Oak Park Heights News

Johnson had been on a temporary medical leave of absence since late April; Police Chief Brian DeRosier filled in as interim city administrator during his absence.

After receiving complaints from Oak Park Heights business owners and city officials, state transportation officials said this week that they are reviewing plans to close access to Omaha Avenue from eastbound Minnesota 36.

The following is a collection of articles that appeared onA Stillwater Patch ,A Woodbury Patch andA Oakdale Patch A the week of May 13-19. Click on the headline to read the full article.

An 18-year-old Woodbury man faces felony drug charges after he allegedly sold a confidential informant more than four grams of cocaine.

The price tag for the new St. Croix River bridge could hit $676 million - almost triple the $234 million spent to replace the collapsed Interstate 35W bridge over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis.

A former warden of two east metro prisons has been named an assistant commissioner at the Minnesota Department of Corrections .

A volunteer bookkeeper for nursing homes and hospital chaplains has been sentenced in Washington County District Court to six months of work release from jail and a stayed prison sentence for embezzling more than $155,000. Susan K. Fredricksen, 65, of Oak Park Heights, worked for the St.

Voters this November will be asked whether Minnesota's constitution should be amended to require voters to present valid photo identification.

The bookkeeper for a group of chaplains in Stillwater, who was supposed to be working for a small annual stipend, has been convicted for stealing way more than her share.