St. Anthony Bulletin News

Von Maur to open second Minnesota location at mall

A decade after the last expansion of Roseville’s Rosedale Center, plans for another are moving along, now with a new wrinkle: The mall’s latest anchor tenant has been named.

According to a March 2 release, Iowa-based department store Von Maur will fill the 141,000-square foot addition to the mall that the Roseville City Council approved last year. 

The expansion will fill in what’s currently surface parking, between JCPenney and the AMC Theaters on the northeastern side of the mall.

Accompanying bus tour up for discussion

Historical records show that St. Anthony Village was once home to more livestock than humans. 

After digging through archives at the St. Anthony Village Historical Society, that tidbit stuck out to local author Gail Olson and inspired the title of her new book, “More Pigs Than People!” 

Olson, a Columbia Heights resident, has worked with the historical society in recent years as a commissioned author, writing books centered on St. Anthony’s history. 

This is her third book about the small suburb, but her first for children, complete with colorful illustrations by St. Anthony Village High School studio art instructor Sarah Gunderson.  

Police ask for help identifying woman 

A woman who was found dead in New Brighton 15 years ago has never been identified, but now the image of her face has reemerged through facial reconstruction technologies, and though it’s only a likeness, police are hoping it will lead to new information in the cold case. 

The investigation of the woman’s death began in the fall of 2000, when her body was found by two hikers just off a little-used path in Long Lake Regional Park. Police believe the corpse had been lying there for at least two months by the time it was found Sept. 15.

The New Brighton Department of Public Safety requested assistance from the FBI last year, specifically to have them reassemble characteristics of the woman’s face using facial reconstruction. The image was released to the public last week.

New Brighton public works responded to a water main break on Silver Lake Road over last week’s holiday weekend. 

Parties prepare for Super Tuesday

Precinct party caucuses are a week away on March 1 — Super Tuesday — when voters in Minnesota and 12 other states will caucus for presidential candidates, among other party business.

The events, which begin at 7 p.m., are run completely by state political parties and deal with internal party business so caucus rules and happenings will vary, district by district.

Roseville Review area Republicans and DFLers who plan to caucus likely live in either House District 42B or 66A; officials in both parties are expecting lots of caucus participation during this presidential election year.  

Nazi Germany cited to underscore opposition to organized garbage collection
The trash talks are over, according to the Mounds View City Council, which said the contentious discussions concerning the city switching to an organized system of collecting garbage will be “discontinued.” 

Sheriff puts out word about phone scams
The phone scammers are going down the list, and according to the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office, their fingers have been dialing the numbers of Arden Hills and Shoreview residents. 
Residents within both cities have reported calls and messages concerning “unclaimed packages” of money that belong to them.

The Ramsey County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Feb. 2 to adopt a bike and pedestrian improvement plan.

Roseville police shot and killed a 52-year-old Roseville man identified as John Birkeland after he attacked a K9 police dog with a knife while officers were responding to a disturbance call at an apartment building the evening of Feb. 10.

A Blaine man was seriously injured when he attempted to move a recliner out of the left lane on northbound Interstate 35W in Roseville the afternoon of Feb. 6.