Category: September 2024
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Wheelchair accessible playground built in Mendota Heights
Wheelchair accessible playground built in Mendota Heights Jake SpitzackStaff Writer More than 150 volunteers gathered at Somerset Heights Elementary in late July and early August to help build a playground for children of all abilities. It was supposed to be built next year after extensive fundraising efforts but everything changed in April when an anonymous… Read more
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Cherokee Dental rebrands, relocates; expands MedSpa services
Cherokee Dental rebrands, relocates; expands MedSpa services Jake SpitzackStaff Writer In late August, Cherokee Dental & MedSpa rebranded to Beyond Smiles DentaSpa and moved from its longtime home on Annapolis Street to a newly renovated office about five minutes away at 34 Moreland Ave. E., West St. Paul. The new space is more than twice… Read more
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SSP, WSP and Dakota County join forces to fight fentanyl crisis
SSP, WSP and Dakota Countyjoin forces to fight fentanyl crisis Jake SpitzackStaff Writer A new program dedicated to halting the terrible trend of young adults dying from overdoses of illegal fentanyl is in the works for West St. Paul and South St. Paul. The cities are among the hardest hit by the fentanyl crisis in… Read more
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Displaced square dance club finds new home on the West Side
Displaced square dance club findsnew home on the West Side Jake SpitzackStaff Writer Dakota Squares, a nonprofit square dance club, has been forced to move its do-si-do-ing from West St. Paul to the West Side. For many years, the Club held its dances at Faith United Methodist Church in West St. Paul but had to… Read more