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Partners in Policymaking program accepting applications through July 10

Water purification may be on the minds of area residents after the Minnesota Department of Health updated its health-based advisory values in May for two industrial chemicals present in some east metro groundwater. 

Celebrations of our Independence abound around town!

Painful year comes to a head with June 16 verdict

Code amendment extends liquor store hours

On June 20, the Mendota Heights City Council unanimously adopted an amendment to the city’s alcoholic beverages code allowing for Sunday sales and extending liquor store hours.

Glenn Charles Burke of Inver Grove Heights pleaded guilty on June 21 in Dakota County District Court to four felony counts of theft by temporary control and two felony counts of theft by swindle. 

Simley High School student Abby Guggisberg will be featured in Circus Juventas’ Nordsaga, July 28-Aug. 31 under the Big Top in St. Paul. 

The Minnesota State Fair, along with several of its vendors, will host a State Fair Job Fair from 4 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, June 28, in the Progress Center on the fairgrounds. That evening, more than 600 fair-time positions will be available.

Grant David Hendrickson, 28, of South St. Paul, was sentenced June 19 to 32 years in prison for killing a man and wounding another in a shooting that took place last year at a Burnsville Dollar Tree.