- Parents of children who attend Little Angels Preschool are protesting plans to close down the preschool after this school year.
- School District 622 teachers showed up at Tuesday’s school board meeting to question the school district’s failure to renegotiate their contracts, saying they’re being hurt by remaining at the same pay levels.
- Gerald E. Briggs was sentenced to one year in jail and 25 years probation after pleading guilty to criminal sexual conduct.
- A pedestrian was fatally hit Thursday morning while crossing Century Avenue near 3M.
- Washington County commissioner Bill Pulkrabek pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct. He entered what’s called an Alford Plea, meaning he didn’t admit guilt, but said there was enough evidence to convict him.
- The Oakdale City Council saw sketches Tuesday from a developer for a possible upscale apartment building and restaurant on Tanner’s Lake north of Interstate 94 and east of Century Avenue.
- Oakdale’s legislators are addressing PFCs, government efficiency and organ donation in bills introduced so far this year.
- School District 622’s gifted staff has tripled over the past three years.
- In police news: A man fell 16 feet from a ladder and multiple car break-ins were reported at an underground garage.
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