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Skin cancer affects one in five Americans. It’s the most preventable and curable cancer, when caught early. Melanoma Monday, the annual kick-off to Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection & Prevention Month, is May 6.

The Minnesota Humanities Center is now accepting submissions for its 2019 Veterans’ Voices Award through July 21.

Motorists traveling on westbound Interstate 494 between Bailey Road and Seventh Avenue in South St. Paul should plan for major delays as westbound I-494 is reduced to a single lane and ramps close beginning April 21.

The Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office is accepting applications through Friday, April 29 for the Women’s Academy.

Composers, who are under 19 before June 1, are invited to submit original works to the Minnesota Sinfonia New Works competition. Composers must be native born or current residents of Minnesota.

Minnesotans with disabilities and parents of young children with developmental disabilities are encouraged to apply for a comprehensive advocacy training course, Partners in Policymaking program at no cost.  Starting in September, the nationally r

Minnesota Energy Assistance Program helps pay for home heating costs and furnace repairs for income qualified households.

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Mayor Melvin Carter announced St. Paul’s Sidewalk Poetry Contest for 2019, a collaboration between the city and Public Art Saint Paul. Through April 15, writers who live in St.