East Side Review

Caring for an aging loved one, especially a parent, can take more commitment than any full-time job. Being on call 24 hours a day is physically and emotionally draining.

Deer can easily become overpopulated in the metro area, where natural predators no longer exist and hunting is limited or prohibited by local ordinance.

An enlarging Asian dining enclave on the north end of Har Mar Mall features two new establishments where savory broths are boiling and eating adventures await. With chilly weather imminent, they are the places to go for inner warmth. 

Candidates running for Minnesota House districts 67A and 67B, which represent the East Side, took part in a League of Women Voters forum on Oct. 23 discussing topics like women's rights, health care, voting and more.

A robin sipped from a spring-fed stream in the Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary Oct. 22. The sanctuary is an excellent spot for birding for both small song birds and larger raptors, like bald eagles.

A few months after the issue was first brought before the council, Inver Grove Heights Police Chief Paul Schnell gave an update on a proposed police body camera policy at the council's Oct. 22 meeting.

New athletic field approved in conjunction with bond remodel plans

Steps were taken Oct. 16 to begin work on items included in the $117 building bond that was approved earlier this year in ISD 197. 

First item of business is updating district plan

After years of searching for a permanent executive director, the Payne-Phalen Community Council has finally found its match. 

Inver Grove Heights School Board approves flipped schedule

Over MEA break, the long weekend beginning Oct. 18, vandals broke into Community of Saints Regional Catholic School at 225 Hurley Ave. E. West St. Paul police investigator Shannon Mitchell said a significant amount of damage was done.