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In district council news, the Linwood Park playground grand opening is scheduled from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, August 25, at Li...
08/22/2026

In district council news, the Linwood Park playground grand opening is scheduled from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, August 25, at Linwood Recreation Center, with food and games planned. Music at the Bridge is planned Thursday, September 10, with Zumba scheduled at 4:30 p.m., a dance performance set at 5:45 p.m. and music from the Joseph Walker Band at 6:15 p.m., near the Highland Bridge water feature. Mac-Grove Fest is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, September 12, outside Edgcumbe Recreation Center. It will include live music, art activities, a craft fair, games, food trucks and a marketplace.

Check out what's taking place at the district council level in the MyVillager area.

Ron Causton, the coach of boys’ basketball at Highland Park Senior High School in the 1970s and 1980s, and retired Unive...
08/21/2026

Ron Causton, the coach of boys’ basketball at Highland Park Senior High School in the 1970s and 1980s, and retired University of Minnesota baseball coach John Anderson died this summer. Columnist Dave Wright considers their legacies.

Looking back at careers of Highland's Causton, U of M's Anderson.

Saint Paul voters will be asked to rule this November on a renter’s right to repair after all. The proposed ordinance wi...
08/21/2026

Saint Paul voters will be asked to rule this November on a renter’s right to repair after all. The proposed ordinance will be included on the general election ballot thanks to a successful legal challenge by Safe Homes Saint Paul.

MN Supreme Court sides with tenants rights group.

Officials with Highland Ball, the Highland Park-based youth baseball and softball organization, sat down with about 30 S...
08/20/2026

Officials with Highland Ball, the Highland Park-based youth baseball and softball organization, sat down with about 30 Saint Paul residents and Saint Paul Parks and Recreation leaders to discuss its proposal to develop two fast-pitch softball fields at the West Seventh Community Center.

Highland Ball is hoping to encourage the growth of girls’ fast-pitch softball in the city by developing two fields specifically for girls’ fast-pitch softball on the west end of the playground near Saint Clair Avenue and the I-35E Parkway.

Highland Ball, the Highland Park-based youth baseball and softball organization, sat down last week with about 30 Saint Paul residents and Saint Paul Parks and Recreation officials to discuss its

Long-awaited changes are coming to Victoria Crossing at Grand Avenue and Victoria Street. Ground was broken on August 6 ...
08/20/2026

Long-awaited changes are coming to Victoria Crossing at Grand Avenue and Victoria Street. Ground was broken on August 6 for the $44 million Grand Victoria, a six-story apartment building with ground floor retail stores on the northeast corner of the intersection. The building replaces the Victoria Crossing East Mall and an adjacent house-turned-commercial space.

Grand Victoria brings 93 new homes, retail stores.

A suspect has been arrested and charged for his alleged role in two recent commercial burglaries in the Summit-Universit...
08/19/2026

A suspect has been arrested and charged for his alleged role in two recent commercial burglaries in the Summit-University and Summit Hill neighborhoods.

Jason Lionel Wayne Gatrell, 29, of Saint Paul, is suspected of burglarizing the Gnome Craft Pub at 498 Selby Ave. on Sunday, August 16, and attempting to burglarize the Lexington at 1096 Grand Ave. on Monday, August 17.

Break-ins occurred August 16 and 17.

The arts calendar includes "Dirty Dancing: The Musical," which is kicking off its national tour at Ordway Center for the...
08/19/2026

The arts calendar includes "Dirty Dancing: The Musical," which is kicking off its national tour at Ordway Center for the Performing Arts through Sunday, September 6. Some summer concert series are winding down, with Boiled in Lead finishing the Summer Nights in Rice Concert Series from 5-7 p.m. August 19 at Rice Park. However, Music at Como Lakeside Pavilion continues into September.

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In the community calendar, the Jeki Yoo Quick Change and Magic Show will appear at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, September 3, at t...
08/19/2026

In the community calendar, the Jeki Yoo Quick Change and Magic Show will appear at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, September 3, at the O'Shaughnessy at Saint Kate's. Other activities include Cops & Bobbers Derby Day from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, August 20, at Rogers Lake Park in Mendota Heights, a fix-it clinic from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, August 29, at the Ramsey County Environmental Center and a Ward 1 budget engagement session from 5:30-7 p.m. Friday, September 4, at Frogtown Community Center.

THURSDAY/AUGUST 20

The city of Saint Paul’s approval of a site plan for Paster Properties’ proposed four-story, 91-unit apartment building ...
08/18/2026

The city of Saint Paul’s approval of a site plan for Paster Properties’ proposed four-story, 91-unit apartment building at 706 S. Mississippi River Blvd. has been appealed by neighbors who object to the size and scale of the project so near to the Mississippi River gorge. The Saint Paul Planning Commission will hear the appeal at 8:30 a.m. Friday, August 28, at City Hall.

Neighbors say it will mar nearby Mississippi River gorge.

A record 1.1 million Minnesota voters cast their ballots in the August 11 primary election and collectively chose the to...
08/18/2026

A record 1.1 million Minnesota voters cast their ballots in the August 11 primary election and collectively chose the top candidates for federal, state and local offices who will advance to the November 3 general election. That turnout represented only about a quarter of the state’s eligible voters, but in raw numbers it is reportedly a record for a primary election.

A record 1.1 million Minnesota voters cast their ballots in the August 11 primary election and collectively chose the top candidates for federal, state and local offices who will advance

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