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ABOUT SOUTHWEST NEWSPAPERS
Southwest Newspapers publishes print and digital products -- including newspapers and Web sites -- to inform and entertain people in the Twin Cities' southwest suburbs, from Eden Prairie to Jordan and points in between. Our customers are residents who dig local news and information, and the businesses who want to reach them. Between print and online, we reach more than 250,000 people and our circulation is increasing! When it comes to "local" -- great information you really can't get anywhere else -- we're king of the hill in our market. Keep an eye on us because we're creating new products all the time. You can find out more at swnewspapers.com. Or, give us a call at (952) 445-3333.
TODD ABELN
Sports Editor Shakopee Valley News & Jordan Independent
952-345-6587, tabeln@swpub.com
Todd Abeln grew up in Bloomington - playing soccer, hockey and baseball at Bloomington Kennedy High School - and still lives there. But his sportswriting career after obtaining a journalism degree at Mankato in 1999 has taken him elsewhere. He's been a sports editor for the Olivia Times Journal in Olivia, Minn., has covered south-metro sports for Thisweek Newspapers, and since March 2008 has been a sports editor for Southwest Newspapers - covering Shakopee and Jordan. His free time mostly revolves around his wife and young child - another is on the way in fall 2009 - but he also plays golf, softball and broomball to stay active.
DANIEL HUSS
Sports Editor Eden Prairie News
952-942-7947, dhuss@swpub.com
Daniel Huss is a Southwest Newspapers veteran, covering mostly Eden Prairie sports since October 1997. He came to Southwest from the Minnesota Waterfowl Association, where among other things he edited the organization's quarterly magazine. He remains a fisherman and hunter - he favors pheasants and grouse, in that order - but is also involved in his two daughters' activities, including softball and lacrosse. When you cover Eden Prairie High School you can expect to write about a lot of state championships. For Dan, highlights have included the football title win over Cretin-Derham Hall, a girls swim championship that came down to the final race, and a girls soccer championship decided in a shootout.
TIM MCGOVERN
Sports Editor Chaska Herald & Chanhassen Villager
952-345-6576, scores@swpub.com
Tim McGovern has covered Chaska and Chanhassen sports since August 2004 but has spent more than a dozen years in sports journalism. Prior to joining Southwest Newspapers he was at the Hutchinson (Minn.) Leader and the Iowa City Press-Citizen. He has a journalism degree from the University of Iowa but spent his formative years in Eden Prairie, where he played youth hockey and in high school was part of the cross-country running team. "Running around" with his two young children - and guiding their sports interests - occupies a significant part of his life.
TOM SCHARDIN
Sports Editor Prior Lake American & Savage Pacer
952-345-6379, tschardin@swpub.com
Tom Schardin, a sports editor for Southwest Newspapers for about eight years, reports on Burnsville, Savage and Prior Lake athletics but has covered high school sports since 1994. Before joining Southwest he worked at two daily newspapers on Minnesota’s Iron Range: the Mesabi Daily News and the Hibbing Daily Tribune. Prior to attending the University of St. Thomas, where he received a journalism degree in 1994, he spent four years in the U.S. Marines, including a year in Japan. He's a graduate of Bloomington Kennedy High School, where he was a Section 6AA championship golfer and ninth-place finisher in the state tournament. Tom is married; he and his wife have two young children.