Wednesday, Oct. 15, from noon to 1 p.m.
Oct. 21 | Lakeside Big Band - Prior Lake VFW
The Prior Lake News Compass is approaching its first anniversary of providing LOCAL news for Prior Lake. We will host a special event to show our appreciation to those who have helped us achieve this milestone, with music provided by Lakeside Big Band.
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