- Oakdale city staff expects to receive an application for a new Caribou Coffee shop to replace the vacant gas station at the northeast corner of Century Avenue and Highway 36.
- An innovative classroom project at Skyview Middle School uses a popcorn shop to teach students a host of practical skills.
- The owner of a strip mall on Helmo Avenue south of 15th Street is looking for an operator to run a new café in his building.
- The Metropolitan Council’s 2030 Transportation Policy Plan no longer includes a future third lane on Interstate 694 between Interstate 35E and Highway 36, however it adds a MnPASS lane on Highway 36.
- The Washington County Attorney’s Office announced Monday that it has started a new veterans court program.
- We featured Dunn Bros Coffee in our series on local, independent businesses.
- The Minnesota state trooper who shot a Landfall woman after she began dragging him with her car will not face criminal charges, a grand jury decided.
- The Minnesota Twins’ Winter Caravan wrapped up in Oakdale.
- In police and court news: A collections employee at ECMC got a threatening message, a St. Paul woman was jailed for fraudulently purchasing a television at Best Buy and police chased a driver down 10th Street who was going more than 100 mph.
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