Member Drive: More Local
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Our expanded election guide covers local races in the surrounding communities of West St. Paul, Inver Grove Heights, Mendota Heights, South St. Paul, and the West Side. See voting details, voter’s guides for each area, and the races we’re covering.
Southbound Robert Street will be closed immediately south of Butler from November 2-9 for bus rapid transit work.
Monday’s School Board meeting had a light agenda, with no votes taken and updates on the district’s crisis response policy, enrollment numbers, goals, and calendars.
During last night’s meeting, West St. Paul City Council learned about major work coming to Robert Street in St. Paul, discussed the potential winding down of the city’s inflow/infiltration sewer lining program, approved assessments, and more.
MC’s Pub is opening in Inver Grove Heights on November 1. The sports bar and grill is part of the Muddy Cow Restaurant Group, with more than a dozen various locations in the metro area.
We’ve created a printable, nonpartisan voters guide summarizing races in the 2026 election for West St. Paul, Inver Grove Heights, Mendota Heights, South St. Paul, and the West Side. It’s an at-a-glance chart of local races and can be a starting point for your candidate research.
Two seniors at Two Rivers High School rallied 35 of their fellow classmates to phone bank for the levy. “When we first learned about the levy, we saw this as a key issue that we needed to help support,” said Saakar Basyal.
West St. Paul City Council will discuss the future of inflow/infiltration, discuss a potential sewer rate increase, hear about Robert Street construction, and consider assessments.
Recognitions, including a musical performance, stole the show at Monday’s school board meeting that also included site reports from the Early Learning Center and Branch Out program as well as another update on the upcoming levy.
On October 17, 1986, a mob of 300 to 400 teens rioted outside a dance in West St. Paul, overwhelming police and resulting in six arrests.
A series of guerilla vote posters visible from Robert Street in West St. Paul.
