Newsbriefs - Bulletin Area

Climate Generation: A Will Steger Legacy announced its open call for submissions to “Eyewitness,” a collection of short stories, poems and sketches that will highlight how climate change impacts and solutions are being seen and felt in the state. 

Every 10 years, the U.S. Census Bureau conducts a census to count those living in the United States and its territories. The census is critical for a better understanding of the community.

State Rep. Connie Bernardy of New Brighton is hosting a community conversation with constituents to listen to concerns, answer questions and share updates from St. Paul.

Some have lost spouses, some parents or other relatives. All share a common journey: They were caring for someone with dementia and now that person has died.

From Aug. 16 to Oct. 11, Pillsbury House Theatre will accept applications for the inaugural McKnight Community-Engaged Artist Fellowship program. Artists from all areas of Minnesota are encouraged to apply.

Little Canada’s Finishing Trades Institute of the Upper Midwest has recently become a participating PSEO institution. Finishing Trades Institute has several career technical education programs in the construction and manufacturing sectors.

Adopt-a-Drain — a program that engages residents to protect area lakes, rivers and wetlands — will kick off a campaign to double its membership at the Minnesota State Fair Aug. 22 to Sept. 2.

House of Wong was packed to the gills at its grand reopening the night of Aug. 1. The restaurant had been closed since January, relocating a few doors down in the Roseville Center shopping mall, located at 1135 Larpenteur Ave. W.

The Midwest Legislative Conference unanimously passed a resolution by Rep. Mary Kunesh-Podein of New Brighton on July 24, urging the U.S. Bureau of Indian Education to improve the management, oversight and performance of its 183 schools. 

Due to construction on Interstate 35W, New Brighton’s Stockyard Days festival has moved its parade from Thursday, Aug. 8, to Saturday, Aug. 3 at 3 p.m.