Newsbriefs - Oakdale - Lake Elmo Review

There are hundreds of volunteers who live or work in Oakdale.  The accomplishments of these volunteers are vast and demonstrate how the efforts of one can affect many. 

The warmer weather brings spring to mind, and spring brings to mind garage sales.  

City leaders and Oakdale Chamber of Commerce members plan to attend a ribbon cutting event Tuesday, May 10, at Cub Foods’ new, larger location within the Bergen Plaza.

On April 21, Mounds Park Academy pre-kindergarten through fourth-grade students explored the extensive rainwater gardens surrounding the pond on the Larpenteur Avenue campus in their ongoing quest to become “citizen scientists.” 

The late Ted Bearth’s District 2 seat on the Washington County Board of Commissioners will remain vacant until a special election in November. 

Washington County, in cooperation with Lake Elmo, is hosting a pre-construction open house for the Lake Elmo Avenue Corridor Management and Safety Improvement Project from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 5, at Christ Lutheran Church.

North St. Paul city staff is encouraging residents, businesses and visitors to join them for an open house and brief survey as they continue the conversation on the future of downtown North St. Paul.

At the Oakdale City Council meeting April 12, Cub Foods received licenses to sell tobacco and alcohol products at its new, larger location within the Bergen Plaza. The council members unanimously approved the license applications.

A veteran’s job fair and benefit expo will be held on Saturday, April 23, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at American Legion Post 39, 2678 E. Seventh Ave., in North St. Paul.  

For over 20 years, Widow & Widowers has been meeting to support people who have lost their spouse. Barbara Walker started the group, also called WOW, after her husband passed away.