Here's what made news in Oakdale over the past week:
- An Inver Grove Heights man was sentenced to jail time and computer monitoring after admitting to repeatedly having sex with a 14-year-old Oakdale girl he met on Facebook.
- Oakdale’s parks commission chose Goodwin Park as the site of the city’s first community garden.
- Sled dogs and a sledding hill will be new attractions at this year’s Winter Wonderland event.
- Washington County commissioners set their 2012 legislative priorities Tuesday. Securing funding for a new St. Croix River crossing and for transit on the Gateway Corridor are among their goals.
- Oakdale’s Parks and Recreation Commission members said they want to reconsider plans to build a new garage on the site of the former nature center building at the . They plan to look at other potential locations at their next meeting.
- Property tax estimates were sent out this week by Washington County. The way property taxes are calculated changed this year due to a change in state law. The Legislature eliminated the Market Value Homestead Credit and instead limited the taxable value of homes under $413,778.
- The owner of Oakdale’s Blue Ribbon Bait & Tackle holds the record for catching the largest tiger musky in the state.
- Oakdale firefighter Tom Edlund retired this month after 35 years on the job.
- In police news, a man who pulled up and offered to help an Oakdale police officer who was assisting a motorist ended up in jail after police determined he was intoxicated.
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