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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.

On May 16 the North Suburban Gavel Association awarded the Distinguished Volunteer Leadership Award to nine very deserving recipients.

On April 20, the Roseville Area High School Speech Team brought 12 qualifiers to the Minnesota State High School League State Speech Tournament, where the state’s top speakers compete for a championship title in one of 13 events.

New Brighton 15-year-old Hunter Heck was one of eight top junior boys who qualified for the 2018 Team USA National Junior Team, a training program designed to give a collection of America’s best young tennis players, born in eithe

Two Roseville Area High School students won top honors this year in Rep. Betty McCollum’s annual art contest. Catherine Jackson took first place with her piece, “Old Habits,” seen at left.

Wilshire Park Elementary School second grade teacher Greg Truso is one of 12 finalists for this year’s Minnesota Teacher of the Year award. 

Mounds View resident Erik Beckler was named local Jr. NBA Coach of the Year. Beckler is a coach with the Mounds View Basketball Association.

Roseville Area High School students who participate in the school’s ACE Club — that stands for architecture, construction and engineering — recently presented their final project along with eight other high schools at the University of Minnesota.

Members of the 2018 Roseville Area High School FireBears Robotics team were finalists in the FIRST Robotics Competition Medtronic Foundation Regional held March 30-31 at the University of Minnesota.

On March 14, Roseville Area High School student Henry Holien joined Rep. Alice Hausman and Sen. John Marty in the House Chamber for Gov. Dayton’s final State of the State Address.