Welcome to Oakdale Patch
Oakdale Patch provides news, events, volunteer opportunities and more.
Thanks for checking out Oakdale Patch! I'm Patty Busse, editor of this new website catering exclusively to the city of Oakdale. I, along with a great team of freelancers, will be providing you with a fresh supply of news about Oakdale each day. Look for stories about local schools, city government, police calls, Oakdale businesses and things to do around town. I have been a community journalist for six years—most of those in Washington County. I graduated from the University of Minnesota with a journalism degree in 2004 and went on to work at the White Bear Press and then the Woodbury Bulletin. Most recently, I spent four years as managing editor of the South Washington County Bulletin in Cottage Grove. In many ways we're similar to a …
