Parks Service, Mississippi River Connection launch teacher award

The National Parks Service and Mississippi River Connection have announced their first-ever Big River Teacher Award, which recognizes outstanding achievement and innovation by a teacher who…
Pedestrian-safe Shepard Road crossings on city’s radar

by Casey EkKathy Carruth, the Highland District Council executive director, recalls standing alongside members of Mayor Melvin Carter’s office, St. Paul Police Department leadership and other…
LRT: Money better spent elsewhere

Letter to the Editor [Editor’s Note: Public Safety is the St. Paul Area Chamber of Commerce’s advocacy priority this year, and they have invited St. Paul…
Home Tour is back, West 7th well-represented

Three west end residences will be open during the Minneapolis & Saint Paul Home Tour. Joe Landsberger and Steve Shimer will show 112 Leech St.,…
Birds through Dakota Eyes

Did you ever wonder how the wood duck got its red eyes? C̣aƞte Máza (Neil McKay), University of Minnesota senior Dakota language specialist, will explain this and…
Understanding purpose and need

By James Schoettler, member of Citizen Advocates for Regional Transit (CART)The City of Sauk Centre, pop. 4,500, has a four-lane superhighway. Sauk Centre does not…
‘Dakota Spirit Walk,’ an augmented reality experience, brings nature sanctuary to life

Walkers within St. Paul’s Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary with access to smartphones can take their reality to the next level thanks to a new app-based augmented…
Little Bohemia volunteers beautify bike trail with fall planting

by Paul BardA group of 25 neighborhood volunteers took advantage of unseasonably warm fall weather back on Sept. 25 to continue work on phase 3 of…
Now is the Time to Act on Climate Change

With the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the world has again received another stark warning. Act now to reduce emissions or plan…