Shoreview

A half-ton boulder that fell off a commercial truck in Rosemount July 9 killed a mother and daughter from Shoreview when it landed on their car.

Karen Christiansen, 67, and Jena Christiansen, 32, were pronounced dead at the scene. 

Dating back to the late 19th century, the historic Lepak/Larson House is the oldest farmhouse in Shoreview. 

Shoreview switched its recycling provider as of July 1. The city delivered new recycling carts to residents in late June for new provider Eureka Collection, according to a city update. 

At its June 18 meeting, the Shoreview City Council unanimously approved a revision to an existing home loan program aimed at incentivizing home ownership in Shoreview by increasing home improvement loan options and expanding the program to offer d

The Tropics Indoor Water park, closed since early April as part of the Shoreview Community Center expansion, reopened with newly renovated locker rooms June 2. 

Dr. Michael Kurkowski of Shoreview received the Minnesota Dental Association’s Outstanding Service Award. Kurkowski, retired since 2015, has been actively involved in organized dentistry.

The Shoreview and Falcon Heights city councils both voted to raise the legal age for buying tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, to 21. 

The aim of the age change is to make it harder for teens to have access to tobacco products.

The roughly $15.6 million expansion of the Shoreview Community Center is nearing its halfway point. 

Eugene Nichols, a resident of Shoreview, is the recipient of a 2018 Public Health Award from Ramsey County.