East Side Review

Inver Grove Heights PD partners with nonprofit to put books in kids’ hands

Not all families have the resources to provide books for their children, but in Inver Grove Heights there’s a new program that aims to help.

West St. Paul on Sept. 23 joined other cities in setting its 2020 preliminary budget and levy.

Although it is the second most common type of dementia after Alzheimer’s disease, Lewy body dementia often is misdiagnosed, sometimes leading to problems with treatment and care.

Each week the staff at the Roseville Library answers more than 2,500 questions on every subject under the sun. Here are some of the most interesting ones they’ve gotten lately.

Q.  It seems like most of your book clubs are for fiction readers. Do you have any reading groups that are more fact-based? I’m an engineer.

Better Business Bureau of Minnesota and North Dakota

Scammers are pulling some old tricks out of their hats and using fake websites to con would-be pet owners out of money.

The League of Women Voters St. Paul held a Sept. 18 roundtable discussion with St. Paul Public School board candidates at the East Side Freedom Library. 

The new pickleball courts at North Valley Park, 2800 70th St. in Inver Grove Heights, officially opened Sept. 17 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony full of puns. The six new courts replaced tennis courts.

Despite work not taking place until 2021, discussions are underway for updating the runway and taxiway at Fleming Field, the municipal airport in South St. Paul. 

A new community gathering space called Urban Village has opened at 1082 Arcade St.  

The space, geared toward supporting the local Karen community, fills a long-vacant building.

Police in Florida and Oklahoma arrested two men in connection with the Sept. 2 killing of a 36-year-old St. Paul firefighter in his East Side home.