East Side Newsbriefs

Each year the St. Paul district councils nominate outstanding community members and volunteers for the St. Paul Neighborhood Honor Roll, a distinction that includes the community members’ names on plaques outside St. Paul City Council chambers.

Mendota Heights will repair or replace any properly installed mailboxes, which are hit by a city plow, up to a $75 value for the post and $75 for the mailbox itself.

Residents are invited to comment on potential changes to Sleepy Hollow and Seidl’s Lake parks at an upcoming Inver Grove Heights City Council meeting. Changes to the parks may include: 

It was announced Feb. 12 that Sen. Karla Bigham (DFL-Cottage Grove) was selected to join the Senate Committee on Human Services Reform Finance and Policy, effective immediately. 

In April of 2019, the 3rd annual Garold ‘Jerry’ Murphy Community Service Award will be presented to an individual for their outstanding service to the cities of Mendota Heights, Mendota or Lilydale. 

State Rep. Rick Hansen, DFL District 52A, was elected to serve as the chair of the Legislative Audit Commission Feb. 4.  

Help build a better community — starting with your library. Sophomore, junior and senior-level high school students from Dakota County are invited to apply for appointment to the Library Advisory Committee as a youth member.

Attention all fourth- through eighth graders, are you interested in knowing what it would be like to be mayor of South St. Paul for a day? If you were mayor for the day, what would you do in South St. Paul? Here is your opportunity.

The St. Paul City Council will accept nominations for its Business Awards through Feb. 15. The business awards recognition was the next step in the city council’s Open for Business initiative that started in 2015 to make St.

The District 1 Community Council represents the southeast St. Paul community, which includes the neighborhoods of Conway, Eastview, Battle Creek and Highwood Hills. The council serves as a connection between The City of St.