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I-35 construction to trigger major lane closures near Forest Lake
FOREST LAKE, Minn. — All road construction projects are bound to inconvenience somebody, but a concrete repair job that will unfold over the next couple of weeks promises a major impact on motorists. MnDOT says southbound I-35 at Forest Lake will be reduced to a single lane for a...
Minn. Gov. Tim Walz will lead event ahead of Trump rally
ST. PAUL – Gov. Tim Walz and other Minnesota leaders will lead a canvassing kickoff on Saturday in St. Paul ahead of Trump's St. Cloud rally. According to the release, U.S. Rep Betty McCollum, R-Minn., and St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter will join Walz, DFL, at the event that will focus on the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025. ...
Stacy Daze Grand Marshals are familiar faces
Stacy Daze is August 2-4 and the community is paying tribute to longtime, much loved local businesspersons Donna and Jim Keacher as parade Grand Marshals. motorsports business in downtown Stacy, after 52 years of ownership. Jim is a Stacy native, born and bred and met Donna while working briefly at...
Coon Rapids License & Passport Center Announces Unexpected Closure Today Due to Utility Shut-Off
In a sudden move that disrupts plans for many, the Coon Rapids License & Passport Center has announced a one-day closure. Scheduled today, July 24th, the facility will not be accessible to the public due to an unforeseen utility shut-off that compelled the center to halt its services temporarily. Residents...
MN Officials Concerned About Possible Community Spread of Measles
St. Paul, MN (KROC-AM News) - The Minnesota Department of Health is expressing concern about the possible community spread of measles due to the discovery of three measles cases this week. The department says the confirmed cases of the highly contagious infection involved unvaccinated children in Anoka, Hennepin, and Ramsey...
MN church group stranded for days in New Orleans
MINNEAPOLIS — A Twin Cities church group is on its way home tonight, after spending the last few days stranded in New Orleans. “We are really sick of the airport,” Leisha Tays, supervising the trip, said in a FaceTime call from the airport. That trip, to the Evangelical...
Minnesota State Fair gears up for 2024 season with job fair
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota State Fair will host a job fair on Wednesday with hopes of hiring numerous job seekers to fill various roles around the fairgrounds.In a press release, state fair organizers say they're looking to hire around 3,000 people over the summer. The job fair will be held at the fairgrounds in the North End Event Center from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Some positions they're looking to fill include ticket sellers, ticket takers, parking and park and ride attendants, ride ticket takers, barn attendants, custodians and more. Non-food or merchandise vendor jobs are open to anyone 16 years or...
Discover the Best of Blaine MS: A City That Has it All!
A Family-Friendly City with Endless Recreation Opportunities According to SouthWestJournal, Blaine, Minnesota is a nice place to live. It is not too expensive, and it has good schools. Many people like to move here because it is a great place to start a family. Blaine MS has many parks and lakes, which are perfect for […]
Compost program turns food scraps into soil instead of waste in Washington and Ramsey Counties
Whatever foods you have leftover or you bought too much of, or forgot was in the fridge, you put them in the special compost bag the city sends you and throw it in your regular garbage container with the rest of your garbage. Sheletta explains more.
About the Town: Finding happiness here
Ruth Gibson of White Bear Lake sent a letter to me back in 2020 which included an article written by the Reverend Robert Legette Alexander, D.D. He was the third USS Yorktown Protestant chaplain in 1943. The article came from the book Living Day By Day with Dr. “A.”
CITY OF STACY NOTICE OF AFFIDAVIT OF CANDIDACY
(July 25; August 1, 2024) Notice is hereby given that a General City Election will be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, for the purpose of electing candidates for the following offices:. Mayor at large for a two-year term. One Councilmember for a four-year term from Precinct 1/Ward 1 (pre-annexation...
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APPLICANTS(S): Anthony Lesnar, 34325 Novak Ave., Lindstrom, MN 55045 USA. If you submit an attachment, it will be incorporated into this document. If the attachment conflicts with the information specifically set forth in this document, this document supersedes the data referenced in the attachment. By typing my name, I, the...
Downtown St. Paul looks to home and condo owners to help expand cleaning, public safety services
Who should pay additional dollars to keep downtown St. Paul safe and clean?. Since 2020, commercial and industrial property owners have provided the bulk of funding for the city’s Downtown Improvement District. But a plan to nearly triple the district’s footprint and double its operating budget would tap a new group of fee payers: downtown homeowners.
MN educators join national calls for democracy, better working conditions
Politics and education reform are among the major topics at a national convention of more than 3,500 teachers union members this week, including some from Minnesota. The American Federation of Teachers is among the groups that endorsed Kamala Harris for president, and leaders at the conference are also pushing for more money and better working conditions for teachers nationwide.
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