# Shakopee *County seat of Scott County, Minnesota, named in two at-issue items of the record* Shakopee is the seat of [[Scott County, Minnesota]], a city on a bend of the south bank of the [[Minnesota River]] southwest of [[Minneapolis]], within the southwestern part of the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area.[^1] The 2020 census counted 43,698 residents.[^2] In this record the city appears chiefly as a location. Two at-issue items in the project's Scott County package name it. The first sets the federal child-nutrition money a Shakopee strip-mall storefront is said to have received against the food it is said to have bought.[^3] The second records that a full-text search of a 205-page congressional report on Minnesota fraud for Shakopee and eight other Scott County place and entity names returned no hits.[^4] The court records and news reports on which both items rest are not among the pack's citable sources. Their figures are therefore given below as the items state them, with attribution, and the article does not adjudicate them.[^3][^4] ## Who The Wikipedia article, as retrieved on 27 October 2026, lists Shakopee's elected officials by party. In the [[United States House of Representatives]], the city is represented by [[Angie Craig]] (Democrat, 2nd district). In the [[Minnesota Senate]], its member is [[Eric Pratt]] (Republican, Senate District 54). In the [[Minnesota House of Representatives]], its member is [[Brad Tabke]] (Democrat, House District 54A). The mayor is Matt Lehman.[^5] ## Where - Shakopee lies on the Minnesota River's south bank, southwest of Minneapolis, and is the seat of Scott County.[^1] - Figures from the [[United States Census Bureau]] give the city a total area of 29.32 square miles. Of that, 28.01 square miles is land and 1.31 square miles is water.[^6] - U.S. Highway 169 and County Highway 101 are main routes through the city. Highway 169, together with State Highway 13, links the city to the wider metropolitan region. County Highway 101 runs east–west through the historic downtown.[^6] - Burial mounds on the river bluff, now inside Veterans Memorial Park, are dated at 500 to 2,000 years old.[^7] - The Shakopee-Mdewakanton reservation lies in neighbouring [[Prior Lake]].[^7] The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community maintains an official site.[^8] - The at-issue record places a "Shakopee strip-mall storefront" in the city as the recipient of the federal child-nutrition funds described below. The pack gives no name or street address for it.[^3] ## When - **18th century:** Chief Shakopee II of the [[Mdewakanton]] [[Dakota]] set up his village at the east end of the riverbank area.[^1] - **1851:** Under the [[Treaty of Traverse des Sioux]], the Dakota ceded land, and many moved to Chief Shakopee II's village. In the same year, Thomas A. Holmes opened a trading post west of the Dakota settlement.[^7] - **1854:** Holmes platted Shakopee Village and named it after Chief Shakopee II.[^7] - **1857:** The city first incorporated.[^7] - **1861:** Amid conflict in the Dakota War, the city gave up its charter. In the same year, the western end kept township status under the new name Jackson Township.[^7] - **1870:** The city incorporated again.[^7] - **1960s:** By this decade, the local economy had become tied to the expanding metropolitan area.[^1] - **1996:** U.S. Highway 169 was rerouted toward the new Bloomington Ferry Bridge, after which the city grew substantially as a commuter suburb.[^1] ## How many - **2010 census:** 37,076 people in 12,772 households.[^2] - **2020 census:** 43,698 residents, with a median age of 35.2 years. Residents under 18 made up 27.9% of the population, and those 65 or older made up 9.6%.[^2] - **2020 households:** 14,722 households, 42.3% of them with children under 18.[^2] - **2020 housing:** 15,378 housing units, of which 4.3% stood vacant.[^2] ## In the at-issue record **Storefront funding (AI-Scott-020).** The item makes four statements about a Shakopee strip-mall storefront: - It received $25 million in federal child-nutrition money over about eighteen months. - It spent $3 million on food. - An FBI forensic accountant testified to those figures. - Prosecutors alleged "$28 million in fraudulent claims from that entity alone".[^3] The item lists its source kinds as court and news, with source domains justice.gov and sahanjournal.com. No URL from either domain is in the pack. The item does not give the storefront's name, the case caption, the docket, the court, or the case's status.[^3] The project anchors the item to a March 2025 presidential action on protecting the federal bank account against fraud, waste and abuse. Its stated rationale is that the gap between money received and food bought is the condition that action targets.[^3] **Congressional report search (AI-Scott-021).** The item states that a 205-page congressional report on Minnesota fraud contains no references to any of nine terms: - Scott County - Shakopee - [[Savage]] - Prior Lake - [[Jordan]] - Belle Plaine - New Prague - [[Empire Cuisine]] - one further named entity It describes the result as a full-text search with no hits.[^4] Its source domains are oversight.house.gov and sahanjournal.com. The pack does not give the report's title, date or issuing committee.[^4] The project anchors the item to a March 2025 presidential action on eliminating information silos.[^4] Read together, the two items place a national report on Minnesota fraud beside a $25 million figure that trial testimony, as the first item reports, attributed to a single Shakopee storefront. According to the second item, that report does not name the city.[^3][^4] The record does not establish: - whether the storefront in the first item is one of the entities searched for in the second; - the outcome of the prosecution; - why the report omits the searched terms. ## Notes [^1]: Wikipedia contributors, *Shakopee, Minnesota*, lead section (revision 1377581851, retrieved 27 October 2026) — location, county seat, Chief Shakopee II's village, metropolitan economy by the 1960s, 1996 Highway 169 realignment. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakopee,_Minnesota [^2]: Wikipedia contributors, *Shakopee, Minnesota*, "Demographics" section (revision 1377581851, retrieved 27 October 2026) — 2020 and 2010 census population, household and housing counts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakopee,_Minnesota [^3]: The White House, *Protecting America's Bank Account Against Fraud, Waste, and Abuse* (March 2025) — presidential action designated as the anchor of at-issue item AI-Scott-020. The action does not itself document the storefront figures, which the item attributes to court and news sources not in the pack. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/protecting-americas-bank-account-against-fraud-waste-and-abuse/ [^4]: The White House, *Stopping Waste, Fraud, and Abuse by Eliminating Information Silos* (March 2025) — presidential action designated as the anchor of at-issue item AI-Scott-021. The action does not itself document the report search, which the item attributes to oversight.house.gov and sahanjournal.com. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/stopping-waste-fraud-and-abuse-by-eliminating-information-silos/ [^5]: Wikipedia contributors, *Shakopee, Minnesota*, "Government" section (revision 1377581851, retrieved 27 October 2026) — federal and state legislators by party and district; mayor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakopee,_Minnesota [^6]: Wikipedia contributors, *Shakopee, Minnesota*, "Geography" section (revision 1377581851, retrieved 27 October 2026) — Census Bureau area figures; main highways. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakopee,_Minnesota [^7]: Wikipedia contributors, *Shakopee, Minnesota*, "History" section (revision 1377581851, retrieved 27 October 2026) — burial mounds, 1851 treaty, trading post, platting, incorporations, Jackson Township, reservation in Prior Lake. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakopee,_Minnesota [^8]: Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, *official site* (undated) — the community's official web presence. https://shakopeedakota.org/