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John Deneen, a junior at South St. Paul High school, earned the highest possible ACT composite score of 36 when he took the test this April.

Dakota County Technical College and Inver Hills Community College have hired Michael Birchard as their first associate vice president of equity and inclusion.

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Anneliese Tatham ’21, West St. Paul, earned a University of Minnesota Morris Briggs Library Associates Art Award for her pieces Seed Stories and Nourish in the Juried Art Exhibition.

On Thursday, March 22, the Minnesota Public Health Association Leadership Committee announced that Rep. Ruth Richardson (DFL – Mendota Heights) was selected for the 2019 B. Robert Lewis Award, honoring her work for Health Equity.

St. Croix Lutheran high school principal Ric Gibson was named winner of the 2019 Minnesota Independent School Forum (MISF) Leadership Award.

Colleen Loney, 90, of West St. Paul passed away March 5. Loney served on Dakota County’s Housing Authority for 30 years. 

Two Inver Grove Heights residents will join Stages Theatre Company in its production of “Own Moon.”